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Our broad expertise allows students to engage in all areas of Biology, including ecology, evolution, biomechanics, genomics, cell, development, neurobiology, and organismal biology.

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Shiau Lab Published

Posted 4 months ago

The Shiau lab recently published a paper in Nature Communications, “Chronic macrophage activation derails muscle repair by disrupting mannose-receptor-linked lasticity revealed by endogenous irg1/acod1 tracking” ABSTRACT: Macrophages are central drivers of chronic inflammation, yet how a sustained inflammatory state alters … Read more

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Congratulations to our Award Winning Teaching Faculty!

Posted 5 months ago

Congratulations to Laura Ott and Eric Hastie, two of the Department of Biology’s amazing teaching faculty who are the recepients of two prestigious undergraduate teaching awards!!! Laura Ott is the recipient of this year’s Chapman Family Teaching Award. The Chapman … Read more

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Prof. Bob Goldstein’s Service Spans the State

Posted 9 months ago

This year’s faculty service award winner equips elementary schools with DIY microscopes and mentors Covenant scholars. If Edward Kidder Graham had met Bob Goldstein, he probably would have told him, “Job well done.” At University Day in 1914, Carolina’s 10th … Read more

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Prof. En Yang named 2025 Pew Medical Scholar

Posted 11 months ago

The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides research funding to early-career investigators whose work stands to substantially impact human health. This year, 22 scholars were appointed from 209 nominations submitted by leading U.S. academic centers. “Pew-funded scientists have … Read more

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