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TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2008
Professor honored with
Nobel Prize in medicine
BY KATE SULLIVAN
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
UNC congratulated one of its
own for winning a top interna
tional award in October, when
Oliver Smithies, professor of
pathology and laboratory medi
cine, received the Nobel Prize for
medicine.
Smithies, 82, was honored
along with his two co-recipients,
Mario Capecchi of the University
of Utah, and Sir Martin Evans of
Cardiff University, for their work
in the field of genetic targeting.
In December, Smithies and his
colleagues traveled to Stockholm
to receive their prizes from King
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and to
present their research, which they
have been working on for more
than 20 years.
Gene targeting selects a cer
tain gene in the genetic makeup
of mice and deletes it to see how
the animal is affected without that
gene.
The method of gene targeting is
one that is widely used in the area
of research physiology , and while it
is used only in mice at this point,
the procedure has led to advance
ments in human medicine and has
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become common practice.
“I get a great deal of enjoyment
in opening scientific magazines
and seeing people using gene tar
geting." Smithies said in October.
Even after 19 years at the
University, the now-Nobel laure
ate has never strayed far from his
lab bench, preferring to focus on
his research rather than take on
administrative positions within
the hospital.
Previous Nobel laureates with
connections to the University
include two former adjunct
professors, an alumnus, a post
doctorate fellow, a fellow and an
honorary doctorate. All received
their awards in medicine or
chemistry.
“We need a lot of stars, and
we also need a superstar," Joe
Templeton, chairman of the faculty,
said in October. “What happened
(Oct 8) was one of our own faculty
colleagues has been recognized as
a world science superstar."
For UNC, Smithies' honor
brings the University into an inter
national limelight.
Many of UNC’s peer universi
ties have several laureates, such
as the University of California at
Professor of
pathology and
laboratory
medicine Oliver
Smithies won a
Nobel Prize for
gene targeting.
Berkeley , which claims 15 full-time
faculty laureates.
Officials at that university said
the award helps in fundraising,
student enrollment and faculty
retention.
And those who know Smithies
personally say the award was well
deserved.
“It's really a pleasure to those of
us who have been in science for a
long time,' Bill Marzluif, associate
dean for research at the School
of Medicine, said in October of
Smithies' win.
And even after claiming his
prize in Sweden. Smithies has
returned to his lab where he con
tinues to work.
“I can have my glow for a while."
he said in October.
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Trustees OK Carolina North
BY WHITNEY KISLING
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
When the conceptual plans
for the nearly 1.000-acre satellite
research campus came before UNCs
Board ofTrustees for approval at the
September meeting, trustees called
the moment one of the project’s
most definitive.
After giving the OK to Carolina
North, which will house several
research projects, academic sectors
and residential units, the University's
next big step is to give the plans to
the Chapel Hill Town Council for
the first time officially .
And although that won't happen
until sometime in 2008 months
later than originally planned
council members are getting
their first “informal discussion" of
Carolina North in just a few weeks,
at their annual retreat this week
end, said Jack Evans, Carolina
North's executive director.
“The council has actually not
received any official information
from the University about Carolina
North." he said. “So this is positioned
as an informal initial discussion.’
Also expected this spring are the
results of the town's transit study for
2035 and the fiscal impact analysis
for the project. These two studies
should suggest ways the University
and town can work together to pre
pare for those consequences.
In 2007 and in past years, both
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the town and University have evalu
ated Carolina North and its poten
tial effect on each, but the two have
not officially- come together in an
evaluative and concrete method
*2OOB is really the year that
Carolina North should begin its
formal process," said Roger Perry,
chairman of the Board of Trustees.
The 2007 culmination of other
studies, such as the ecological
study, and community- and official
input will guide the formal process
in 2008.
After the leadership advisory
council submitted its report to UNC
leaders in January, community
members got a chance to comment
on Carolina North when Evans and
other key officials held community
meetings March through October.
The meetings were meant to use
the community's thoughts to nar
row concept plans from three ideas
to one submission to the trustees in
September. Evans said.
“We want the community to
understand how our thinking is
developing and give them a chance
to ask questions," he said in March.
Still, the town-gown relationship
was stressed just a few weeks before
a incept plans came to trustees when
several local officiaLs criticized UNC
for sliding in the innovation center
the “front door’ of the project
before the whole concept plan Is
submitted to the town.
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“One of the enticements for the
town ... was that we would collab
orativeh- plan and do a master plan.’
Mayor Pro Tem Bill Strom said at
a September meeting. ‘Going into
a prime entrance way to Carolina
North before the studies are done
are really counter to that'
UNC offida's have said they were
open with the town on their agenda,
pointing to the innovation center’s
developer, Alexandria Real Estate
Equities Inc, as the reason for press
ing its groundbreaking in 2009-
“This particular developer is
being aggressively recruited by
other universities," Bruce Runberg,
associate vice chancellor for facili
ties planning and construction, said
at the September meeting.
In an effort to be open with the
town. UNC officials held a meeting
for Alexandria representatives to
discuss the project with the com
munity in November. About 100
people attended, focusing on transit
and pedestrian safety .
After all the meetings with the
town and the consultants, Carolina
North should be set for a concrete
process that engages both UNC and
Chapel Hill. “We feel the planning
for both the long term and the near
term of Carolina North have moved
forward substantially,' Evans said.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.