{"id":5550,"date":"2020-04-14T10:45:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=5550"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:11:17","slug":"sarah-cohen-phd","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/directory\/sarah-cohen-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Cohen, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Research Description<\/h2>\n<p>Lipids are crucial molecules for life. They play important roles in building membranes, storing energy, and cell signaling. We are interested in how lipids move around within cells and between cells, for example from astrocytes to neurons. The lab uses cutting-edge microscopy techniques including live-cell imaging, superresolution microscopy, and multispectral imaging. We use these approaches to understand how defects in lipid trafficking contribute to metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/myncbi\/1-9GqxwAqGlAC\/bibliography\/public\/\">Publications<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Affiliations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/\">Department of Cell Biology &amp; Physiology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Description Lipids are crucial molecules for life. They play important roles in building membranes, storing energy, and cell signaling. We are interested in how lipids move around within cells and between cells, for example from astrocytes to neurons. The lab uses cutting-edge microscopy techniques including live-cell imaging, superresolution microscopy, and multispectral imaging. We use &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/directory\/sarah-cohen-phd\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sarah Cohen, PhD\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5551,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5550","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_upd_display_name":["Sarah Cohen, PhD"],"_upd_reverse_display_name":["Cohen, Sarah"],"_upd_last_name":["Cohen"],"_upd_first_name":["Sarah"],"_upd_sortorder_override":[],"_upd_sortorder":["1"],"_upd_gallery_summary":["<b>Associate Professor<\/b>\r\nOffice: 4309A MBRB\r\nPhone: (919)-962-9871\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/directory\/sarah-cohen-phd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bio<\/a> | <a class=\"mail-link\" href=\"mailto:sarahcoh@med.unc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/cohenlaboratory.web.unc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cohen Lab<\/a>"],"_upd_no_link":[],"_upd_degree1":[],"_upd_degree2":[],"_upd_email":[[{"email_text":"sarahcoh@med.unc.edu"}]],"_upd_phone":[[{"phone_text":"919-962-9871"}]],"_upd_address":[[{"address":{"address-1":"111 Mason Farm Rd","address-2":"4309A MBRB","campus-box":"Campus Box 7545","city":"Chapel Hill","state":"NC","zip":"27599"}}]],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/5550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/5550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6997,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/5550\/revisions\/6997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}