Terry Magnuson, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Terry Magnuson is the Kay M. and Van L. Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Founding Chair of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine’s Depar … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells |
Gregory Matera, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The research in our laboratory focuses on foundational mechanisms that regulate eukaryotic gene expression. In particular, we are interested in the roles played by RNAs and proteins in genetic … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
Steven Matson |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Research in our laboratory is focused on the enzymatic mechanisms and biological roles of DNA helicases which convert duplex DNA to ssDNA for use as a template in DNA replication and repair or as a su … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology, Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology |
Daniel McKay, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory studies the mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation during development. |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
Jason D. Merker, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Merker Laboratory is focused on translating novel molecular biomarkers into clinical oncology practice. The overarching goal of this work is to improve the care and survival of patients with cance … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Pathology, Translational Medicine |
Brian C. Miller, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Miller lab is interested in understanding how tumors evade the immune response and how we can better activate the immune system to fight cancer. We have a particular focus on a type of immu … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Oncology, Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Immunology |
Karen L. Mohlke, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We identify genetic variants that influence common human traits with complex inheritance patterns, and we examine the molecular and biological mechanisms of the identified variants and the genes they … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cardiovascular Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Medicine |
Julianne O’Daniel, MS, CGC |
| Clinical / Research Focus: As a researcher and genetic counselor, I have a broad background in genomic medicine and genetic counseling with a continual focus on improving clinical access, and broad integration of genomic medici … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (DOM) Gastroenterology & Hepatology, (DOM) Oncology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare (PPMH) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetics, Genomics, Health Equity, Implementation Science |
Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Non-Mendelian genetics including, meiotic drive, parent-of-orifin effects and allelic exclusion.,Non-Mendelian genetics including, meiotic drive, parent-of-orifin effects and allelic exclusion. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Organismal Biology |
Yezmin Perilla-Young, MS, CGC |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Pediatric genetic syndromes; Genetic counseling |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Genetics, Pediatrics |
Charles M. Perou, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The focus of my lab is to characterize the biological diversity of human tumors using genomics, genetics, and cell biology, and then to use this information to develop improved treatments that are spe … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Computational Medicine Program, Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Translational Medicine |
Jeremy Purvis, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We study the behavior of individual cells with a specific focus on “irreversible” cell fate decisions such as apoptosis, senescence, and differentiation. Why do genetically identical cells choose diff … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Computational Biology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |







