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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Virology |
Boyce Griffith, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a computational scientist with multidisciplinary training in applied mathematics, computer science, and biological modeling and simulation. My primary scientific interests are to devise br … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
Klaus Hahn, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab focuses on two synergistic areas: 1) developing methods to visualize and control protein activity in live cells and animals, and 2) applying these to address basic questions re spatio-t … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Computational Medicine Program, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Imaging, Microscopy, Molecular Medicine |
David Hill, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: During normal respiration, thousands of bacteria and other airborne irritants are inhaled every hour. Despite this constant intake of pathogens, the body is able to maintain sterility in the airways b … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Marsico Lung Institute, Physics & Astronomy |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Imaging, Microscopy, Pediatrics, Translational Medicine |
Michelle S. Itano, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I have had a long standing interest in utilizing an interdisciplinary scientific approach to develop and apply novel and innovative fluorescence microscopy imaging techniques to answer critical and pr … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Cell Biology & Physiology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Computational Biology, HIV/AIDS, Imaging, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Quantitative Biology, Virology |
Michael Bruce Jarstfer, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Jarstfer lab uses an interdisciplinary approach to solve biological problems that are germane to human health. Currently we are investigating the structure of the enzyme telomerase, we are devel … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmaceutical Sciences |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology, Molecular Medicine, Structural Biology |
Gary L. Johnson |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Spatio-temporal regulation of signal relay systems in cells using live cell fluorescence imaging and targeted gene disruption of signaling proteins to define their role in development, physiology and … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Structural Biology |
Hengming Ke |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research focuses on the structure and function of medically important proteins from the crystallographic approach. The current topics include cycolphilin, calcineurin, heat shock protein 90 (hsp9 … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Medicine, Structural Biology, Translational Medicine |
William Kier |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am interested in the comparative biomechanics of marine invertebrates. In particular, I study the functional morphology of musculoskeletal systems, the structure, function, development and evolutio … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biomaterials, Biophysics, Organismal Biology, Physiology |
Brian Kuhlman |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We use a combination of experimental and computational methods to redesign protein-protein interactions. The potential applications for this technology include enhancing protein therapeutic and creat … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biophysics, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Structural Biology |
Alain Laederach |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Laederach Lab is interested in better understanding the relationship between RNA structure and folding and human disease. We use a combination of computational and experimental approaches to study … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |
Sam Lai, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our dynamic group are broadly involve in three topics: (i) prevention of infectious diseases by harnessing interactions between secreted antibodies and mucus, (ii) immune response to biomaterials, and … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biomaterials, Biophysics, Drug Delivery, Immunology, Nanomedicine, Pathogenesis & Infection |



