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Odessa Goudy named Rosetta Commons Outreach Fellow
November 15, 2021Congratulations Odessa! UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics news post full article Excerpt: “This month we are excited to announce that Odessa Goudy, a graduate student in Brian Kuhlman’s lab, recently received a Rosetta Commons Outreach Fellowship! As a Rosetta Commons Fellow, Odessa attended the 2021 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Digital Conference and the virtual 2021 11th Annual oSTEM Conference11th Annual oSTEM Conference. She participated in the virtual booth and poster sessions to help Rosetta Commons attract talented young scientists … Read more
Maple View Farm Social
October 20, 2021Thanks to our student leaders, Derek and Max, for planning a fall ice cream social at Maple View Farm! News post on BCBP website
Welcome Rebecca Berlow to UNC
August 27, 2021Rebecca Berlow will be joining the MCBP training program as a faculty member beginning in January 2022. Rebecca has been appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. View the BCBP news post for details. Welcome, Rebecca to the UNC Molecular and Cellular Biophysics community! LinkedIn post
Brian Kuhlman receives mentorship award
December 15, 2020Brian Kuhlman, co-director of the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics training program, received the Award for Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring. This is awarded to select faculty members affiliated with the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program (BBSP) who demonstrate excellence in mentoring graduate students. Read the School of Medicine’s article about award recipients. Congratulations, Brian! LinkedIn post
Shannon Speer earns her PhD!
November 12, 2020Shannon Speer defended her dissertation under the guidance of Dr. Gary Pielak on November 10th, 2020 and received her PhD. The title of her dissertation is “Protein Complex Stability in Living Cells.” Shannon received her B.S. in chemistry from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN in 2016. She began her research career in Dr. Gary Bowlin’s lab at University of Memphis where she worked on the development of manuka honey/alginate coverings for bard meshes after bariatric … Read more
Justin Rectenwald earns his PhD
November 11, 2020Justin Rectenwald earned his PhD after the successful defense of his dissertation titled “TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR INHIBITOR DISCOVERY OF CHROMATIN ASSOCIATED PROTEINS LINKED TO LYSINE METHYLATION.” Read about it in the Biochemistry and Biophysics department news post! UNC BCBP news article LinkedIn post
Odessa Goudy named finalist in 3MT competition
October 14, 2020Each year, UNC graduate students have the opportunity to compete in the 3 Minute Thesis academic competition to enhance presentation and communication skills. Odessa Goudy, a PhD student in the Biochemistry and Biophysics department and trainee in the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics program working with Brian Kuhlman, is a top 10 finalist in this year’s competition. Odessa describes her participation: “Earlier this month I entered UNC’s 3 Minute Thesis competition which focuses on effective science communication, … Read more
Cathy Spangler uses cryo-EM to determine structure of cGAS
October 6, 2020Biochemistry and biophysics PhD student, Cathy Spangler, researches in Robert McGinty’s lab and recently published a paper in collaboration with Joshua Boyer, Joshua Strauss, Andrew Cesmat, Pengda Liu, Robert McGinty, and Qi Zhang, titled Structural basis of nucleosome-dependent cGAS inhibition. This article addresses the use of cryo-electron microscopy to determine the high-resolution structure of a DNA-sensing protein called cGAS bound to the nucleosome – the fundamental repeating unit of chromatin. A key sensor in our body’s innate … Read more