Lai Receives NSF Award to Support Mucus Research, Science Education OutreachIn addition to exploring using mucus to stop pathogens, Lai will help develop a curriculum to teach middle and high school students about the health benefits of mucus.
Photos: 2012 Student Research Day
Pempe, Xu Receive University Impact Awards for ResearchLiz Pempe and Weichen Xu were recognized for their outstanding research initiatives. Pempe is exploring better methods of controlling the clearance of the anticoagulant heparin from the body, while Xu is seeking a way to distinguish between slow-growing and aggressive prostate cancer.
Function of Enzyme 3-OST becomes Crystal Clear to LiuJian Liu, PhD, led a team that included PY1 Susan Woody that crystallized 3-O-sulfotransferase, an enzyme (represented by the green ribbon in the illustration) cruicial to Liu's process of creating synthetic heparin.
UNC Research Center Receives Contract to Fight Kidney CancerWilliam Janzen of the Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery and Kimryn Rathmell of the UNC School of Medicine are leading research to develop potential drug leads for treating renal cell carcinoma.
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