Andrei Aleksandrov
Assistant Professor
Adjunct BME
Research: Cystic fibrosis, lung diseases
CB# 7248, 107 Nolan Lane
919-966-0329 | Email
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Rick Baker
Assistant Professor
Diversity Committee Member
Research: Structural biology, membrane trafficking, cancer biology, cryo-EM methods development.
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3049E GMB
919-843-9585 Email
Wolfgang Bergmeier
Associate Chair of Education & Training, Director of Graduate Studies & Professor
Sustainability Committee Chair, Diversity Committee-Curriculum and Scholarship Subcommittee
Research: Adhesion mechanism of platelets and neutrophils
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7035, 8212A MEJ
919-962-7331 | Email
Rebecca Berlow
Assistant Professor
Research: Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Protein-Protein Interactions, Protein Dynamics and Allostery, NMR Spectroscopy, Structural Biology, Biophysics
TRAINED MENTOR, SafeZone
Accepting Rotation Students
Lab: 3023G GMB
Office: 3113 GMB
919-445-6980 I Email
Joshua Boyer
Assistant Professor
Diversity Committee Member
Zhang Lab
CB# 7260, 3023A Genetic Medicine
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Brian Button
Associate Professor
Research: Mucin biopolymer regulation, gene therapy vector delivery, mechanisms of airway mucociliary clearance
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7248, 6017 Thurston Bs.
919-843-3896 | Email
Sharon Campbell
Associate Chair of Research & Operations
Distinguished Professor
Research: Structural biology of regulator molecules in cell growth control and cell adhesion
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3093 Genetic Medicine
919-966-7139 | Email
Charles Carter, Jr.
Professor
Research: Protein crystallography, structural polymorphism and function.
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3092 Genetic Medicine
919-966-3263 | Email
Venkata Chirasani
R.L. Juliano Structural Bioinformatics core director
Assistant Professor
3079 Genetic Medicine
Jean Cook
Chair & Professor
Diversity Committee Member
Research: Cell Cycle Control in Human Cells, cell proliferation dynamics, genome stability control, molecular biology, quantitative single cell analysis
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3016 Genetic Medicine
919-843-3867 | Email
Stephen Crews
Associate Chair of Faculty Development, Professor
Diversity Committee Member
Research: Molecular Control of Nervous System Development.
CB# 7100, 2256 Genome Sciences Bldg.
919-423-8236 | Email
Zbigniew (Zbig) Dominski
Professor
Research: Epigenetics, histone, structural biology, cryo-EM
CB# 3280, 219 Fordham
919-962-2139 | Email
Jill Dowen
Associate Professor, Well-being Liaison
Research: Three-dimensional genome organization and gene expression in stem cells and cancer cells
TRAINED MENTOR, Mental Health First Aid
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7100, 3360 Genome Sciences
(919) 962-8132 | Email
Guochun Jiang
Assistant Professor
Research: Transcription of HIV, Epigenetics, NF-kappaB signaling, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders, HIV cure strategies
TRAINED MENTOR
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CB# 7042, 2111 Genetic Medicine
919-445-0384 | Email
Hengming Ke
Professor
Research: X-ray protein crystallography & biochemistry.
CB# 7260, 3077 Genetic Medicine
919-966-2244 | Email
Krzysztof Krajewski
Associate Professor
Core Director of High-Throughput Peptide Synthesis
Research: Peptide chemistry and synthesis, peptide arrays, application of peptides in biochemical assays, histone PTMs
CB# 7260, 3073 GMB
919-445-2919 | Email
Brian Kuhlman
Co-Director of UNC Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program & Professor
Research: Protein Design, Protein Therapeutics, and Molecular Modeling
TRAINED MENTOR
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CB# 7260, 3096 GMB
919-843-0188 | Email
Robert Lee
Assistant Professor
Research: Adhesion mechanism of platelets and neutrophils, thrombotic disorders, platelet signaling, platelet transfusion, anti-platelet therapy
UNC Blood Research Center
CB# 7035, 8302 Mary Ellen Jones Bldg
Email
Laura Lindsey-Boltz
Associate Professor
Research Retreat Committee Chair
Research: DNA damage, Checkpoint, Excision repair
CB# 7260, 3070 Genetic Medicine
919-966-7489 | Email
Pengda Liu
Associate Professor
Research: Cell signaling; cancer; mTOR; Akt; post-translational modification; protein-protein interaction
TRAINED MENTOR
CB# 7295, 21-237 Lineberger
919-966-3522 | Email
Patricia Maness
Professor
Research: Specification of Neuronal Connectivity by Cell Recognition Molecules
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3020 Genetic Medicine
919-966-2852 | Email
William Marzluff
Distinguished Professor
Research: Biochemical & genetic analysis of histone mRNA processing & histone locus body formation in Drosophila
CB# 3280, 208 Fordham
919-962-2140 | Email
Saskia Neher
Associate Professor
Research: Lipoprotein Lipase, Heart Disease, CryoEM, Drug Discovery, Enzymology, ANGPTL4, Lipids, Structural Biology
TRAINED MENTOR
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CB# 7260, 3042 Genetic Medicine
919-966-9550 | Email
Stuart (Stu) Parnham
Director of UNC Biomolecular NMR Core & Assistant Professor
CB# 7260, SB205A Marsico
919-966-6184 | Email
David Paul
Assistant Professor
Research: Adhesion mechanism of platelets and neutrophils, thrombotic disorders
UNC Blood Research Center
CB# 7035, 8302 Mary Ellen Jones Bldg
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Nikea Pittman
Assistant Professor
GECO Committee member
2021 UNC Diversity Award
TRAINED MENTOR, SafeZone
Accepting Teaching Assistants
CB#7260 3090 Genetic Medicine
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Silvia Ramos
Associate Professor, Diversity committee member
Research: Biochemistry, Immunology, Gene regulation, RNA
TRAINED MENTOR
CB# 7100, Lab: 204 Fordham
Office: 241 Wilson Hall, Biology
Phone: 919-962-5301
Email
Ramos Lab Website
Dale Andrew Ramsden
Professor
Research: Chromosome breaks, DNA repair, enzymes that repair DNA, Targeting DNA repair for cancer therapy, RNA in the chromosome.
TRAINED MENTOR
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CB# 7295, 32-044 Lineberger
919-966-9839 | Email
Aziz Sancar, M.D., Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Research: DNA Repair Enzymology and Genomics, Mammalian Circadian Clock, Control of DNA Repair by the Circadian Clock
CB# 7260, 3076 Genetic Medicine
919-962-0115 | Email
Christopher Selby
Instructor
Research: DNA Repair
CB# 7260, 3076 Genetic Medicine
919-966-7489 | Email
Chrystal Starbird
Assistant Professor
Research: TAM RTK activation mechanisms/roles in disease and equitable science
CB #7260 I 3047 Genetic Medicine
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Brian D. Strahl
Associate Chair of Transition & Planning, Professor
Diversity Committee Member
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
Joshua (Josh) Strauss
Director of cryo-EM Core & Assistant Professor
Research: Cellular and Structural biology, Biological Electron Microscopy, Cryo-electron microscopy
CB# 5536, Glaxo Rm 008
919-962-5974 | Email
Ronald Swanstrom
Distinguished Professor
Diversity Committee Member
Research: HIV, pathogenesis, replication, neuroAIDS, latency, resistance
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7295, 22-006 Lineberger
919-966-5710 | Email
Brenda Temple
Professor
Research: Bioinformatics, molecular structural analysis, molecular dynamics simulations, molecular evolution, molecular modeling, protein-protein interaction prediction
CB# 4044 Genetic Medicine
(919) 843-9399 | Email
Ashutosh Tripathy
Core Director Mac-in-Fac, Professor
Research: Macromolecular interactions
CB# 1124 Genome
(919) 962-4399 | Email
Gang (Greg) Wang
Professor
Research: Chromatin modification, histone, DNA methylation, epigenetics, cancer
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7295, lab 31-331 Lineberger
office 31-3271 Lineberger
office 919-966-5952
lab 919-966-5953
Email
Wang Lab Website
Yanyan Yang
Assistant Professor
Circadian Rhythm, DNA repair.
CB# 7260
3070 Genetic Medicine Bldg
tel: 919-966-7489 I Email
Qi Zhang
Associate Professor
Diversity and Inclusion Liaison and Diversity Committee Chair
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
Shuntai Zhou MD
Assistant Professor
Swanstrom lab, HIV Center
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Henrik Dohlman
Professor & Chair of Pharmacology
Research: Regulators of G protein signaling
TRIANED MENTOR
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CB# 7365, 4016 Genetic Medicine
tel: 919-843-6894 I Email
Jack Griffith
Distinguished Professor
Research Structure of telomeres: how they control cell aging and death
Microbiology and Immunology, Virology
CB#7295, 11-127 Lineberger
ph. 919-966-2151
Email
Griffith lab
Gaorav P. Gupta
Assistant Professor of Radiology Oncology
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: DNA damage responses, genome instability pathways, targeted therapy, and breast cancer
Lineberger, 450 West Drive, CB# 7295
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Silvia M Kreda
Associate Professor
Diversity Committee Member
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
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Andrew L. "Drew" Lee
Professor of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Protein dynamics, allostery, NMR spectroscopy, click chemistry, protein biophysics, thymidylate synthase
CB# 7295, Lineberger Cancer Ctr
tel: 919-966-2151 I Email
Lee lab website
Karin Leiderman
Associate Professor
UNC Mathematics - Computational Medicine Program
Computational Medicine Program
Blood Research Center
Research: Mathematical biology, mathematical modeling of biochemical systems, especially blood coagulation, and computational biofluid dynamics
CB #3250 I Phillips Hall 324I
Email
Leiderman Research Group
Robert McGinty
Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Mechanisms of epigenetic signaling
CB#7363, 3210 Marsico Hall
tel:(919) 843-4912 I Email
McGinty Lab website
Gary Pielak
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Protein Biophysics Emphasizing Studies in Living Cells
CB# 3290 I Genome Sciences Building Rm 3250
tel: 919-962-4495 I Email
Matthew Redinbo
Professor of Chemistry
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Drug Discovery and the Gut Microbiome
CB# 3290 I 4350 Genome Sciences
tel: 919-962-4581 I Email
John Sondek
Professor of Pharmacology
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Rho GTPases, Dbl-family RhoGEFs, Phospholipase C isozymes, Drug discovery
CB# 7365, Genetic Medicine Bldg
tel: 919-966-7530 I Email
Cyrus Vaziri
Professor of Pathology
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Regulation of DNA replication and S-phase checkpoints, and post-replication DNA repair on mammalian cells
CB# 7295, Brinkhous Bullitt
tel: 919-843-9639 I Email
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Judith Bond
Adjunct Professor
Immediate Past President, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Penn State University College of Medicine at Hershey
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Todd Cohen
Adjunct Assistant Professor
UNC Neurology & Neuroscience Center
Research focus: Protein aggregation mechanisms, post-translational modifications, reversible acetylation mediated by HATs and HDACs
6109A Neuroscience Research Building
115 Mason Farm Rd, CB# 7250
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone: 919-966-3759
Email
Daniel Dominguez
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Pharmacology, Lineberger
CB# 7365, 4113 Genetic Medicine
Dominguez Lab Website
Research: Gene regulation, RNA processing, and RNA binding proteins in cell signaling and disease
Email
Beverly Errede
Adjunct Professor
Research: MAP-kinase activation pathways
CB# 7260, 3043 Genetic Medicine
919-966-3628 | Email
Robert K. Esch
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Howard M. Fried
Adjunct Associate Professor
Charles A. Lewis Jr.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Research Associate of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UNC
Email: clewisjr@med.unc.edu
Leslie Parise
Adjunct Professor
Dean of CALS at The University of Vermont, College of Ag. & Life Sciences, Burlington, Vermont 05405
Phone: +1 802 656 0442
Email: Leslie.Parise@uvm.edu
Konstantin Popov
Adjunct Associate Professor
Pharmacy - Division of Chemical Biology Medicinal Chemistry
Director
Pharmacy - Computation Biophysics, Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
CB# 7363 I 3205 Marsico
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J. David Puett
Adjunct Professor
Regents Professor and Department Head Emeritus,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Email: jdpuett@med.unc.edu I CV Link
Arrel D. Toews
Adjunct Professor
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Howard Fried
Emeritus Associate Professor
Research focus: Nucleocytoplasmic Transport and RNA–Protein Interactions
1982 -
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