Albert J. Banes, PhD

Professor

     
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
CB #7575, 152 MacNider Hall
UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7575
(919) 966-1175
E-mail: ajbvault@med.unc.edu

Contact person: Crystal Elliott (crystal@flexcellint.com)
(800) 728-3714 Flexcell International

Education:
  • BS: Lehigh University
  • MS: University of Richmond
  • PhD (molecular virology): Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Fellowship: Dept. of Microbiology, Duke University
Honors, Awards, and Recognitions (selected):
  • President, Flexcell International Corporation
  • Member, Editorial Board, Calcified Tissue International
  • Member, Orthopaedics Study Section, NIH, 1996-1997
  • Member, Executive Board, Orthopaedic Research Society, 1996-1997
Research Interests:
Cytomechanics; gap junction biochemistry; cell-cell signalling; growth factors
Academic Appointments:
1976-1977 Research Associate; Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Virginia
1977-1978 Research Fellow; Dental Research Center, UNC School of Dentistry
1978-1983 Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery); UNC School of Medicine
1983-1990 Associate Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery); UNC School of Medicine
1983-present Adjunct Professor of Periodontics; UNC School of Dentistry
1990-1995 Professor and Director of Research; Division of Plastic Surgery, UNC School of Medicine
1996-2005 Professor, Orthopaedic Research Labs, Department of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine
2005-present Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine, secondary appointment (primary appointment: Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering)
Selected Publications:

For questions or comments,
please contact
msmiller@med.unc.edu
October 2005