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Chloe Kirk
Articles by Chloe Kirk
Outreach
Who did it?
Sept. 28, 2023
An ASBMB outreach grant funds a high school field trip that includes a DNA crime scene investigation.
Health Observance
Huntington鈥檚 disease: a rare cousin of Alzheimer鈥檚
May 14, 2023
May is Huntington鈥檚 Disease Awareness Month, so let鈥檚 dive in a bit on what this disease is and where we are in treating it.
Journal News
The pitfalls of relying on computers
May 2, 2023
When a team in Hungary compared mass spec data interpretation by four software packages, they found major discrepancies.
Annual Meeting
Exploring cell surface changes in cancer
Feb. 28, 2023
Jim Wells, who has worked in both biotech and academia, will speak during the 偷拍偷窥 & Cellular Proteomics session at Discover BMB.
Journal News
Disrupting a channel to regulate depression
Dec. 21, 2022
Medication for major depressive disorder doesn鈥檛 work for everyone, but insights into a novel protein鈥損rotein interaction may open up a new path to treatment.
Journal News
A new way to target mosquito-borne viruses
Nov. 16, 2022
Why don鈥檛 we have a vaccine for dengue or Zika viruses? Researchers at UNC鈥揅hapel Hill investigate how this virus family can be targeted with envelope proteins.
Journal News
Targeting the lipid envelope to control COVID-19
Nov. 9, 2022
Ever wonder why we were told to wash our hands with soap to prevent COVID-19? The key to preventing the spread of infection may lie in the SARS-CoV-2 lipid envelope.
Essay
Nine tips for managing time in grad school
Aug. 17, 2022
鈥淐oming into grad school, I was overwhelmed by how much undirected time I had,鈥� Chloe Kirk writes. 鈥淭hen I learned about time management, and the world started to make sense again.鈥�
Journal News
From the journals: MCP
Aug. 12, 2022
Analysis of large samples of proteins just got an upgrade. Read about the latest breakthroughs in proteomics in these papers from the journal 偷拍偷窥 & Cellular Proteomics.
Annual Meeting
How tumor hypoxia suppresses the immune response
April 3, 2022
Undergrad elucidates how cancer employs the A2AR signaling pathway when confronted with immunotherapy.
Observance
6 women biochemists you should know about
March 5, 2022
It's Women's History Month. There鈥檚 no better time to learn about some of the women who have shaped and are still shaping the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology.