Henrik Dohlman, PhD
Sanford Steelman Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Regulation of G proteins
Office: 4016 GMB
Phone: (919) 843-6894
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Primary Faculty
Maria M. Aleman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Non-malignant hematology with a focus on erythropoiesis, RNA regulation, and iron metabolism
Office: 4092 GMB
Phone: (919) 966-6375
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Nicholas G. Brown, PhD
Associate Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Cell cycle, mitosis, ubiquitin ligases, anaphase promoting complex
Office: 4062 GMB
Phone: (919) 966-1235
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Elizabeth Brunk, PhD
Assistant Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Multi-omics data integration, cancer genomics, machine learning & bioinformatics, functional precision medicine
Office; 4352 Genome Sciences Bldg.
Phone: (919) 962-9827
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Kirsten Bryant, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research: Autophagy, pancreatic cancer, cancer metabolism, RAS oncogenes, molecular therapeutics
Office: 22-048 LCCC
Lab Phone: (919) 962-1057
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J. Mauro Calabrese, PhD
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Epigenetic control by long noncoding RNAs, genomics, stem cells, cancer, human genetic disorders
Office: 4093 GMB
Phone: (919) 843-3257 / (919) 843-3171
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Leon Coleman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Immune mechanisms in drug addiction and critical illness, neurodegeneration, extracellular vesicle signaling
Office: 1007C Thurston Bowles
Phone: (919) 966-0501
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Adrienne Cox, PhD
Professor
Research: Lipid modification, signal transduction, and protein function of Ras family oncogenes
Office: 32-003 LCCC
Phone: (919) 966-7712
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Fulton T. Crews, PhD
John R. Andrews Distinguished Professor
Research: Neurodegeneration & chronic drug-induced changes in brain signaling pathways
Office: 1021 Thurston Bowles
Phone: (919) 966-5678
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Channing Der, PhD
Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor
Research: Ras protein superfamily; signal transduction and oncogenesis
Office: 32-012 LCCC
Phone: (919) 966-5634
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Daniel Dominguez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Gene regulation, RNA processing and RNA binding proteins in cell signaling and disease
Office: 4113 GMB
Phone: (919) 966-0131
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Timothy Elston, PhD
Professor and Co-Director, Computational Medicine Program
Research: Mathematical modeling of G protein and MAP kinase signaling pathways
Office: 11010B Mary Ellen Jones
Phone: (919) 843-7670
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Michael J. Emanuele, PhD
Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Cell cycle, mitosis, protein stability, ubiquitin, cancer, genetics, cell biology
Office: 31-328 LCCC
Phone: (919) 966-8530
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Laura Ferguson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research: Alcohol use disorders
Office: Thurston-Bowles Bldg.
James Fiordalisi, PhD
Associate Professor
& Course Coordinator
Medical & Dental School
Office: 4096 GMB
Phone: (919) 966-1615
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Lee M. Graves, PhD
Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Biochemistry of growth factor-mediated signal transduction
Office: 4111 GMB
Phone: (919) 966-0915
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Klaus Hahn, PhD
Ronald G. Thurman Distinguished Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Morphodynamics, adhesion and immune signaling. Molecules for imaging
Office: 4020 GMB
Phone: (919) 843-2775
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Melissa Herman, PhD
Associate Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: How structural changes of inhibitory neuronal networks contribute to addiction & stress
Office: 1025B Thurston Bowles
Phone: (919) 445-3855
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Laura Herring, PhD
Associate Professor
& Director, UNC Metabolomics and Proteomics (MAP) Core
111 Glaxo Bldg./ 4078 GMB
Phone: (919) 966-8318
Metabolomics and Proteomics Core Website
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Gary L. Johnson, PhD
Professor
Research: GTP-binding proteins, MEK kinases
Office: 4079 GMB
Phone: (919) 843-3106
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Thomas Kash, PhD
John R. Andrews Distinguished Professor and Director, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
Research: Neurophysiological alterations underlying dysregulated emotional behavior
Phone: (919) 966-7116
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Terry Kenakin, PhD
Professor and Course Coordinator, Pharmacology Program, Wellbeing Liaison
Office: 4042 GMB
Phone: (919) 962-7863
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Wesley R. Legant, PhD
Assistant Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Microscopy, 3D image analysis, biomaterials, cell migration, cancer metastasis, tissue engineering
Office: 4047 GMB
Phone: (919) 966-4816
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Zoe McElligott, PhD
Associate Professor
Research: Mechanisms that underlie various affective disorders including anxiety disorders, depression and substance abuse
Office: 5101 Thurston-Bowles
Phone: (919) 966-9835
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Yinglong Miao, PhD
Associate Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Biomolecular modeling, Cellular signaling, Computer-Aided drug design
Office: 11004C MEJ
Phone: 919-962-5696
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John P. Morris IV, PhD
Assistant Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Oncogene & tumor suppressor networks, malignant specification & lineage plasticity, evolution of cancer epigenetic & genomic heterogeneity
Office: 32-048 LCCC
Phone: (919) 843-4540
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Nathan Nicely, PhD
Associate Professor
& Director, Macromolecular Crystallography
& Protein Expression and Purification Cores
Office: 124 Med. School Bldg B
Phone: (919) 667-8242
Macromolecular Crystallography Core Website
Protein Expression and Purification Core Website
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Robert A. Nicholas, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair, Research and Education
Research: Signaling mechanisms of G protein-coupled P2Y receptors; antibiotic resistance mechanisms
Office: 4046 GMB
Phone: (919) 966-6547
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Adam Palmer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research: Combination cancer therapy
Office: 11-202A MEJ
Phone: (857) 234-7964
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Kevin Pruitt, PhD
Associate Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Wnt signaling, Dishevelled, cancer epigenetics, Aromatase, tumor microenvironment (TME), post-translational modifications (PTMs), nuclear localization
Office: 32-006 LCCC
Phone: 919-962-7389
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Kimberly Ritola, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, UNC Neuroscience Center/BRAIN Initiative NeuroTools Vector Core
Office: Neurosciences Center
Neuroscience Center/BRAIN Initiative NeuroTools Vector Core
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Bryan Roth, MD, PhD
Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor
Research: Regulation of signaling and trafficking; drug discovery
Office:
Phone: (919) 966-7535
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Laura Rupprecht, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research: Gut-brain mechanisms underlying substance use disorder
R. Jude Samulski, PhD
Alumni Distinguished Professor
Research: Adeno-associated virus
Office: 7119 Thurston Bowles
Phone: (919) 962-3285
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Jonathan C. Schisler, PhD
Assistant Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: cardiovascular genomics, proteinopathies & cellular metabolism in neuronal and cardiovascular disease
Office: 3340C, MBRB
Phone: (919) 843-8708
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John Sondek, PhD
Professor
Research: X-ray crystallography and transmembrane signalling
Office: 4060 GMB
Phone: (919) 966-7530
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Juan Song, PhD
Professor & Jeffrey Houpt Distinguished Investigator
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Adult neurogenesis function and regulation
Office: 4073 GMB
Phone: (919) 843-9363
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Jessica J. Walsh, PhD
Assistant Professor
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Neural circuit mechanisms underlying motivated behavior, neurodevelopmental & psychiatric disorders, functional & anatomical mapping of the brain
Office: 4097 GMB
Phone: (919) 966-2193
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Samuel M. Young, Jr., PhD
Professor, Roper Investigator
Director, UNC Gene Therapy Center
Accepting Rotation Students
Research: Genetics and metabolism
Office: 7011 Thurston Bowles
Phone: 919-843-7290
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