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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.
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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
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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
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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!
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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...
A microscopy image of gut-brain cell contacts underlying gut brain communication (Image credit: Kendall Lough, PhD)
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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...
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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
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"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...
School of Medicine launches new 9-month biomedical master’s degree | UNC-Chapel Hill
The program, created through The Graduate School and the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, features hands-on research experience.
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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.”
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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
Flyer for a new 9-month biomedical master's degree program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
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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
Understanding the role of gut messenger cells in gastrointestinal disease
Health McCauley received a Junior Faculty Development Award to create a new humanized mouse model that more closely replicates complex immune cell dynamics in the gut.
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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...
Carolina researcher develops a way to see organelles in action | UNC-Chapel Hill
Sarah Cohen and two others will pioneer a method to view these molecular structures and their interactions in live stem cells.
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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...
Neural circuit basis of placebo pain relief - Nature
Analgesia from the expectation of pain relief is mediated by rostral anterior cingulate cortex neurons that project to the pontine nucleus.
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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…
In the Loop Newsletter - Year in Review: December 2024
In this newsletter, explore scientific breakthroughs from researchers in the UNC Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, discover upcoming opportunities for collaboration and learning, and learn mo...
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