Wolfgang Bergmeier
Director of Graduate Studies & Professor
Sustainability Committee Chair
Research: Adhesion mechanism of platelets and neutrophils
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7035, 8212A MEJ
919-962-7331 | Email
Areas of Research
Cellular Biology
Sharon Campbell
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
Jean Cook
Professor, Senior Advisor to Office of the Graduate Education
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, 3062 Genetic Medicine
919-843-3867 | Email
Beverly Errede
Professor
Diversity Committee Member
Research: MAP-kinase activation pathways
CB# 7260, 3043 Genetic Medicine
919-966-3628 | Email
Pengda Liu
Associate Professor
Research: Cell signaling; cancer; mTOR; Akt; post-translational modification; protein-protein interaction
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7295, 21-237 Lineberger
919-966-3522 | Email
Patricia Maness
Professor
Research: Specification of Neuronal Connectivity by Cell Recognition Molecules
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
Accepting Rotation Students
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
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3042 Genetic Medicine
919-966-9550 | 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
Genetics & Molecular Biology
Rick Baker
Assistant Professor
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
Director of Graduate Studies & Professor
Sustainability Committee Chair
Research: Adhesion mechanism of platelets and neutrophils
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7035, 8212A MEJ
919-962-7331 | Email
Jean Cook
Professor, Senior Advisor to Office of the Graduate Education
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, 3062 Genetic Medicine
919-843-3867 | Email
Stephen Crews
Professor
Research: Molecular Control of Nervous System Development.
CB# 7100, 2256 Genome Sciences Bldg.
919-423-8236 | Email
Jill Dowen
Assistant 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
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7042, 2111 Genetic Medicine
919-445-0384 | Email
William Marzluff
Distinguished Professor
Research: Biochemical & genetic analysis of histone mRNA processing & histone locus body formation in Drosophila
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 3280, 208 Fordham
919-962-2140 | Email
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
Accepting Rotation Students
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
919-962-0015 | Email
Brian D. Strahl
Interim Chair & 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
Biophysical Studies
Rick Baker
Assistant Professor
Research: Structural biology, membrane trafficking, cancer biology, cryo-EM methods development.
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3049E GMB
919-843-9585 Email
Rebecca Berlow
Assistant Professor
Research: Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Protein-Protein Interactions, Protein Dynamics and Allostery, NMR Spectroscopy, Structural Biology, Biophysics
Accepting Rotation Students
Arriving Jan. 24, 2022
Setting up a new lab
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
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
Hengming Ke
Professor
Research: X-ray protein crystallography & biochemistry.
CB# 7260, 3077 Genetic Medicine
919-966-2244 | Email
Brian Kuhlman
Co-Director of UNC Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program & Professor
Research: Protein Design, Protein Therapeutics, and Molecular Modeling
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3096 GMB
919-843-0188 | Email
Saskia Neher
Associate Professor
Research: Lipoprotein Lipase, Heart Disease, CryoEM, Drug Discovery, Enzymology, ANGPTL4, Lipids, Structural Biology
TRAINED MENTOR
Accepting Rotation Students
CB# 7260, 3042 Genetic Medicine
919-966-9550 | Email
Qi Zhang
Associate Professor
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