December 8, 2023 | Hursting News, Meyer News, News, Smith News, Symposium, Trujillo News, Zeisel News
First established as an essential nutrient in 1998, choline is a nutrient with critical roles in the health and development of the brain, liver, and more. The past 25 years have seen significant advances in the choline field, however, the question remains: What’s...
December 1, 2023 | News, Saini News, Smith News
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute is pleased to welcome Nipun Saini, PhD, to its faculty. Previously, Saini worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Smith Lab. Saini worked in the Smith Lab for six years, helping the team advance in understanding the...
October 13, 2023 | Cheatham News, Goode News, Hursting News, Kohlmeier News, May News, Meyer News, Mooney News, N Krupenko News, News, News Rushing, Pathmasiri News, S Krupenko News, Smith News, Stewart News, Sumner News, Tate News, Trujillo News, Voruganti News, Ximena News, Zeisel News
July 24, 2023 | News, Smith News
Iron is an important mineral that helps maintain energy generation. It is a major component of hemoglobin, a type of protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from our lungs to all parts of the body. Iron is also part of myoglobin, a protein that carries and...
March 31, 2023 | News, Saini News, Smith News
It is a hidden truth that 1 in 7 pregnant people in United States reports drinking alcohol in the past 30 days. And about 1 in 20 pregnant people reports binge drinking—defined as 4 or more alcoholic beverages on one occasion—in the past 30 days. Nipun Saini, PhD, a...
September 30, 2022 | News, Saini News, Smith News
Reposted from UNC Research. Each year, the Postdoctoral Awards for Research Excellence (PARE) are given in recognition of the research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars. . . . The PARE awards are open to postdoctoral scholars in all disciplines...