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Dr. Shahzad Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, has been selected for the 2024 Mentoring Institute for Neuroscience Diversity Scholars (MINDS) program, an NINDS-supported program that focuses attention on diversity individuals who are early in their careers as faculty members in the neurosciences. Over the next year,...

Jessica Cote received a 3-year F32 postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. She will use the award to study the impact of specific alternative splicing events on skeletal muscle development.

The Triangle Brain Bee聽serves high school students of North Carolina and aims to promote awareness about collegiate and career pathways in neuroscience as well as incite excitement surrounding neuroscience and STEM fields. Post-docs and graduate students offer three community engagement opportunities for high school students: (i) virtual, weekly neuroscience tutoring...

Carolyn Suitt, lab manager for the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease (CGIBD) Histology Core, passed away Thursday February 22, 2024. Born December 2, 1964, in Franklin County, NC Carolyn moved to Chapel Hill and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry...

In this new Vital Signs series, we feature graduate student Max Hockenberry, who performs research in the labs of Wes Legant, PhD, and Jim Bear, PhD. Hockenberry is developing new microscopy methods so researchers can measure the mechanisms cells use to maneuver through tight spaces in the body. Continue reading...

In an effort five years in the making, 大象传媒 cell biologist Sarah Cohen, PhD, and Rockefeller University鈥檚 Ian Windham, PhD, describe the interplay between fats and proteins in brain cells and how their dysfunction contributes to the development of late-onset Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.聽 Continue reading here

Andrew Scott Kennedy Jr. is a 4th year PhD Candidate in the lab of聽Jessica Thaxton, PhD, associate professor of cell biology and physiology and member of聽大象传媒 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. In the lab, Kennedy Jr. uses super-resolution microscopy techniques to visualize and better understand how CAR-T cells, a specialized type...

Heather McCauley received a 3-year award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. She will use iPSC-derived human intestinal organoids to study the gastrointestinal manifestations of CF. They hypothesized that altered mucus composition and abnormal epithelial cell biology both contribute to impaired nutrient absorption that occurs in people with CF. They plan...

Extra Mile Award for CBP Graduate Student: Casandra Phillips (Natasha Snider Lab) Extra Mile Award for Postdoctoral Fellow: Jessica Cote (Jimena Giudice Lab) and Zachary Drum (Doug Phanstiel Lab) Staff Excellence Award: Hongyu Ren (Doug Cyr Lab) and Curtis Connor & Carl Parson (Histology Research Core) CBP Service Award: Crystal...

Pierre-Emmanuel N’Guetta’s beautiful kidney image was selected for the cover of the October 2023 Nephrology Dialysis Transplation Journal.