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Molecular approaches to detect and mitigate COVID-19

Dr. Ronit Freeman’s proposals for the Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s COVID-19 Initiative, and her subsequent awards to research ways to capture and disable coronavirus spikes, have been featured on the UNC College of Arts and Sciences website. You can read the article here. Dr Freeman will be collaborating with Rommie Amaro, professor of chemistry… Continue reading Molecular approaches to detect and mitigate COVID-19

Freeman Lab Undergraduates Receive Summer Award for Research-Intensive Courses (SARIC)

We are happy to announce that two Undergraduates working in the Freeman Lab have received the Summer Award for Research-Intensive Courses (SARIC) for Undergraduate research this Summer 2020! Jade Dang will be using the award to explore fluorescent-based methods in probing the properties of peptide-DNA and catalytic material, while Dingyuan Liu will be tracking cell… Continue reading Freeman Lab Undergraduates Receive Summer Award for Research-Intensive Courses (SARIC)

Jade Dang’s Will Froelich Fellowship Proposal Approved

We are excited to announce that Freeman Lab Undergraduate Jade Dang, a recipient of the Will Froelich Honors Fellowship, has had her fellowship proposal approved! Jade will be spending the coming summer continuing her research in the Freeman Lab, using fluorescent-based methods to probe the properties of peptide-DNA and catalytic material. The Will Froelich Honors… Continue reading Jade Dang’s Will Froelich Fellowship Proposal Approved

Freeman Lab awarded 2 RCSA grants to research COVID-19

The Freeman Lab is happy to announce that we have received funding via two Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) grants to investigate the COVID-19 virus. The first of these grants, titled “Pan-Covid-19 MultiValent Binders (MVBs) to Block Virus Entry”, was submitted with Rommie Amaro of the University of California and Carlos Simmerling of Stony… Continue reading Freeman Lab awarded 2 RCSA grants to research COVID-19

Lung mucus strategy to mitigate Covid-19 transmission and infection receives NSF RAPID grant

The Freeman Lab is part of a multidisciplinary team that has been awarded an NSF RAPID grant, to explore the critical role of airway mucus in the transmission, infection, and spread of the COVID-19 virus. You can read more about this award at the Innovate Carolina website here.  While the world waits for a vaccine… Continue reading Lung mucus strategy to mitigate Covid-19 transmission and infection receives NSF RAPID grant

Dr. Freeman Elected to UNC Faculty Council

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Ronit Freeman has been elected to UNC’s Faculty Council! She will serve a three-year term beginning in June 2020.  Like colleges the world over, UNC is facing unique challenges at this time. We look forward to hearing Dr. Freeman’s voice among the other faculty and student representatives on… Continue reading Dr. Freeman Elected to UNC Faculty Council

Pandemic Lessons

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced colleges and educators to think on their feet and drastically alter their practices.  Moving courses online and practicing social distancing are only some of the changes being made. A new article posted on the UNC College of Arts and Sciences website highlights some of the ways faculty are adjusting their… Continue reading Pandemic Lessons

Coming Together To Print Solutions

The current outbreak of COVID-19 has highlighted an urgent need for personal protective equipment (PPE) among the medical teams working on the front lines to treat the disease. PPE shortages have been reported in hospitals throughout the globe, and groups of individuals and organizations worldwide have stepped up to assist. Here in North Carolina, UNC’s… Continue reading Coming Together To Print Solutions

Hannah Wilkins Granted Senior Honors Thesis Award

We are happy to announce that Freeman Lab undergraduate student Hannah Wilkins has won the Tom and Elizabeth Long Research Award! This award is granted once a year by Honors Carolina, an interdisciplinary academic program designed for students who are eager to explore beyond their immediate academic concentrations and anticipated career trajectories. Their generous awards financially… Continue reading Hannah Wilkins Granted Senior Honors Thesis Award

Featured: ACS Biomaterials Sci. Eng.

A new paper by the Freeman Lab has been published in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. Titled “Gelator Length Precisely Tunes Supramolecular Hydrogel Stiffness and Neuronal Phenotype in 3D Culture“, the paper showcases strategies to tune mechanical stiffness of hydrogels for use in three-dimensional cell cultures and transplantation matrices for neural regeneration.

Editor’s Choice: Journal of the American Chemical Society

A new paper featuring work by Ronit Freeman has been picked for Editor’s Choice in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Titled “Hierarchical assembly of DNA origami nanostructures using coiled-coil peptides”, this paper demonstrates the successful merging of two distinct self-assembly modes to create hybrid bionanomaterials, which is expected to have a range of potential… Continue reading Editor’s Choice: Journal of the American Chemical Society