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  • Leslie Parise nominated as a new Associate Editor of Blood

    Leslie Parise nominated as a new Associate Editor of Blood

    Congratulations to Dr. Parise who will become an Associate Editor of Blood, a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Society of Hematology, effective January 2013 for a four-year term.

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  • Julia Brittain Selected to the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Hematology

    Julia Brittain Selected to the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Hematology

    Congratulations to Dr. Julia Brittain, Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, who was recently selected to the Editorial Board for the publication World Journal of Hematology.

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  • Yue Xiong elected as a 2011 AAAS fellow

    Yue Xiong elected as a 2011 AAAS fellow

    Congratulations to Dr. Yue Xiong, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, who was elected as a 2012 AAAS fellow.

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  • Henrik Dohlman elected as a 2011 AAAS Fellow

    Henrik Dohlman elected as a 2011 AAAS Fellow

    Congratulations to Dr. Henrik Dohlman, Professor & Vice-Chair of Biochemistry & Biophysics, who was elected as a 2012 AAAS fellow.

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  • Sancar lab featured on "In This Issue" of PNAS, published on November 15, 2011

    Sancar lab featured on "In This Issue" of PNAS, published on November 15, 2011

    Exposure to UV radiation triggers DNA lesions that can lead to skin cancer, the most common type of cancer in the United States. Previous studies in mice have shown that levels of a protein called XPA, involved in repairing UV-induced DNA lesions, waxes and wanes with the time of day. Shobhan Gaddameedhi et al. found that the protein's level and activity in mouse skin cells are at their lowest at 4 AM and their highest at 4PM.

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  • Nuri Ozturk receives a 2011 UNC Postdoctoral Scholar Award

    Nuri Ozturk receives a 2011 UNC Postdoctoral Scholar Award

    Nuri Ozturk, postdoctoral fellow working in the laboratory of Aziz Sancar in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics receives a 2011 Postdoctoral Research Excellence Award.

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Welcome to the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics! We are one of the ten basic science departments in the School of Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill. Our graduate program's interrelated missions are education, research, and service. We are committed to providing exceptional education and training to our graduate students and professional trainees. Our goal is to prepare them for competitive careers in biochemical and biophysical disciplines or related fields. Furthermore, our faculty strive to achieve excellence in interdisciplinary approaches to research and we have a robust program that bridges a wide spectrum of areas integrating the biochemical and biophysical sciences. We invite you to browse our website to learn more about our graduate program, our research, our people, and importantly, we invite you to join our events!