Ron Swanstrom, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our group uses the tools of molecular biology to study HIV pathogenesis and latency. We have specific interests in how the virus evolves to infect a new cell type, usually in the brain, to cause a dis … Read more |
Rita Tamayo, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We use genetic and biochemical approaches and animal models of disease to study how the intestinal pathogen Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) colonizes the intestinal tract and causes disease. We are … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Center for GI Biology and Disease (CGIBD), Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Gastrointestinal Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection |
Lisa M Tarantino, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Tarantino lab studies addiction and anxiety-related behaviors in mouse models using forward genetic approaches. We are currently studying a chemically-induced mutation in a splice donor site that … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Systems Biology |
Jenny Ting, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Topics include gene discovery, genomics/proteomics, gene transcription, signal transduction, molecular immunology. Disease relevant issues include infectious diseases, autoimmune and demyelinating di … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology |
Jackson Trotman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The vast majority of the RNA produced by the cell does not encode protein. My research aims to uncover the mechanisms by which noncoding RNA can regulate epigenetic, transcriptional, and post-t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Other, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Other, Stem Cells |
Jackson Trotman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Other UNC Center and/or Department Affiliation: RNA Discovery Center Other Research and/or Clinical Interests: RNA Biology The vast majority of the RNA produced by the cell does not encode protein. My … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Other, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Other, Stem Cells |
Ageliki Tsagaratou, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab is interested in epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of conventional and unconventional T cell development, differentiation and function. Our research aims to decipher how aberrations in … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Systems Biology |
David van Duin, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: David van Duin, MD, PhD, FIDSA, FAST. Professor with tenure in the Infectious Diseases Division at the University of North Carolina. Dr. van Duin is the founding Director of the Immunocompromised Host … Read more |
Cyrus Vaziri, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our broad long-term goal is to understand how mammalian cells maintain ordered control of DNA replication during normal passage through an unperturbed cell cycle, and in response to genotoxins (DNA-da … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Genetics, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Molecular Biology, Toxicology |
Bernard E. Weissman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: How the loss of different components of the SWI/SNF complex contributes to neoplastic transformation remains an open and important question. My laboratory concentrates on addressing this question by t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology |
Matthew C. Wolfgang, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen responsible for a variety of diseases in individuals with compromised immune function. Dr. Wolfgang’s research focuses on the pathogene … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Marsico Lung Institute, Microbiology & Immunology, Oral Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Cell Signaling, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis & Infection |
John Timothy Wright, DDS, MS |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Wright laboratory research is focused primarily on defining the phenotype and genotype relationships in a variety of craniofacial conditions such as amelogenesis and dentinogenesis imperfecta, ect … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Oral Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Mineralized Tissue, Molecular Biology |





