Dougald Monroe, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our interest is in the cellular interactions, protein chemistry, and enzyme kinetics that are behind the molecular mechanisms of both healthy hemostasis and the dysregulation of hemostasis seen in ble … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Blood Research Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Computational Biology, Hematology |
Saskia Neher |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab seeks to better understand the maturation and regulation of a group of human lipases. We aim to uncover how these lipases properly fold and exit the ER, and how their activity is subsequently … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, McAllister Heart Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cardiovascular Biology, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology |
Robert Nicholas, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I mostly focus on mechanisms of resistance in the pathogenic organism, Neisseria gonorrhoeae. At UNC, I have built a research group that has defined at the molecular level the mechanisms of chromosoma … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Drug Discovery, Immunology, Metabolism, Microbiology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Structural Biology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Chemical Biology, Drug Discovery |
Gary J. Pielak |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My graduate students and I use the formalism of equilibrium thermodynamics and the tools of molecular biology and biophysics to understand how nature designs proteins.,My graduate students and I use t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Chemistry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Structural Biology |
Silvia B. Ramos, MD, MS, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The research in the Ramos lab is focused on RNA-binding proteins and their physiopathological roles in vivo. Dr. Ramos has a broad medical and biochemical background, with specific training and … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Blood Research Center, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Computational Biology, Hematology, Physiology, Structural Biology, Translational Medicine |
Dale Ramsden |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The end joining pathway is a major means for repairing chromosome breaks in vertebrates. My lab is using cellular and cell-free models to learn how end joining works, and what happens when it doesn’t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology |
Matt Redinbo, |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Redinbo Laboratory examines dynamic cellular processes using structural, chemical, molecular and cell biology. Our goals are to discover new drugs and to elucidate molecular pathways essential to … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, Drug Discovery, Molecular Medicine, Structural Biology |
Kent Rossman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our group studies the signaling and structural mechanisms employed by RAS superfamily GTPases to regulate critical cellular processes (e.g., proliferation, motility, morphogenesis and apoptosis) and h … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology |
David Rubenstein, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The work in my lab is focused on the regulation of cell adhesion and the inter-relationship between alterations in adhesion and the biology of the cell. Our lab has made several key observations on th … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Dermatology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Drug Discovery, Translational Medicine |
Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We have three main areas of research focus: (1) Nucleotide excision repair: The only known mechanism for the removal of bulky DNA adducts in humans. (2) DNA damage checkpoints: Biochemical pathways t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology |
Greg Scherrer, PharmD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The primary mission of my laboratory is to elucidate the mechanisms that underlie pain perception and its modulation by opioids. We investigate the sensory, affective, and cognitive dimensions of pain … Read more |






