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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a vigorous interdisciplinary training program in biophysics (Molecular & Cellular Biophysics Program, MCBP) that we hope you will explore if you are interested in mechanistic and structural biology. The MCBP is distinguished by the size of its excellent and active faculty, by the rigor and diversity of its course work, and by its remarkably close and supportive community. We provide a rigorous educational and training experience that prepares our Trainees for top careers in modern quantitative and physical biology. We also host the Carolina Biophysics Symposium to foster collaborative efforts within the biophysics community. We invite you on behalf of our students and faculty to browse our website to learn more about us.

MCBP Entering Class of 2025

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NIGMS: T32-GM148376

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Kuhlman lab research video published on UNC Health YouTube

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine are using artificial intelligence to design proteins with potential applications in vaccines and therapeutics. Brian Kuhlman, PhD, and his laboratory were featured in the video “How the UNC

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Uriel Jean-Baptiste earned his PhD

Uriel Jean-Baptiste successfully defended his dissertation, titled “New Frontiers in Lipase Regulation: Apolipoprotein J as a Chaperone for Endothelial Lipase,” on April 8, 2026, under the direction of Dr. Saskia B. Neher. Uriel Jean-Baptiste Uriel

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Christopher Shelby earned his PhD

Christopher Shelby, a doctoral student in the laboratory of Dr. Brian Kuhlman, successfully defended his PhD dissertation in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics on March 9, 2026. His dissertation, titled “Enhancing enzymatic bioconjugation efficiency

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Fulbright distinguished scholar award fuels breakthrough on how proteins behave inside cells

When Gary Pielak, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics at UNC-Chapel Hill, began questioning the prevailing wisdom about how proteins behave inside cells three decades ago, he didn’t expect that line of inquiry

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