October 1, 2024
Rooted: Jack Griffith
Jack Griffith, PhD, whose work focuses on the use of electron microscopy, has been contributing to research at Carolina for 46 years.
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August 16, 2024
“You can be both,” a single mom’s journey to becoming a renowned telomere scientist
Taghreed Mohammed Al-Turki, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the UNC Lineberger lab of Jack Griffith, PhD, shares her journey of becoming a telomere scientist as a first-time mother.
November 14, 2023
Dittmer, Griffith labs win Art in Science Competition
During University Research Week, the labs of Dirk Dittmer, PhD, and Jack Griffith, PhD, won the Art in Science Competition held by the UNC School of Medicine Office of Research.
May 26, 2023
NPR Science Friday: The Long And Short Of Telomere Activity
April 15, 2023
List23: Unraveling Cancer and Aging’s Hidden Protein Secrets in Telomere Twist
February 21, 2023
GEN: Telomeres Encode Disease-Relevant Proteins
February 20, 2023
Scientists make stunning discovery, find new protein activity in telomeres
UNC Lineberger researchers made the stunning discovery that telomeres contain genetic information to produce two small proteins, one of which they found is elevated in some human cancer cells.
July 13, 2020
Enigmatic protein sculpts DNA to repair harmful damage
Jack Griffith, PhD, co-authored a paper showing the role the XPG protein plays in DNA repair in healthy human cells, and how mutations can translate into diseases and cancer.
May 11, 2020
Griffith wins Photographic Society of America’s Progress Award
Jack Griffith, PhD, has received the Progress in Photography Award from the Photographic Society of America for his work using photo-microscopy with the electron microscope.
February 19, 2019
Virus linked to cancer takes over ‘cellular mail’ to alter tumor environment
A virus linked to cancer can hijack the host’s cellular mail and could help drive changes in the environment around tumors, researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center found. A study published in PLOS Pathogens reports the Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpes virus can commandeer a mail system that host cells use to …