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Magnificent Magnification

February 16, 2022

Researchers across UNC-Chapel Hill are using advanced imaging technologies and techniques to improve our understanding of cellular processes — with visually stunning results. Collected from a variety of labs, these images showcase the incredible projects our researchers are working on and the beauty of the human body in all its forms.

Sing Wai Wong

March 31, 2021

Sing Wai Wong is a third-year periodontology resident in the UNC Adams School of Dentistry. He studies how autophagy — the process by which the body cleans out damaged cells to regenerate new, healthy cells — affects bone loss in the mouth.

Folami Ideraabdullah

February 17, 2016

Folami Ideraabdullah is an assistant professor in the Department of Genetics in the UNC School of Medicine and a researcher at the Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis. Her research looks at the genetic differences between individuals to determine how the cells in the body respond to changes in diet.

A Big Bite

December 8, 2015

How a dinner conversation inspired David Courson to refocus his research on drug-resistant infections

Comprehending Chemotaxis

November 5, 2015

James Bear uncovers the intricate mechanisms that allow certain cells to move, discoveries with implications for cancer metastasis.

All the Cell’s a Stage

October 29, 2014

Brian Strahl and his band of biochemists unravel the complicated mysteries of the epigenetic code to find a culprit in cancer development.

Clockworks

October 15, 2014

Sixteen years after scientists found the genes that control the circadian clock in all cells, the lab of UNC’s Aziz Sancar discovers the mechanisms responsible for keeping our internal clocks in sync.

The Signal and the Noise

July 21, 2014

Henrik Dohlman discovered why seemingly identical cells might react differently to the drugs we use to battle diseases.

The Shedding Effect

April 24, 2014

UNC microbiologists pinpoint a gene that makes RSV one of the deadliest infections a baby can get.