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Roots and Microbes: Bringing a complex underground ecology into the lab
Jeff Dangl in his lab at UNC. (photo courtesy of AP images for HHMI/Jim R. Bounds) Beneath the surface of the earth, an influential community of microbes mingles with plant roots. In the first...
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Biology lecturer inspires a ‘spirit of inquiry’ in her students
Kelly Hogan is an award-winning biology teacher who uses innovative methods to make a big classroom seem small. Photo by Mary Lide Parker. Kelly Hogan teaches a biology 101 section that enrolls nearly...
View ArticleBiology, History Alumnae to Give Third Annual Sequoyah Lecture March 21
Two UNC-Chapel Hill doctoral graduates, representing the fields of history and biology, will be the featured speakers at the third annual Sequoyah Distinguished Lecture on March 21. The free public...
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Fixed-term faculty choose paths they love
From left: Jean DeSaix, Jan Boxill, and Donna LeFebvre. Jean DeSaix, who has taught biology at Carolina for more than 40 years, was on her way to a Ph.D. in biology and switched to the School of...
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N.C.’s Southern Cricket Frog populations declining
The Southern cricket frog. (photo by Jonathan Perry Micancin) A recent U.S. Geological Survey report confirmed that the nation’s amphibians, including frogs, toads and salamanders, are disappearing “at...
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Caribbean’s native predators unable to stop aggressive lionfish population...
A closeup of a lionfish by Walter Hackerott. “Ocean predator” conjures up images of sharks and barracudas, but the voracious red lionfish is out-eating them all in the Caribbean – and Mother Nature...
View ArticleShemer honored for excellence in teaching
Gidi Shemer in the biology department in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences has been recognized by the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy with an excellence in teaching award. The center’s...
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Antibiotics give rise to new communities of harmful bacteria
Most people have taken an antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection. Now researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of San Diego, La Jolla, reveal that the way...
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Kelly Hogan to deliver winter commencement address at Carolina
Kelly Hogan Read a Q&A with Kelly Hogan. Find out all the information you need about parking and more. Kelly Hogan, director of instructional innovation for the University of North Carolina at...
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Ocean researcher to deliver Doctoral Hooding address
Samantha Joye Samantha Joye, a leading researcher on the impact of oil and gas seepage in deep ocean environments, will give the keynote address at UNC-Chapel Hill’s 2016 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony. The...
View ArticleMike Artov: “I’ve got to be the most proactive student here”
Biology major Mike Artov discusses his path to UNC and what it takes to be a successful student. Artov participated in the SMART-Transfer Program, which matches transfer students to laboratories in...
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Tar Heels venture into space medicine
Recent graduate Diana Dayal and Carolina senior Bobby Hazel examine a mock head-down tilt test at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. (Photo courtesy Diana Dayal.) The human body’s...
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Pranavi Sanka
Senior Pranavi Sanka is an undergraduate researcher in the UNCCollege of Arts & Sciences, majoring in biology and computer science, with a minor in chemistry. Her research focuses on developing...
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Senior Karylle Abella: ’95 percent of the ocean is still unexplored – and I’m...
Senior Karylle Abella is an undergraduate researcher within the UNC College of Arts and Sciences majoring in chemistry, with a minor in creative writing. Her research focuses on the different ways in...
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Ninety percent of predatory fish gone from Caribbean coral reefs due to...
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that up to 90 percent of predatory fish are gone from Caribbean coral reefs, straining the ocean ecosystem and coastal...
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UNC-Chapel Hill researchers make discovery that could increase plant yield in...
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have pinpointed a key genetic switch that helps soil bacteria living on and inside a plant’s roots harvest a vital nutrient with limited...
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Exploring an underwater Eden
UNC student Cassidy Manzonelli will spend time aboard the SSV Robert C. Seamans studying the impacts of El Nino and climate change on the Phoenix Islands. UNC student Cassidy Manzonelli (biology ’18)...
View ArticleResearchers ramp up new UNC Autism Research Center
UNC-Chapel Hill has long been one of the world’s premier autism research universities, and now its expertise and leading research programs will fall under one virtual roof at the UNC Autism Research...
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Researching the Brain through Balinese Gamelan
Trevor McPherson is a senior music and biology double major with a minor in neuroscience from Kitty Hawk, N.C. This summer, he traveled to Indonesia to continue his research into the intersection of...
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New project aims to bring semantics to evolutionary trees
From left to right, Todd Vision (UNC), Jim Balhoff (RENCI), Wasila Dahdul (U-South Dakota), Josef Uyeda (Virginia Tech) and Hilmar Lapp (Duke). Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
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