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Department News

Scoping review Explores Role of an Enzyme in Cancer and Chemotherapy

A new study examines the dual-edged role of GUS enzymes in carcinogenesis and chemotherapy, offering insights that could reshape oncology.

UNC Chemistry’s Legacy of Innovation Powers SERC’s Role in Global Energy Transition
Aerial image of UNC Campus, with the Bell Tower in the foreground and Caudill Labs and Kenan Labs further in the background.

Learn more about SERC, the Sustainable Energy Research Consortium at UNC Chapel Hill, and what exciting new research they are exploring.

The Fall/Winter 2024 Newsletter is here!

We are pleased to share with you our Fall/Winter 2024 Newsletter.

Breakthrough Method Converts Carbon Dioxide into Sustainable Liquid Fuel

A team of scientists has developed a new way to turn carbon dioxide into methanol, a valuable liquid fuel with high energy density and versatility.

2024 Eastman Chemical Company Fellowships

The Eastman Chemical Company Fellowship program is an award bestowed to first year graduate students for their committed effort to enhance the departmental mission to create a diverse and inclusive community.

Scientists Discover Surprising Protein Binding Mechanism That Could Lead to New Therapies

A new study sheds light onto how proteins recognize and bind to specific molecules

We're hiring: Teaching Assistant Professor

The Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a Teaching Assistant Professor.

On a Personal Mission, Chemistry Student Aims to Transform Dialysis Treatment
While in Dresden, Germany, Ph.D. student Maria Furukawa, center, took a break from her research with the Uhlmann Group to explore a historical fortress.

Maria Furukawa, a Ph.D. candidate in the department of chemistry at the UNC-Chapel Hill, is developing liquid-crystal polymers that could transform the membranes used in hemodialysis, a life-saving treatment for patients with late-stage renal failure.

Research

Fluorescence shadow imaging of Hypsibius exemplaris reveals morphological differences between sucrose- and CaCl2-induced osmobiotes

Herein, an approach for discriminating between tardigrade morphological states is developed and utilized to compare sucrose- and CaCl2-induced tuns, using the model species Hypsibius exemplaris.

Architectural Editing of Polyesters and Polyurethanes via Palladium(II)-Catalyzed [3,3]-Sigmatropic Oxo-Rearrangements

Herein, we disclose a backbone rearrangement approach to tune the short-chain branching of polymers.

Reductive Dynamic and Static Excited State Quenching of a Homoleptic Ruthenium Complex Bearing Aldehyde Groups

A new homoleptic Ru polypyridyl complex bearing two aldehyde groups on each bipyridine ligand, [Ru(dab)3](PF6)2, where dab is 4,4′-dicarbaldehyde-2,2′-bipyridine, was synthesized, characterized, and utilized for iodide photo-oxidation studies.

Valence can control the nonexponential viscoelastic relaxation of multivalent reversible gels

Here, we propose a model where the relaxation of polymer gels in the dilute regime originates from elementary events in which the bonds connecting two neighboring cross-linkers all disconnect.

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