Join CBP on Monday (Sept 8), at 12:30 pm in MBRB G-202 for a talk from Dr. Grégory Scherrer on the circuit and cellular control of #pain and how to move toward #nonaddictive therapies.

Physical changes trigger key RNA processing events in cells that fine-tune gene expression. This is especially important in heart or bone cells, which constantly experience mechanical stress. Read more in this review from @jimenagiudice.bsky.social and Gabrielle Bais: lnkd.in/edApA4ZT

Thursday, August 14th marked a milestone for UNC Chapel Hill! The School of Medicine's Department of Cell Biology and Physiology launched the university’s first-ever Biomedical Master’s Program for a cohort of incoming students. #Biomedical #Master's #HigherEd

UNC Cell Biology and Physiology graduate students go on to do great things! Congratulations to alum Dr. Peter J. Mohler on being appointed the 30th president of The University of Alabama. news.ua.edu/2025/06/dr-p...

Congratulations to @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social on winning the 2025 Hettleman Prize! The prestigious prize is awarded to just five promising #UNC faculty members who exemplify groundbreaking and innovative research along with future career promise. college.unc.edu/2025/06/hett...

Disorganized kidney blood vessels may limit tissue damage after injury and even provide better blood flow with age, adding new considerations for #kidney #regeneration and #TissueEngineering. Read the new study by Sarah McLarnon and @llobrienlab.bsky.social. journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

Get a deeper look into the subcellular structures underlying cancer using super-resolution #Microscopy and #MachineLearning. Dr. I. Robert Nabi from @ubccps.bsky.social will discuss this and more at UNC on Monday, June 2nd, at 12:30 pm in MBRB, room G-202!

Exciting contact! Learn about gut-brain circuits in early physiology and behavior in a UNC Rising Stars Program webinar tomorrow, May 27th at noon. @kendall-lough.bsky.social will discuss #GutBrain communication. Get more info and join the webinar here: www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysi...

Join us virtually on Tuesday, May 27th at noon to learn about #gut-brain communication and its contribution to animal physiology and disease. @kendall-lough.bsky.social will give a Rising Stars Program Seminar. Learn more and join here: www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysi... #devbio

Less than a week left to apply for CBP's 9-month, experiential #biomedical #master's program! Apply by May 15th here: www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysi...

CBP scientist Selena Romero just found an #immune protein involved in responding to viral infections has an unexpected role in the brain. "What the heck is it doing in #neurons in a nonpathogenic or diseased setting,” said @deshmukhlab.bsky.social Read more here: www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysi...

On Mon. Apr. 14th at 12:30 pm @sergiuppasca.bsky.social from @stanforduniversity.bsky.social will talk at UNC! Come to G-202 in MBRB and learn how his team constructs and deconstructs the human nervous system to study development and disease. #organoids #neuroscience

"We want to inspire our students to chase their scientific curiosity and, after graduation, boost the economic and societal benefits of the #biomedical research industry," said Kathleen Caron. Read about #UNC CBP’s new 9-month #biomed #MastersProgram #MS www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...

In January, the FDA approved a new non-opioid painkiller. CBP's Grégory Scherrer spoke with @theguardian.com about the new wave of developing non-opioid drugs for pain relief. Read here: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Starting soon in MBRB G-202 at 12:30 pm! Dr. Cocoa T. Dixon, from Wake Technical Community College will discuss her career development into an academic leadership position. Her talk is titled, “Beyond the Lecture Hall: Shaping a Career in Community College Teaching.”

Congrats to @llobrienlab.bsky.social on winning an Innovative Science Accelerator Award from @isackuh.bsky.social! She pioneered whole tissue 3D imaging of #kidney nerves. Now she will map changes in these nerves from acute injury to chronic disease for the first time! med.unc.edu/cellbiophysi...

Congrats to Dicle Berfin Azizoglu on winning a Liver Scholar Research Award from the American Liver Foundation. Azizoglu’s work on liver blood vessels may lead to improved treatments for patients with liver injury and shed light on why some drugs fail. Read more: www.med.unc.edu/cellbiophysi...

The UNC-Chapel Hill Dept. of Cell Biology & Physiology is launching a new 9-month non-thesis #biomedical #mastersdegree! Gain real-world experience in a #research lab and get professional development training for your future career. We are presently accepting applicants. Visit: bit.ly/4gKs5Gp

Hungry? Special cells lining our gut sense the food we eat and even how much our intestines stretch! @hamccauley.bsky.social won an award to develop a new humanized mouse model to understand how these cells message immune cells and influence #guthealth and disease. unc.live/42KuHjM

A new study in @cellpress.bsky.social by @zenbrainest.bsky.social and CBP's Grégory Scherrer describes a groundbreaking molecular tool to reduce pain by targeting sensory neurons (nociceptors) that detect potentially damaging stimuli. Read the paper here: www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Small organelle interactions can play big roles in human health and disease. Pairing machine learning with classic microscopy may help scientists see organelle interactions in real time. Read about @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social's work in UNC's The Well: www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...

We’ve all heard about the placebo effect. This year, UNC_CBP researcher Gregory Scherrer unearthed the neural circuitry underlying this phenomenon for the first time. Read the peer-nominated Publication of the Year from CBP, published in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Check out the latest #biomedical discoveries from UNC_CBP in our In the Loop: Year in Review med.unc.edu/cellbiophysi... Top research stories include How fat droplets in the brain affect #Alzheimer’s disease How disrupted sleep shapes #autism risk How #neurons escape death And more…