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We’ve all heard about the placebo effect. This year, UNC_CBP researcher Grégory 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: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Do you love #organelles? If so, vote for Sherry’s Sherry Hsu “Dino-organelles” in the plasmidsaurus vote below!

Sarah Cohen was featured in UNC-Chapel Hill's The Well. Small organelle interactions can play big roles in human health and disease. Read about how her team is developing a new approach to see organelles and their interactions in real time. unc.edu/posts/2025/01/…

A new study in Cell by BryanRoth and CBP's Grégory Scherrer describes a groundbreaking molecular tool that reduces pain by targeting sensory neurons (nociceptors) that detect potentially damaging stimuli. Read the paper here: cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Hungry? Special cells lining our gut sense the food we eat and even how much our intestines stretch! Heather McCauley 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

The UNC-CH Dept. of Cell Biology & Physiology is launching a new 9-month non-thesis #biomedical #mastersdegree!  We are presently accepting applicants. Visit: bit.ly/4gKs5Gp

Congrats to D. Berfin Azizoglu on winning a Liver Scholar Research Award from American Liver Foundation National. 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 in the market. Read more: 👇med.unc.edu/cellbiophysio/…

Congrats to Lori O'Brien on winning an Innovative Science Accelerator Award from Innovative Science Accelerator Program! O’Brien 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/cellbiophysio/…

🔬 Exciting news! Cell Biology and Physiology at UNC is launching a new 9-month non-thesis biomedical master's degree! Gain real-world experience in a research lab plus professional development training for your future career. 👉 Applications open until May 15: ow.ly/WzTK50V9nRm

Starting soon in MBRB G-202 at 12:30 pm! Dr. Cocoa T. Dixon, from Wake Tech 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.”

The Dowen Lab shared the joy of science at the #UNC Science Expo this past Saturday! Visitors learned about using different animal model systems for research #NCSciFest #scienceoutreach

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

“We want to inspire our students to chase their scientific curiosity and... boost the economic and societal benefits of the #biomedical research industry,” said Kathleen Caron Caron Lab. Read about UNC-Chapel Hill CBP’s new 9-month #biomed #MastersProgram #MS unc.edu/posts/2025/04/…

On Mon. Apr. 14th at 12:30 pm Sergiu P. Pasca from Stanford University 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

CBP scientist Selena Romero just found an #immune protein that responds 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 Read more here: med.unc.edu/cellbiophysio/…

Less than two weeks left to apply for CBP's 9-month, experiential biomedical master's program! Apply by May 15th here: med.unc.edu/cellbiophysio/…

Join us virtually on Tuesday, May 27th at noon to learn about #GutBrain communication and its contribution to animal physiology and disease. Kendall Lough will give a Rising Stars Program Seminar. #devbio Get more info and join here: med.unc.edu/cellbiophysio/…

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 will discuss #GutBrain communication. Get more info and join the webinar here: med.unc.edu/cellbiophysio/…

Get a deeper look into the subcellular structures underlying cancer using super-resolution #Microscopy and #MachineLearning. Dr. I. Robert Nabi from University of British Columbia will discuss this and more UNC-Chapel Hill on Monday at 12:30 pm in MBRB, room G-202! #CancerResearch