Zachary Nimchuk |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Understanding how cells communicate and co-ordinate during development is a universal question in biology. My lab studies the cell to cell signaling systems that control plant stem cell production. P … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biology |
Scott Parnell, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research interests are in understanding the detrimental effects of ethanol and other drugs of abuse, such as cannabinoids, during early development, the underlying mechanisms of these birth … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Cell Biology & Physiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Neurobiology, Toxicology |
Mark Peifer |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Cell adhesion, signal transduction, and cytoskeletal regulation during embryogenesis and in cancer. We focus on the regulation of cadherin-based cell-cell adhesion, and on Wnt signaling and its regul … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics |
William Polacheck, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Polacheck Laboratory for Translational Microfluidics is an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers who build microfluidic models of human tissues and organs-on-chip. Our organizi … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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 |
Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research focuses on understanding the mechanisms by which tumors co-opt the immune system to facilitate emergence and progression of cancer. I am particularly interested in biology of pancreatic ca … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Translational Medicine |
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 |
Scott Randell, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Lung and Airway Biology and Disease, Innate Immunity, Stem Cells, Gene and Cell Therapy, Infectious Diseases, Cystic Fibrosis, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Head and Neck and Lung Cancer, Inhalation Tox … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Lineberger Cancer Center, Marsico Lung Institute, Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Gene Therapy, Pathogenesis & Infection, Physiology, Pulmonary, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells, Toxicology |
Jason Reed |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Regulation of plant development: We use techniques of genetics, molecular biology, microscopy, physiology, and biochemistry to study how endogenous developmental programs and exogenous signals cooper … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Plant Biology, Systems Biology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Department of Medicine (DOM), Marsico Lung Institute |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Drug Discovery, Imaging, Immunology, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Pathogenesis & Infection, Pathology, Pulmonary |
Steve Rogers |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The research in our lab is centered on understanding the mechanisms and principles of movement at the cellular level. Cytoskeletal filaments – composed of actin and microtubules – serve as a structura … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genomics |
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 |





