Biological Sciences

UNC Charlotte researcher Danillo Augusto, Ph.D., was recently awarded a $3.7 million dollar grant from the National Institute of Health for an immunomics project that is using a new approach to study human immune response and autoimmune diseases.  Augusto and his team of researchers are employing a novel method using long-read sequencing technology. The research […]

Congratulations to these Klein College of Science employees with new titles and positions for 2025-26. Biological Sciences Ellen Wisner, teaching professorShankari Somayaji, associate teaching professorJunya Tomida, associate professorPatricjia van Oosten-Hawle, associate professor Chemistry Jessica White, associate teaching professor Mathematics and Statistics Sarah Birdsong, associate teaching professorDuan Chen, professorKevin McGoff, professorYinghao Pan, associate professorArindam Roy, associate […]

UNC Charlotte students joined other citizen scientists across Georgia, Florida, Alabama and North and South Carolina to participate in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census last weekend. The goal of the census was to capture a point-in-time data set of the number and variety of pollinators, and the flowers that attract them. The census was organized […]

More than 130 researchers from North and South Carolina convened in the UNC Charlotte Cone University Center on Wednesday, June 11, for the inaugural Carolina Symposium on Genome Integrity and Chromatin Regulation.  The symposium was hosted by the Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science in the Klein College of […]

Klein College of Science researchers Pinku Mukherjee and Susan Trammell were each awarded a research and development grant from NCInnovation this week. NCInnovation is a nonprofit organization that bridges the gap between academia and industry to help advance research from North Carolina public universities from proof-of-concept to commercial investment and viability. The grants were awarded after […]

Like with a flower, growth can come slowly for people. For Taylor Yonemura, the journey has taken time, but UNC Charlotte has given her a calling. “UNC Charlotte offers opportunities for many things, but if you want something, you must put in the effort,” she said. “A lot of success in college is about trying […]

On December 13, Ashley Choi will graduate from the Klein College of Science with a bachelor’s of science, majoring in biology and minoring in biotechnology. She hopes to take the culture of collaboration she found on Charlotte’s campus with her as she diversifies her lab experience as a research technician before continuing her education. “I […]

When Madison Riley, a junior biology major, went on the game show “The Price is Right,” she wore a t-shirt that said “Don’t pick me, pick my sister.” That shirt, coupled with a nervousness that turned into a dynamic television personality, got her called down to contestant’s row to bid on items including an elliptical […]

The Klein College of Science’s Truman Lab has been awarded a new R01 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). From 2024 to 2028, the new grant will provide $1,278,920 for the project “Understanding the role of Hsp70 chaperone code in proteostasis,” adding to […]

Christine Richardson, Ph.D., professor and chair of biological sciences, has been selected to serve as the next Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science. Her term will run through June 30, 2028. With this new role, CBES is shifting to the Klein College of Science with the support of researchers from across campus, […]