Dr. Catherine Drennan “Shake, Rattle, & Roll: A Story of Molecules in Motion” Friday November 16, 2012, 11am UNC Chapel Hill The SPIRE program hosted Dr. Catherine Drennan as our 2012 Distinguished Scholar speaker. Dr. Drennan is a professor of … Read more

Several SPIRE scholars were honored at the Annual Postdoctoral Recognition Ceremony held on November 17, 2011 sponsored by UNC Chapel Hill’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. Dr. Karl Castillo won a Research Excellence award for his research on the effects of … Read more

The annual SPIRE Distinguished Scholar Seminar (DSS) was held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Friday October 28, 2011. The goals of the DSS are to provide undergraduate students from SPIRE’s partner minority serving institutions a forum … Read more

Castillo’s research featured in Raleigh’s News and Observer and the Charlotte Observer. See full story at: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/04/04/1102905/diving-deep-into-coral-science.html Karl’s research focuses on measuring the growth of corals up to 100 years old and proposes that the creatures farthest from shore are more sensitive to environmental … Read more

Six undergraduate students from SPIRE’s partner MSIs and a student from UNC Chapel Hill engaged in research projects mentored by SPIRE fellows at UNC Chapel Hill during the summer. The students participated in weekly professional development sessions, a GRE preparation … Read more

SPIRE Scholars Dr. Julia Schmitz and Dr. Amanda Chunco received recognition at the 2010 Postdoctoral Scholar Awards Ceremony held at UNC Chapel Hill, on November 23, 2010. Dr. Schmitz received three awards for her contributions in excellence for undergraduate mentoring, … Read more

Fall 2010 brings a diverse group of new Fellows with a broad range of backgrounds to join the SPIRE program: Karl Castillo, Ph.D. Graduate program: University of South Carolina – Marine Sciences, SPIRE mentor: Justin Ries, Ph.D., Dept of Marine … Read more

Dr. Mark Forsyth Microbial Genetic Diversity and Signal Transduction as Undergraduate Research/Teaching Tools WHEN:Friday, April 24, 2009, 11AM WHERE: UNC Chapel Hill Fellows from the SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted Dr. … Read more

Former SPIRE fellow Dr. Karin Pfennig was recently awarded the prestigious 2008 National Institutes of Health New Innovator Award. The award, one of 31 awarded this year, is for $1.5 million in direct costs for five years. Dr. Pfennig’s work … Read more

WHEN: June 8-11, 2008 WHERE: UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC UNC Chapel Hill’s SPIRE program hosted this year’s annual IRACDA Conference bringing together the eleven currently funded programs from across the country. IRACDA scholars, PIs, faculty, staff and NIGMS … Read more