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Carolina Research News
UNC Rural and UNC Research award six collaborations serving 29 rural counties
The Rural Research, Engagement and Advancement Fund promotes community-campus partnerships based in rural North Carolina supporting a wide range of engagement endeavors.
Rooted: Dara Wilson-Grant
Dara Wilson-Grant is the director of postdoctoral career and professional development for the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. She has been contributing to research at Carolina for 17 years.
Carolina advances hurricane-driven flood prediction capabilities for coastal communities
A new modeling approach for river representation in the widely used coastal model ADCIRC may help ease the difficulty of modeling compound flooding by providing predictions and insights to the decision-makers working to keep their communities safe.
Pharmacology professor awarded CZI grant to monitor, manipulate proteins important in nervous system function, neurological disease
SOM’s Klaus Hahn will co-lead this Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) project with colleagues at Duke University and North Carolina State University.
SOM research shows continued cocaine use disrupts communication between major brain networks
The findings, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, demonstrate how long-term cocaine use affects brain functions, making recovery and stifling cravings more difficult.
Gillings research shows that menthol cigarette bans could lead more smokers to quit
The study found that almost a quarter of menthol cigarette smokers quit smoking altogether after a menthol ban, and that country-wide actions are more effective than local or state bans.
Carolina spinoff company creates single-cell solutions
Cell Microsystems is leapfrogging traditional technologies for single-cell cloning, culturing, analysis and isolation. The firm helps scientists in pharma-biotech organizations speed therapeutic breakthroughs by culturing 10 times more cells in one-tenth of the time.
Two Carolina biologists win Chan Zuckerberg Initiative neuroscience grant
Biologists Celia Shiau and En Yang have been awarded a competitive grant to tackle unsolved grand challenges in neurodegenerative diseases and fundamental neuroscience.
Kenan-Flagler expert outlines impact of quantum computing
Eric Ghysels said the new technology is a “paradigm shift” that will impact financial decision-making and internet security.