UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics department

Embracing the engineer within — Tigist Tamir In the SMS lab we work hard to learn about and troubleshoot our equipment. We do our best to exercise the engineering side to fix/recycle used instruments and improve workflows. Engineering is an inte...

🚀 Discover how the Tamir Lab at UNC is pushing boundaries in systems metabolism & signaling to tackle the toughest challenges in biomedical science.
🔍 See how engineering meets biology:
👉 tamirlab.org/latest-news/...
#Innovation #BiomedicalResearch #UNCResearch #SystemsBiology

🌟 UNC undergrads—ready to dive into research?
Apply for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)!
✅ $4,000 stipend
✅ 9 weeks of hands-on research
📅 Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
👉 Learn more: our.unc.edu/fund/surf/
#UndergraduateResearch #SURF #UNCResearch #STEM

Support UNC Biochemistry & Biophysics graduate students—future scientific leaders. Help fund research travel awards & more. Our campaign ends Dec. 31, 2025, 11:59 PM EST! 📷 UNC Health Foundation campaign unchf.org/tht25bio

UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics Student presentations by Tomiris Mulikova, Quentin Hahn, and Gracie Clark at the second session of our scientific communication course on December 3 2025.

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our student presentations by Tomiris Mulikova, Quentin Hahn, and Gracie Clark at the second session of our scientific communication course on December 3rd.

Embracing the engineer within — Tigist Tamir In the SMS lab we work hard to learn about and troubleshoot our equipment. We do our best to exercise the engineering side to fix/recycle used instruments and improve workflows. Engineering is an inte...

🚀 Discover how the Tamir Lab at UNC is pushing boundaries in systems metabolism & signaling to tackle the toughest challenges in biomedical science.
🔍 See how engineering meets biology:
👉 tamirlab.org/latest-news/...
#Innovation #BiomedicalResearch #UNCResearch #SystemsBiology

Proud of the newest Starbird Lab (aka Starbirdian) to become an official PhD candidate! Congratulations Camila @biophysgal.bsky.social !!!

She will also be presenting her work in a talk at the Biophysical Society annual meeting where she won a travel award, so stay tuned. Lots to celebrate! 🎉

Embracing the engineer within — Tigist Tamir In the SMS lab we work hard to learn about and troubleshoot our equipment. We do our best to exercise the engineering side to fix/recycle used instruments and improve workflows. Engineering is an inte...

Check out our news page for the latest happenings in the SMS lab
tamirlab.org/latest-news/embrace-engineering

Cancer Undergraduate Research Education Program (CUREP) - UNC Lineberger Our objective is to create a summer undergraduate research program in a collaborative partnership with two other North Carolina universities. Our goal is to enhance the success rates of undergraduate ...

Cancer Undergrad Research Educational Program
🔬 10-wk summer experience (May–July 2026)
💡 Hands-on cancer research, year-long coaching
Present at the symposium & attend a national conference
$6,000 stipend + campus housing
Apply by Jan 20, 2025
@unclineberger.bsky.social
unclineberger.org/curep

Our UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics administrative offices will be closed beginning December 22, 2025 through January 1, 2026 but some staff can be reached over email.

Our offices will be closed beginning December 22, 2025 and reopen on January 2, 2026.

Sancar Second Annual Craft Fair Happening this Saturday - Chapelboro.com A fun-filled day of creativity, shopping, and community returns on Saturday, December 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the Sancar Second Annual Craft Fair.

From our community partners: A fun-filled day of creativity, shopping, and community returns on Saturday, December 6, with the Sancar Second Annual Craft Fair.

It's an opportunity to support small businesses and local artists! Learn more here:

UNC Scientists Uncover Hidden Role of Tumor Suppressor Gene in Protecting the Genome | Newsroom In a surprising twist, UNC scientists discovered that SETD2, a tumor suppressor best known for modifying DNA-packaging proteins, also preserves nuclear structure during cell division—a hidden role tha...

UNC scientists uncovered a hidden role for the tumor suppressor gene SETD2. Now, thanks to the work of Dr. @brianstrahl.bsky.social and Dr. Abid Khan, we know SETD2 also plays a key structural role in maintaining nuclear integrity during cell division! go.unc.edu/SETD2 @brianstrahl.bsky.social

About — Tigist Tamir

SMS lab is finally on bsky! Learn more about the lab:
tamirlab.org/about

🚨 Last chance! Support UNC Biochemistry & Biophysics grad students—future scientific leaders.
Help fund research travel awards & more. The campaign ends TONIGHT at 11:59 PM EST! #TarHealTuesday
👉 unchf.org/tht25bio

Three diverse students relaxing on campus under a tree at UNC

Happy LDOC, Tar Heels! 🩵

Pop over to MBRB

Upcoming Student Seminars Join us for BIOCHEM 710 Final Talks in G-202 MBRB at UNC on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10–11:30 AM. Presenters: Gracie Clark, Quentin Hahn, Tomiris Mulikova

Upcoming Student Seminars
Join us for BIOCHEM 710 Final Talks in G-202 MBRB at UNC Chapel Hill on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10–11:30 AM
Presenters: Gracie Clark, Quentin Hahn, Tomiris Mulikova #UNC #SOM #PhDLife

🚨 Last chance! Support UNC Biochemistry & Biophysics grad students—future scientific leaders.
Help fund research travel awards & more. The campaign ends TONIGHT at 11:59 PM EST! #TarHealTuesday
👉 unchf.org/tht25bio

Consider supporting travel awards for our biomedical graduate students by December 3, 11:59 PM EST.

Today is Giving Tuesday! 🎁Tar Heel Tuesday, Dec. 2!
Your gift supports our graduate students—the next generation of scientific leaders—by funding:
✅ Research travel
✅ Student stipends
✅ Recruitment
✅ Student-invited seminars
unchf.org/tht25bio
#TarHeelTuesday #UNCHealth

🔬 Upcoming Research Seminar on 12/2
“Differential Signaling of KRAS Splice Variants”
📢 Speaker: Mark Philips, MD
Prof. of Medicine, Cell Biology & Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Join us on Tue, Dec 2, 2025 11 AM
📍In 1131 Bioinformatics bldg. UNC-CH

UNC Health's TarHeal Tuesday is on Dec 2. This year we are proud to participate with our very own funding page. Your support makes a difference in the lives of so many. Don’t miss this chance to do good. Support Biomedical Graduate Students. www.unchf.org/tht25bio

Chromatin context shapes DNA damage formation and nucleotide excision repair dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans Abstract. DNA damage formation and repair are influenced by the genomic landscape, yet how chromatin and transcriptional activity shape these processes at

@cansukose.bsky.social, Cem Azgari, Laura A Lindsey-Boltz, Ogün Adebali, Aziz Sancar, Chromatin context shapes DNA damage formation & nucleotide excision repair dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans, Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 53, Issue 20, 11 November 2025, gkaf1080
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
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Tar Heal Tuesday is on Dec. 2, 2025
Join UNC Health/School of Medicine's Biochemistry & Biophysics graduate students—our future scientific leaders.
Your gift fuels research, education, and much more.
👉 unchf.org/tht25bio #2025
#TarHealTuesday #UNCHealth @unchealth.bsky.social

text "advance ground breaking research on Tar Heal Tuesday

text "est in our graduate students on tar heal tuesday"

Tar Heal Tuesday is on Dec. 2, 2025
Join UNC Health/School of Medicine's Biochemistry & Biophysics graduate students—our future scientific leaders.
Your gift fuels research, education, and much more.
👉 unchf.org/tht25bio #2025
#TarHealTuesday #UNCHealth @unchealth.bsky.social

UNC Health's TarHeal Tuesday is on Dec 2. This year we are proud to participate with our very own funding page. Your support makes a difference in the lives of so many. Don’t miss this chance to do good. Support Biomedical Graduate Students. www.unchf.org/tht25bio

Cancer Undergraduate Research Education Program (CUREP) - UNC Lineberger Our objective is to create a summer undergraduate research program in a collaborative partnership with two other North Carolina universities. Our goal is to enhance the success rates of undergraduate ...

Cancer Undergrad Research Educational Program
🔬 10-wk summer experience (May–July 2026)
💡 Hands-on cancer research, year-long coaching
Present at the symposium & attend a national conference
$6,000 stipend + campus housing
Apply by Jan 20, 2025
@unclineberger.bsky.social
unclineberger.org/curep

Upcoming Student Seminars Join us for BIOCHEM 710 Final Talks in G-202 MBRB at UNC on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10–11:30 AM. Presenters: Gracie Clark, Quentin Hahn, Tomiris Mulikova

Upcoming Student Seminars
Join us for BIOCHEM 710 Final Talks in G-202 MBRB at UNC Chapel Hill on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, 10–11:30 AM
Presenters: Gracie Clark, Quentin Hahn, Tomiris Mulikova #UNC #SOM #PhDLife

Our lab website is live tamirlab.org 😁

Drug discovery center integrating AI for big impact  - Eshelman School of Pharmacy Konstantin Popov’s lab is using AI to discover unique compounds and share his tools with the broader scientific community.

Konstantin Popov’s lab is using AI to discover unique compounds and share his tools with the broader scientific community!
Drug discovery center integrating AI for big impact (CICBDD) #UNC #ComputationalBiophysics #DNA #UNC_Eshelman #DELi
pharmacy.unc.edu/2025/10/22/d...

No seminar today Nov. 25. Please join us next week.