March 28, 2023
A Tale of Probiotics and How to Help Your Own Gut Microbiome
Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD, discusses her research into the bacterial communities that live inside our guts and offers tips on how you can maintain a healthy microbiome.
Category: Biology
March 10, 2023
Scherrer, Linnstaedt Earn NIH HEAL Initiative Honors
Gregory Scherrer, PharmD, PhD, associate professor of cell biology and physiology and member of the UNC Neuroscience Center, received a Director’s Award for Excellence in Research, and Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD, associate professor of anesthesiology, earned an honorable mention for the Director’s Trailblazer award.
February 24, 2023
How a New Blood-Vessel-on-a-Chip Can Help Researchers Further Understand Vascular Malformations
A research team led by William Polacheck, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, has engineered a microfluidic model that mimics a rare genetic disorder affecting the structure of veins, arteries, capillaries, and lymphatic vessels.
January 25, 2023
Wesley Legant, PhD Receives CZI Grant for Team Project on Lattice Light Sheet Nanoscopy
Wesley Legant, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Pharmacology and the UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, received a grant called "Observing Molecules in Context with 4Pi Lattice Light Sheet Nanoscopy" as part of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's (CZI) Dynamic Imaging projects.
January 25, 2023
Michelle Itano, PhD Receives CZI Grant to Help Train the Next Generation of Imaging Scientists
Michelle Itano, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, is one of ten co-principal investigators who received a two-year grant called "Curated Imaging Science Education for Learners and Trainers."
August 8, 2022
Scientists Develop New Method for Improved Fiber Optic Measurement of Brain Activity Changes
UNC School of Medicine researchers, led by Ian Shih, PhD, associate professor of Neurology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, developed an improved fiber-based optical method to measure activity changes in the brain.
July 21, 2022
UNC Lineberger Creates RNA Discovery Center
Chad Pecot, MD, associate professor of medicine and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, will lead the new center dedicated to the investigation of the many roles of RNA in health and disease.
June 15, 2022
Supporting Scientific Training with Cloud Resources
UNC Center for Galapagos Studies and Universidad San Francisco de Quito researchers hosted workshops to teach participants how to assemble and annotate genomes de novo. The workshop required high-powered linux environments for participants from twelve institutions and six countries. ITS and SOM-IT collaborated to deliver resources on-time and cost-efficiently.
February 3, 2022
UNC’s Cryo-EM Core facility develops new methodology for high-speed and high-resolution cryogenic electron microscopy technology
UNC researchers optimized the function of a microscope for cryogenic electron microscopy (CryoEM) to maximize the throughput and performance of the microscope housed in the UNC Chapel Hill Cryo-EM Core Facility. This method development is demonstrated successful for structural studies of GPCRs, a large group of signaling proteins that includes many therapeutic targets with unknown structures.
August 20, 2020
Cohen, Deshmukh Awarded CZI Grant to Combat Neurodegenerative Diseases
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awarded $4.5 million to 30 pairs of scientists, including UNC School of Medicine researchers Sarah Cohen, PhD, and Mohanish Deshmukh, PhD, to collaborate and unlock the underlying biology of neurodegenerative disorders.
May 28, 2020
Jaspers named Director of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology
Ilona Jaspers, PhD, professor of pediatrics, microbiology and immunology, and environmental sciences and engineering, has been named Director of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology effective May 31, 2020. Jaspers previously served as the Center’s Deputy Director.
May 18, 2020
A New Tool to Map the Flow of Info within Living Cells
UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Klaus Hahn, PhD, John Sondek, PhD, and Daniel Marston, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center reveal the inner workings of cellular communication and processes important for cell migration and potentially metastasis.