Tuesday 5:00 pm
Associate Chair for Community and Engagement, 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
Community and Engagement Committee, Chair of Professional Success
B.S. FL International Univ.
Dittmer lab
BC
CB# 7295, 12-038 Lineberger
Community Engagement Committee, Cultural Engagement & Professional success, Social committee chair, Retreat planning committee
M.S. UNC Charlotte
Starbird lab
MCBP
Assistant Professor
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Professional Success
Research: Molecular basis of RNA function
CB# 7260, 3023A Genetic Medicine
Email
Associate 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
Accepting Rotation Students
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
Accepting Rotation Students
CB #7260 I 3047 Genetic Medicine
919-962-4932 Email
Associate Chair for Operations and Strategy, Professor
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
Accepting Rotation Students
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
BP
CB#7260, 3017 Genetic Medicine
Community Engagement Committee, Cultural Engagement & Professional success, Social committee chair, Retreat planning committee
M.S. UNC Charlotte
Starbird lab
MCBP
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Cultural Engagement
B.S. Nazarbayev Univ.
Kuhlman lab
BP
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine
Community Engagement Committee, Cultural Engagement
Director of cryo-EM Core, Associate Professor
CB #5536, Glaxo Rm 008
Associate Chair for Community and Engagement, 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 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 GMB
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
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
MCBP
CB# 7260, 3017 Genetic Medicine
Research Associate
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Community Outreach, Research Associate and Cancer Patient Advocate
Carter lab
CB# 7260, 3092 Genetic Medicine
Email
Chair & Professor
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Community Outreach
Accepting Rotation Students
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
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3016 Genetic Medicine
919-843-3867 | Email
Associate Professor
Community and Engagement Committee Member, Community Outreach
Accepting Rotation Students
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
BP
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine
Social Committee Chair, Community and Engagement Committee Member, Cultural Engagement
B.S. Florida International Univ.
Kuhlman lab
BC
CB# 7260, 3096 Genetic Medicine
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