Continued NIH Funding for Oberlies and Reggio

Congrats to both Dr. Nicholas Oberlies and Dr. Patricia Reggio for continued funding awards from the NIH for their work! The continued support is for Dr. Oberlie’s “Anticancer Agents from Diverse Natural Products Sources” and Dr. Reggio’s “Molecular Determinants of Cannabinoid Activity” projects.

Scientific Entrepreneurship Workshop

On February 14th (9:00 to 3:00) Nick Oberlies is hosting a workshop on Scientific Entrepreneurship with Dr. Cedric Pearce at Natty Greene’s. The community is welcome, and registration information can be found here.

Researcher at UNCG looks for a cure in the fungus

You don’t have to have a keener eye to see what Nick Oberlies sees in the creeks around his office. You only need to have a keener sense of nature. Oberlies was doing research in North Carolina’s famed, “Research Triangle Park,” a few years ago when the University of North Carolina… Continue reading…

Conquering a Hidden Kingdom

Huzefa Raja and Nick Oberlies are, to borrow a biological term, symbionts. Raja, a mycologist, and Oberlies, a natural products chemist, depend on one another to get the whole picture of the fungi they study: Raja isolates and cultivates axenic, or pure, fungal cultures in the laboratory; Oberlies studies the chemical… Continue reading…