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Student Mistreatment & Learning Environment Concern
Co-Director of UNC Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program & Associate Chair for Community and Engagement, Arrel Toews Research and Teaching Distinguished Term Professor
Research: Molecular basis of RNA function
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3017 Genetic Medicine
120 Mason Farm Road
Phone: 919-966-5770
Email
Zhang Lab Website
Assistant Professor
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Professional Success
Research: Molecular basis of RNA function
CB# 7260, 3023A Genetic Medicine
Email
Professor, Community and Engagement Committee Member, Professional Success
UNC RNA Discovery Center, Co-Director of RNA Binding Proteins
Research: RNA binding proteins, Gene regulation, mRNA Decay, Hemato-Immunology, Mouse models, Biochemistry
CB# 7100, Lab: 204 Fordham
Office: 241 Wilson Hall, Biology
Phone: 919-962-5301
Email
Assistant Professor
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Pathobiology and Translational Science Program, Community and Engagement Committee Member, Professional Success
Research: Receptor Signaling, Protein-Protein Interactions, Structural biology, Crystallography, Cryo-EM
TRAINED MENTOR
CB #7260 I 3047 Genetic Medicine
919-962-4932 Email
Associate Chair for Operations and Strategy, Oliver Smithies Investigator, Professor
Associate Dean for Basic Research,
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Professional Success
Research: Histone modifications and epigenetics; core techniques: yeast genetics, peptide synthesis, peptide arrays, mammalian cell culture
TRAINED MENTOR
CB# 7260, 3060 Genetic Medicine
919-843-3896 | Email
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Chair of Cultural Engagement
B.S. Oregon State Univ.
Qi Zhang & Pengda Liu labs
Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
CB#7260, 3017 Genetic Medicine
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Cultural Engagement
B.S. Nazarbayev Univ.
Kuhlman lab
Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine
Community Engagement Committee, Cultural Engagement
Director of cryo-EM Core, Associate Professor
CB #5536, Glaxo Rm 008
Co-Director of UNC Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program & Associate Chair for Community and Engagement, Arrel Toews Research and Teaching Distinguished Term Professor
Research: Molecular basis of RNA function
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3017 Genetic Medicine
120 Mason Farm Road
Phone: 919-966-5770
Email
Zhang Lab Website
Associate Professor
Community Engagement Committee Chair, Curriculum and Scholarship
Research: Structural biology, membrane trafficking, cancer biology, cryo-EM methods development.
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, lab 3049E Genetic Medicine
Office 3044 Genetic Medicine
919-843-9585 Email
Associate Chair of Education & Training, Director of Graduate Studies & Professor
Sustainability Committee Chair, Community and Engagement Committee Member, Curriculum and Scholarship
Research: Adhesion mechanism of platelets and neutrophils
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7035, 8212A MEJ
919-962-7331 | Email
Assistant Professor
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Curriculum and Scholarship
Research: Transcription of HIV, Epigenetics, NF-kappaB signaling, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders, HIV cure strategies
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7042, 2111 Genetic Medicine
919-445-0384 | Email
James Postelle Distinguished Professor
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Curriculum and Scholarship
Research: HIV, pathogenesis, replication, neuroAIDS, latency, resistance
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7295, 22-006 Lineberger
919-966-5710 | Email
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Chair of Community Outreach
B.S. Univ. MA - Amherst
Zhang lab
Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
CB# 7260, 3017 Genetic Medicine
Chair & Professor
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Community Outreach
Research: Cell Cycle Control in Human Cells, cell proliferation dynamics, genome stability control, molecular biology, quantitative single cell analysis
TRAINED MENTOR, Mental Health First Aid
CB# 7260, 3016 Genetic Medicine
919-843-3867 | Email
Associate Professor
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Community Outreach
UNC Cystic Fibrosis Ctr./ Marsico Lung Inst.
Office: Thurston Bowles Bldg. Room 6009
Phone: 919 966 8807 FAX: 919 966 5178
Lab: Thurston Bowles Bldg. Room 6010-12
Phone: 919 962 4533
FAX: 919 966 5178
silkre@med.unc.edu
Marsico Lung Institute Profile
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Cultural Engagement
B.S. Nazarbayev Univ.
Kuhlman lab
Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine
Social Committee Chair, Community and Engagement Committee Member, Cultural Engagement
B.S. Florida International Univ.
Kuhlman lab
Biochemistry
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine
Expectations of Research Advisors and Students
It is the goal of the School of Medicine to provide an environment for students that is conducive to learning and free of all forms of harassment. Read more at this UNC Biomedical Research Environment Reporting portal and to report a concern: Student Mistreatment and Learning Environment Concern.