News and Events
CCNTP News
2023
- Kristy Ainslie receives 2023 Sato Memorial International Award
- Kristy Ainslie receives $3.2 million from NIH to develop new vaccine
- Owen Fenton receives NIH award to help fund research to treat skin cancer
- Juliane Nguyen promoted to full professor and honored with Controlled Release Society Award
- Lung Cancer Initiative awards Pecot $100,000 grant
- Dr. Charles Perou presents AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research
2022
- Professor Paul Dayton Named Chair of the Joint BME Department
- C-CNTP Alumni Edikan Ogunnaike, PhD, receives NIH MOSAIC K99 award from NINDS
- Dr. Zibo Li awarded three new projects
- Dr. Chad Pecot Will Lead UNC RNA Discovery Center
- Dr. Jenny Ting Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Drs. Jenny Ting and Bev Koller Awarded New R01 from NIAID
- Jenny Ting, PhD Receives “Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement”
2021
- Alexander Kabanov receives millions from NIH to develop effective therapeutics for triple-negative breast cancer
- Kristy Ainslie receives $1.5 million from NIH to combat type 1 diabetes
- Kristy Ainslie works to develop new therapy for glioblastoma patients, receives $1.7 million from NIH to pursue research
- Gel enhances CAR-T immunotherapy benefits in brains surgically treated for glioblastoma
- Serody Receives Grant to Evaluate Epigenetic Changes in Innate Immune Cells During Stem Cell Transplantation
- Three faculty members named to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s elite College of Fellows
- William Zamboni aims to fight pancreatic cancer with NIH grant topping $2.7 million
2020
- T32 Carolina Cancer Nanotechnology Training Program renewed for another five years
- UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy on the COVID-19 Frontlines
- Ainslie receives NIH grant for influenza research
- Juliane Nguyen, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Member of McAllister Heart Institute, In Collaboration With Shelton Earp, M.D. (UNC Lineberger), Awarded National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01
- Serody, Basch Will Lead Divisions in Realignment of Hematology and Oncology
2019
- Der leads study published in Science Signaling
- Charles M. Perou, PhD: From studying one gene, to studying thousands in breast cancer
- Researchers unveil experimental compound to block therapeutic target in blood cancer
- Scientists publish overview of the latest in cancer vaccine target research
- Ting elected vice president of the American Association of Immunologists
- Eshelman Institute for Innovation awards $3.5 million across 24 research projects
- Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure grants researchers $170,000
- Serody explains design, development, and delivery of CAR-T therapy
- Perou recognized as a ‘Giant of Cancer’
- Researchers study strategies for using nanotechnology to boost cancer therapeutics
- Researchers awarded $1.5M to study nanoparticle strategy to prevent surgical complication
- Researchers discover potential attack strategy for aggressive breast cancer
- Der to receive mentorship award from Carolina
- Stand Up To Cancer names UNC Lineberger researchers to ‘Dream Team’
- Researchers identify driver of a key change in metastatic breast cancer
- NCBiotech awards grant to Pecot for studies of experimental RNAi therapy
2018
- Researchers identify experimental immunotherapy approach to target acute myeloid leukemia
- Huang, Kabanov and Roth Recognized for Research Influence
- Ainslie Awarded $1.89M NIH Grant to Develop Multiple Sclerosis Vaccine
- Interview with postdoctoral fellow Elizabeth Wayne
2017
Postdoc Elizabeth Wayne Selected as TED Fellow
2015
School Receives T32 Grant for Training Program in Cancer Nanotechnology
Events
Asheville Open House
April 26 @ 1:30 pmCIPhER Seminar: The Value of Clinical Mental Health Services Embedded within Health Professions Programs
May 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ZoomUNCLCN Webinar – Molecular Oncology
May 8 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmReturn to the Hill
May 9 @ 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm Kerr Hall