People - current lab members
Jean Cook, PhD Principal Investigator
Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics (Chair), joint Professor PharmacologyPrincipal Investigator UNC IMSD
Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterMember Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular BiologyMember Curriculum in Cell Biology and Physiology
completed faculty mentor training, safe zone, culturally aware mentor training, Racial Equity Institute (phase 1), mental health first aid
BS: University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPhD: University of California, BerkeleyPostdoc: Duke University Medical Center
Contact Dr. Jean Cook by email at jean_cook[AT]med.unc.edu (replace the "at" with @)
Liu Mei PhD, post-doctoral researcher
PhD Zhejiang UniversityMS Harbin Medical UniversityBS Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural UniversityProject 1: chromatin and MCM loading dynamicsProject 2: escape from G1 arrest
Rob Whitaker, PhD, postdoctoral researcher
PhD. University of Alabama BirminghamBA Covenant CollegeProject: Cdt1 regulation in arrested cells
Martha Johnson, PhD, postdoctoral researcher
PhD. Old Dominion UniversityMS Jackson State UniversityBS Jackson State University
Project: The transition to G0
Logan Slade, PhD, postdoctoral researcher
PhD. Dalhousie UniversityBS University of New Brunswick
Project: origin licensing control
Natalie Tanke, PhD student
BS Gettysburg CollegeProject: Cell cycle and vascular development Natalie is a member of the Vicki Bautch labbut is also a joint member of the Cook lab
BS Gettysburg CollegeProject: Cell cycle and vascular development Natalie is a member of the Vicki Bautch labbut is also a joint member of the Cook lab
Brandon Mouery, PhD student
BS Penn State UniversityProject: How cells maintain arrest
Dalia Fleifel, PhD student
BS Zewail University, EgyptProject: How cells control MCM loading rates
Jeffrey Jones, M.S., lab manager
BS Brigham Young UniversityMS Columbia UniversityMakes sure lab runs smoothly and shepherds a flock of undergraduate assistants for three labs. Guide for Lab Workers in the Department.
BS Brigham Young UniversityMS Columbia UniversityMakes sure lab runs smoothly and shepherds a flock of undergraduate assistants for three labs. Guide for Lab Workers in the Department.
Nebyou Mulugeta, BA, B., research technician
B.A. Biology, B.S. Nutrition Science University of North Carolina at Greensboro
B.A. Biology, B.S. Nutrition Science University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Neha Das, undergraduate researcher
Eiman Elkoumy, undergraduate researcher
Tessa Hill, undergraduate researcher
Max Field, undergraduate researcher
