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
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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
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
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
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
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
Upcoming Event: Diversity in Science Lunch Series
The next talk in UNC’s Diversity in Science lunch series will take place on Thursday, March 5th, at the Kenan Science Library, from 12 –
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
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
Maggie Daly Wins 1st Prize At TSRC
We are thrilled to announce that Freeman Lab PhD candidate Maggie Daly has won first place in the Biomaterials category for her poster presentation at
Dr. Freeman Featured in Carolina Arts and Sciences Magazine
Dr. Ronit Freeman has been featured in an article for Carolina Arts and Sciences Magazine. The article, titled “Master of Adaptation“, discusses Dr. Freeman’s life
Dr. Freeman, Designing for Change
On Thursday October 24, Dr. Freeman will be a panelist at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Designing for Change: Women in Entrepreneurship panel.
Maggie Daly Awarded NSF Fellowship
We are excited to announce that Freeman Lab Ph.D. candidate Maggie Daly has been selected for the 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
Hannah Wilkins Wins Poster Award
The Freeman Lab is thrilled to announce that our own Hannah Wilkins, a junior at the University of North Carolina in the Chancellor’s Science scholar
Freeman Lab Cover Art Published in Bioconjugate Chemistry
This month’s issue of Bioconjugate Chemistry has been published, and features cover art by Freeman Lab alumnus Griffin Miller. The artwork (above) depicts DNA-containing peptides organizing into twisted bundles
Triangle Soft Matter Workshop
On May 13, Dr. Freeman spoke at the 2019 Triangle Soft Matter Workshop, hosted by Duke University’s Fitzpatrick Center. The goal of the workshop is to
Featured: Bioconjugate Chemistry
Living things are built by soft materials with intricate structures that can reconfigure in response to changes in their surroundings to carry out important, complex
Featured: Science Highlight
Dr. Freeman’s recent research was highlighted in the current issue of Science. The original paper was entitled: Reversible Self-Assembly of Superstructured Networks.