RUNC: Dongshen Peng
Dongshen Peng looks for keys to hidden epigenetic doors.
Eye-Opening Innovations
Chemist Wei You’s second startup company is using polymers to create drug delivery systems for eye diseases.
Boldly Breaking Barriers
Sam Lai has founded multiple startups by studying underexplored processes in the body — like mucus production.
Building Living Machines
Ronit Freeman uses nature’s building blocks to create innovative technologies, from synthetic cells to treatments that could transform health care.
Fired Up for RNA
Chad Pecot is revolutionizing RNA therapies for cancer through his company EnFuego Therapeutics and the new UNC RNA Discovery Center.
RUNC: Kumi Silva
Kumi Silva studies how love and hate are intertwined.
RUNC: Samuel Ellington
Samuel Ellington uses math to evaluate events and behaviors.
RUNC: Alita Miller
Alita Miller engineers probiotics to treat gut diseases.
RUNC: Sourav Kumar Patra
Sourav Kumar Petra studies the evolution of protein creation and function.
Between Two Worlds
Through fiction, Oswaldo Estrada bridges cultures and languages, illuminating resilience and hope in the journey of immigration.
Unmasking Ugliness
Al Duncan has spent the last 15 years exploring why humans are drawn to the unpleasant and uncomfortable aspects of life.
The Power of Narrative
From Black Twitter to influential women, Carolina faculty discuss recent book projects and the research that went into them.