Challenging The Assumption That Fibrosis Can’t Be Reversed
Challenging the Assumption That Fibrosis Can’t Be Reversed At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, two scientists are challenging one of medicine’s most
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Three College researchers receive grants to boost innovative research
Three College researchers receive grants to boost innovative research Through two separate funding mechanisms managed by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, College of Arts and
Ronit Freeman Among 11 Cottrell Scholars Winning RSCA Bridge Award
Ronit Freeman Among 11 Cottrell Scholars Winning RSCA Bridge Award Research Corporation for Science Advancement has awarded $800,000 to 11 Cottrell Scholars through its RCSA Bridge Awards. This emergency initiative
Register for Spring 2026 for APPL467
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Interview with 2025 Faculty Mentoring Award Winner, Ronit Freeman
Interview with 2025 Faculty Mentoring Award Winner, Ronit Freeman Last month we announced that Dr. Freeman would be recognized for her outstanding mentorship with graduate
Soft Robotic Flowers Bloom in New Research Released by the Freeman Lab
Soft Robotic Flowers In Bloom CHAPEL HILL, NC – Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill, led by Associate Professor Ronit Freeman, have pioneered a revolutionary soft robotics
Ronit Freeman Named 2025 Mentor Awardee
Professor Freeman Named 2025 Mentor Awardee We are excited to announce that Ronit Freeman has been recognized this year as a faculty member that has
UNC Remembers Slain Professor Zijie Yan
https://freeman-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Zijie-Yan-Memorial_mixdown.mp3 UNC Remembers Slain Professor Zijie Yan Chapel Hill, NC – On the afternoon of August 28, a memorial was held in honor of Dr
WATCH: Ronit Freeman Dreams Big to Treat Lung Fibrosis
UNC Associate Professor Ronit Freeman sits down with John Bamforth of Eshelman Innovation and discusses UNC, Fibrosis treatments, and science in North Carolina.
Ronit Freeman Named One of This Year’s Women of Achievement
Chapel Hill Magazine puts Ronit Freeman under the microscope Ronit Freeman was announced as a Chapel Hill Magazine’s Women of Achievement 2025 for her work with
Freeman Lab Awarded NC Innovation Grant
Professor Freeman Awarded Grant Ronit Freeman, an associate professor of applied physical sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently awarded a NCInnovation
Turning the ‘tides on Synthetic Biology
Turning the ‘Tide on Synthetic Biology What comes to mind when you hear ‘peptides’? Most people associate them with cosmetics. But peptides are more than
UNC Research Stories with Dr. Freeman
UNC Research Stories with Dr. Freeman UNC Research’s Alyssa LeFaro visited the Freeman Lab to find out about Dr. Freeman’s young, yet illustrious career at
Making Sense of Disease in the Field
Making Sense of Diseases in the Field When millions of humans and animals are on the verge of being exposed to highly contagious and dangerous
How to Signal a Cell to Move Along a Surface
How to Signal a Cell to Move Along a Surface What gets you moving? And then how do you make your move? In all
New Course UNC Chapel Hill – Materials Design for Biomedicine
New for UNC Chapel Hill, Spring 2025 – Materials Design for Biomedicine (APPL 467 – 3 Credits), a course lead by Professor Ronit Freeman that will equip you in learning how to engineer biomaterials and nanotechnologies!
GlycoGrip – Connecting the Dots to Disease Detection
GlycoGrip – A Straight Line to Disease Detection Stopping viral disease spread relies on accurate, cost efficient and robust community detection. Multiplexed tools that are responsive to
Creativity Hubs Award Funds New Implant Device To Revolutionize Chronic Disease Management
CREATIVITY HUBS AWARD FAST-TRACKS DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLANTABLE TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD DISRUPT HEALTHCARE IN NORTH CAROLINA, NATIONWIDE, AND GLOBALLY A new implantable device termed
Throwback – Revisiting Chemically Reversible Hydrogels
Revisiting Ronit’s Reversible Game-Changing Hydrogel Research Imagine you are playing softball with some friends at a neighborhood field. You’re up to bat, you swing and
Lab’s Research Makes Cover of Nature Chemistry
Freeman Lab Synthetic Cell Research Makes Cover of Nature Chemistry’s August Issue Chapel Hill, NC The August 2024 issue of Nature Chemistry features a cover