Adam Rosenthal, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, shows that genetically identical cells within a bacterial community have different functions, with some members behaving more docile and others producing the very toxins that make us feel ill.

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.

Yoshiko Iwai, MS, a third-year student at the UNC School of Medicine, is the corresponding author of a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

UNC School of Medicine’s fourth-year medical student Salma El-Behaedi received two national fellowships to support her research in skin cancer melanoma.

David Wohl, MD, and Billy Fischer, MD, published an op-ed in the News & Observer, The Charlotte Observer, and McClatchy subsidiaries on their work trying to gain a better understanding of COVID-19 through a largely observation study of thousands of volunteers in North Carolina.

A research collaboration between clinical and preclinical investigators in the Department of Psychiatry at the UNC School of Medicine, led by Leslie Morrow, PhD, found that a drug for post-partum depression works by inhibiting systemic inflammatory pathways.

A UAB-UNC School of Medicine collaboration found that a single oral dose of the common antibiotic azithromycin reduced the risk of maternal sepsis or death by 33 percent in women who delivered vaginally. UNC School of Medicine study leads were Melissa Bauserman, MD, MPH, Carl Bose, MD, and Jackie Patterson, MD, MPH.

Rahima Benhabbour, PhD, MSc, associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, led a successful effort to create an injectable implant that can release effective HIV PrEP medications into the body for six months in non-human primates.

Led by Pew-Thian Yap, PhD, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine created monthly infant brain atlases to help researchers analyze the developing brain to investigate neurological disorders and other conditions.

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.

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."

Sriram Machineni, MD, director of the UNC Medical Weight Program, was one of several experts featured in a New England Journal of Medicine video series on the various aspects of obesity, weight gain and loss, and supporting patients through individualized care.

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New Research Shows That Bacteria Get “Hangry,” Too

A Tale of Probiotics and How to Help Your Own Gut Microbiome

UNC School of Medicine Student, Faculty Pen Research Letter on US Prison Policies on Organ Donation

El-Behaedi Receives Two National Fellowships to Support Research in Melanoma

NC COVID Experts: We Still Have Blind Spots Understanding the Virus. You Can Help.

Researchers Uncover Mechanisms of Brexanolone and the Role of Inflammation in Post-partum Depression

Single Dose of Azithromycin Reduces Maternal Sepsis or Death

CDC-UNC Collaboration Yields Potential Long-term HIV Protection

Researchers Unveil New Collection of Human Brain Atlases that Charts the Early Developing Brain in Fine Detail

Wesley Legant, PhD Receives CZI Grant for Team Project on Lattice Light Sheet Nanoscopy

Michelle Itano, PhD Receives CZI Grant to Help Train the Next Generation of Imaging Scientists

Machineni Featured in NEJM Video Series on Obesity, Weight Management