March 30, 2015 | Community News, Kohlmeier News, News, Research News
March 30, 2015 • The International Society of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics (ISNN) will hold its 9th Congress May 17-19 on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill. This event convenes several hundred nutrition researchers, clinicians, dietitians and other healthcare providers who are leaders in the development and practice of advanced nutrition solutions. Keynote speakers are 2007 Nobel laureate Dr. Oliver Smithies (UNC Chapel Hill) and Dr. Bruce Ames (Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute and UC Berkeley), who will deliver an Appetite for Life lecture in Kannapolis May 20, 2015.
March 23, 2015 | Community News, N Krupenko News, News, Research News, Zeisel News
March 17, 2015 • Eleven faculty research scientists at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) in Kannapolis currently have externally funded grants to support their work exploring individualized nutrition. These awards are significant not only for providing the means by which the NRI can advance its scientific discoveries but also for their economic impact in the Charlotte region.
March 12, 2015 | Community News, News
March 8, 2015 • The following has been reprinted from The Salisbury Post, an article by Josh Bergeron.
The N.C. Research Campus still lags behind initial employment projections, but, as the nation and state recover from an economic recession, growth is beginning to pick up.
Following billionaire businessman David Murdock’s $15 million annual endowment last year, the research campus aims to expand and the David H. Murdock Research Institution is looking to refocus on its initial intent — becoming a world class research institution. The catchphrase being used to define the future of the facility is “putting the RI back in DHMRI.”
March 5, 2015 | Pub-Surzenko
Transcription factor Olig2 defines subpopulations of retinal progenitor cells biased toward specific cell fates
Brian P. Hafler, Natalia Surzenko, Kevin T. Beier, Claudio Punzo, Jeffrey M. Trimarchi, Jennifer H. Kong, Constance L. Cepko
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 May 15; 109(20): 7882–7887. Published online 2012 April 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1203138109
PMCID: PMC3356608
March 5, 2015 | Pub-Surzenko
SOX2 maintains the quiescent progenitor cell state of postnatal retinal Müller glia
Natalia Surzenko, Tessa Crowl, Amelia Bachleda, Lee Langer, Larysa Pevny
Development. 2013 April 1; 140(7): 1445–1456. doi: 10.1242/dev.071878
PMCID: PMC3596988
