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 image representing the research led by Margaret Daly, Kengo Nishi, and Ronit Freeman. The research spans multiple years in developing peptide -based filaments with DNA crosslinkers that forms networks and… Continue reading Lab’s Research Makes Cover of Nature Chemistry
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AIChE Touts Potential of Lab’s Artificial Cells
AIChE Touts Potential of Lab’s Artificial Cells Chapel Hill, NC The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) take intrigue with the Freeman Lab’s ‘new method of building artificial cells from the ground up.’ These artificial cells have the ability to respond to external triggers such as heat, making them potential building blocks for sensors… Continue reading AIChE Touts Potential of Lab’s Artificial Cells
UNC Researchers create artificial cells that act like living cells
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers create artificial cells that act like living cells Chapel Hill, NC Carleigh Gabryel In a new study published in Nature Chemistry, Carolina researcher Ronit Freeman and her colleagues describe the steps they took to manipulate DNA and proteins — essential building blocks of life — to create cells that look and act like cells from the… Continue reading UNC Researchers create artificial cells that act like living cells
Dr. Freeman to Speak at Annual Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting
Dr. Freeman to Speak at Annual Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting – September 23, 2024 Raleigh, NC Cytoskeleton is the protein network that gives cells their shape and it’s a feature of cells that is so integral that a yearly event was created here in the Triangle to solely focus on all things cytoskeleton. Aptly titled… Continue reading Dr. Freeman to Speak at Annual Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting
WRAL Visits Freeman Lab to Explore Potential Alzheimer’s Cure
WRAL Visits Freeman Lab to Explore Potential Alzheimer’s Cure WRAL’s Grace Hayba visited the Freeman Lab to sit down with Professor Ronit Freeman to learn about the new discovery in a way to potentially reverse the twist direction of amyloid plaques in the brain which are instrumental in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. … Continue reading WRAL Visits Freeman Lab to Explore Potential Alzheimer’s Cure
Interview with the Women of the Freeman Lab
Breaking Barriers in Science: An Interview with the Women of the Freeman Lab Breaking Barriers in Science: An Interview with the Women of the Freeman Lab Freeman Lab scientists with Justin Hill March 8, 2024 In a wing of the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, spanning the Kenan, Caudill and Murray buildings; you will find the Freeman… Continue reading Interview with the Women of the Freeman Lab
Article: A Twist on Traditional Treatment
Imagine a future where the insidious advance of Alzheimer’s could be halted, or even reversed, not by a miraculous new drug, but by a groundbreaking way of delivering treatment right to the heart of the problem. This isn’t the plot of a science fiction novel but the tangible outcome of cutting-edge research by a team… Continue reading Article: A Twist on Traditional Treatment
Targeted therapy treatments – with a twist!
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have developed a therapeutic approach that harnesses helical amyloid fibers designed to untwist and release drugs in response to body temperature, according to a study published in Nature Communications. “Understanding the structural and assembly properties of the beta-amyloid 42 peptide is crucial for advancing our knowledge of Alzheimer’s and developing targeted therapies for… Continue reading Targeted therapy treatments – with a twist!
New Paper – How Omicron Finds the Sweet Spot
New paper shows omicron relies more on sugars for infection Omicron and its sublineages remain a major public health concern owing to their high infectivity and antibody evasion. Perhaps the most challenging is that the sensitivity of some of the available rapid tests have been reduced against Omicron, compared to previous variants, forcing people to… Continue reading New Paper – How Omicron Finds the Sweet Spot
An explosion in the use of self-assembling macromolecules
Prof. Ronit Freeman was invited to guest edit the October 2022 edition of ACS Applied Biomaterials. Read about the great potential of such macromolecules with an emphasis on proteins, peptides, and DNA (or combinations thereof) to create functional biomaterials to regenerate damaged cells, serve as scaffolds for injected exogenous cells, or control the delivery and… Continue reading An explosion in the use of self-assembling macromolecules
Ronit Freeman Presents Keynote Address on Peptide-DNA at the Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics 2022 Annual Symposium
Ronit Freeman featured as a keynote speaker in the Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics 2022 Annual Symposium. Her talk focused on constructing complex nanostructures to mimic extra cellular environment. Learn more about the symposium here
Innovator Q&A: Improving Health Outcomes with Convergent Sciences
Ronit Freeman sat down with Innovate Carolina to discuss the intersection between scientific innovation, entrepreneurship, research and teaching, and how collaboration across disciplines propels discovery. Read the full story to find out how she approaches multidisciplinary approaches to spark scientific innovation here!