{"id":9274,"date":"2024-04-04T14:44:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T18:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=9274"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:48:34","slug":"mauro-calabrese-phd","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/people\/mauro-calabrese-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauro Calabrese, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"faculty-training\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.1; font-size: small; color: #333;\">Mentorship Training Completions:<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ogefacultymentoring.web.unc.edu\/culturally-aware-mentoring\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1391\/2024\/03\/NRMN-badge.svg\" alt=\"Culturally Aware Mentoring Badge\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9187\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ogefacultymentoring.web.unc.edu\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1391\/2024\/03\/Faculty-OGE-Trained-mentor-badge.svg\" alt=\"OGE Mentoring Workshop Badge\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9189\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lgbtq.unc.edu\/programs\/programs-education\/safe-zone\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1391\/2024\/03\/unc-safe-zone-training-badge.svg\" alt=\"Safe Zone Training Badge\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9188\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"department-affiliations\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.1; font-size: small; color: #333;\">Department Affiliations:<\/li>\n<li style=\"\">Pharmacology; RNA Discovery Center; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"other-programs\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.1; font-size: small; color: #333;\">Other UNC PhD Program Affiliations:<\/li>\n<li style=\"\">Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Pharmacology <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>epigenetic control by long noncoding RNAs, genomics, stem cells, cancer, human genetic disorders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research<\/h2>\n<p>The Calabrese laboratory aims to delineate the mechanisms that RNAs employ to control gene expression and epigenetic state in the context of the chromatin environment. Over 80% of the genome is transcribed, and much of the RNA that is produced never leaves the nucleus. RNA therefore has vast potential to play important roles in gene regulation during development, homeostasis, and disease. The lab uses a combination of genomics, genetics, molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, and computational biology to achieve its research objectives. Experimental, computational, and hybrid projects are available. Individuals interested in joining the group are encouraged to contact Dr. Calabrese via email.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/sites\/myncbi\/j%20mauro.calabrese.1\/bibliography\/44735528\/public\/?sort=date&amp;direction=descending\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View complete list of publications in NCBI library<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2940,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[37],"faculty-mentorship-training":[39,43,49,44],"class_list":["post-9274","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-faculty","faculty-mentorship-training-culturally-aware-mentoring","faculty-mentorship-training-oge-mentoring-workshop","faculty-mentorship-training-relational-leadership-institute","faculty-mentorship-training-safe-zone-training","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mauro Calabrese, PhD - Genetics and Molecular Biology Curriculum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/people\/mauro-calabrese-phd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mauro Calabrese, PhD - Genetics and Molecular Biology Curriculum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Research Interests epigenetic control by long noncoding RNAs, genomics, stem cells, cancer, human genetic disorders Research The Calabrese laboratory aims to delineate the mechanisms that RNAs employ to control gene expression and epigenetic state in the context of the chromatin environment. 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