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 |
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 |
Doug Phanstiel |
| Clinical / Research Focus: It is estimated that less than 2% of the human genome codes for a functional protein. Scattered throughout the rest of the genome are regulatory regions that can exert control over genes hundreds of … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Developmental Biology, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |
Li Qian, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our laboratory is interested in developing innovative approaches to regenerate or repair an injured heart. Our goal is to understand the molecular basis of cardiomyocyte specification and maturation a … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: McAllister Heart Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biology, Center for GI Biology and Disease (CGIBD), Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Immunology, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Quantitative Biology |
Juan Song, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our primary research interest is to identify the mechanisms that regulate neural circuit organization and function at distinct stages of adult neurogenesis, and to understand how circuit-level informa … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Developmental Biology, Neurobiology |
Jason Stein, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We are a lab exploring how variations in the genome change the structure and development of the brain, and in doing so, create risk for neuropsychiatric illness. We study genetic effects on multiple a … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Genomics, Neurobiology |
Joan M. Taylor, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The goal of our research is to identify signaling mechanisms that contribute to normal and pathophysiological cell growth in the cardiovascular system. We study cardiac and vascular development as we … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: McAllister Heart Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cell Signaling, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Pathology |


