Congratulations to UNC Biology’s own Hooker Distinguished Professor Mark Peifer for being published in PNAS! The article, entitled “To condense or not to condense: Wnt regulation by centrosome-nucleated biomolecular condensates” can be found here. Congratulations, Professor Peifer!
Congratulations to Wei Shi for receiving a 2022 PARE Award! According to the article, “Each year, the Postdoctoral Awards for Research Excellence (PARE) are given in recognition of the research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars. Meet this year’s recipients and learn about their areas of interest. The PARE awards are open to postdoctoral scholars in all disciplines and are designed to assist them in their continued professional development by supporting the recipients in conference travel, purchasing books, lab materials, or engaging in other scholarly activities that directly enhance the individual’s professional growth. Each recipient receives a monetary award of $1,200 along with a plaque.” Be sure to read the full announcement and check out Wei Shi’s profile here!
Congratulations to new UNC Biology graduate student Madelina Marquez for being featured in a Grad School Magazine article about incoming Royster Fellows! Read the full article here.
Congratulations to UNC Biology’s adjunct faculty member Dr. Aziz Sancar for an important anti-cancer discovery featured on the UNC Health website. From the website: “Experiments from the UNC School of Medicine lab of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, show how a common molecular tool for DNA labeling also has anticancer properties worthy of further investigation, especially for brain cancers.” Be sure to check out the full article here.
Be sure to check out this Endeavors article which features Kelly Hogan’s and Viji Sathy’s new book, Inclusive Teaching! Find the article here.
Dr. Allen Hurlbert has been featured in an article on The Well titled “How to help endangered monarch butterflies.” From the article: “Allen Hurlbert, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ biology department, researches the impact of climate change on biodiversity and the geographic patterns of birds and insects, including butterflies like the monarch. He started Caterpillars Count!, a citizen science project that measures the seasonal variation of arthropods like caterpillars on trees and shrub foliage. At more than 150 sites across North America, anyone interested can conduct branch surveys, collect data and submit their findings.” Congratulations, Allen! Read it here.
Be sure to check out the Well’s profile on Senay Yitbarek in their article “Fresh faces: Meet a few of the College’s new faculty.” Read it here.
John Bruno gave a tour of the Galapagos Science Center to a contingent of Carolina VIPs (including the Chancellor and Provost) as part of the unique field station’s 10 year anniversary last month. John was instrumental in designing and implementing the facility and his group’s research is based there.
Be sure to check out the post about John Bruno’s lab and their research done all around the world on UNC’s website! Learn more about their research here.
“The UNC RNA Discovery Center, funded through the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, will cultivate an inclusive community of scientists dedicated to investigating all aspects of RNA biology, some of which has already been implicated in human diseases and much of which we know very little about.
Led by director Chad Pecot, MD, UNC Lineberger member and associate professor in the UNC School of Medicine’s Division of Oncology in the UNC Department of Medicine, the new center includes UNC’s multidisciplinary group of renowned RNA scientists,” including UNC Biology’s very own Amy Gladfelter. Congratulations, Amy! Read the full release here.