Current Lab Members
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Henrik Gunnar Dohlman, PhD Henrik is the Sanford Steelman Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacology. Henrik received his PhD with 2012 Nobel Laureate Bob Lefkowitz at a nearby rival university, then did postdoc training with Jeremy Thorner at UC Berkeley, and in 1993 became professor of pharmacology at Yale University before relocating to UNC in 2001. hdohlman@med.unc.edu |
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Ranga Rajan, PhD Ranga was a chemistry graduate student with Jim Weisshaar at University of Wisconsin Madison. Ranga is working on pheromone signaling and the consequences of aging in yeast. His work is being done in collaboration with Tim Elston and Beverly Errede. ranga@email.unc.edu |
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Sara Kimiko Suzuki Kimiko is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and now a joint graduate with Tim Elston‘s group, earning her PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Kimiko is working on cross talk between the osmotic stress and mating pheromone pathways. sksuzuki@email.unc.edu |
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Amy Allen Pomeroy Amy is a Chapel Hill native and a chemistry graduate of NC State University, and now a joint graduate with Tim Elston‘s group, earning her PhD in the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Amy is working on cross talk between the nutrient stress and mating pheromone pathways. aeallen@email.unc.edu |
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Kevin Knight Kevin a native of Missouri, a Pharmacology graduate student, and equally skilled in pymol and volleyball. Kevin is studying the potential of G proteins a drug targets. knight11@email.unc.edu |
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Natalie Hewitt Valentin Natalie a native of Suriname, a native Dutch speaker, and a Pharmacology graduate student. Natalie is studying the coordination of G protein-mediated signaling. natsrhew@email.unc.edu |
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Shu Zhang
Shu is a native of China and a graduate of Wesleyan University. After working for two years at the HIV Dynamics and Replication Program of the National Cancer Institute, she joined the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics PhD program. Shu is investigating how differential phosphorylation of the MAPK positively and negatively regulates the pheromone pathway.
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Shuang Li, PhD
Shuang earned her PhD at New York University and is now investigating metabolic regulation by the glucose-driven Gpa2 and Ras signaling pathways.
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Lorena Dujmusic (UNC ‘20)
Lorena is a native of New Bern, NC, majoring in Quantitative Biology at UNC, and working with Amy on mechanisms of noise regulation in the mating pheromone pathway.
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Ishani Kapoor (UNC ‘20)
Ishani grew up in nearby Raleigh and is majoring in Biostatistics at UNC. She is working with Ranga on cross talk between the HOG and autophagy signaling pathways.
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Colton Sanders (UNC ‘20)
Colton is an Applied Mathematics and Biology major at UNC and is working with Kimiko.
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Harry Wang (UNC ‘ 23)
Harry is native of China and a first year at UNC working with Shu. harrywh@live.unc.edu
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