{"id":3421,"date":"2009-04-02T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/people\/primaryfaculty\/"},"modified":"2021-03-16T16:14:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T20:14:37","slug":"primaryfaculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/people\/primaryfaculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n \"Henrik\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Henrik Dohlman, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Sanford Steelman Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of <\/strong>Pharmacology<\/strong>
\nResearch: Regulation of G proteins
\nOffice: 4016 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 843-6894<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Maria\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Maria M. Aleman, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor
\n<\/strong>Research: Non-malignant hematology with a focus on erythropoiesis, RNA regulation, and iron metabolism
\nOffice: 4092 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 966-6375<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Nicholas\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Nicholas G. Brown, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Associate Professor<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Cell cycle, mitosis, ubiquitin ligases, anaphase promoting complex
\nOffice: 4062 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 966-1235<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Elizabeth\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Elizabeth Brunk, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor
\n<\/strong>Accepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Multi-omics data integration, cancer genomics, machine learning & bioinformatics, functional precision medicine
\nOffice; 4352 Genome Sciences Bldg.
\nPhone: (919) 962-9827<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Kirsten\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Kirsten Bryant, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor<\/strong>
\nResearch: Autophagy, pancreatic cancer, cancer metabolism, RAS oncogenes, molecular therapeutics
\nOffice: 22-048 LCCC
\nLab Phone: (919) 962-1057<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Mauro\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n J. Mauro Calabrese, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Epigenetic control by long noncoding RNAs, genomics, stem cells, cancer, human genetic disorders
\nOffice: 4093 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 843-3257<\/a> \/ (919) 843-3171<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Leon\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Leon Coleman, MD, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Immune mechanisms in drug addiction and critical illness, neurodegeneration, extracellular vesicle signaling
\nOffice: 1007C Thurston Bowles
\nPhone: (919) 966-0501<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Fulton\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Fulton T. Crews, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

John R. Andrews Distinguished Professor<\/strong>
\nResearch: Neurodegeneration & chronic drug-induced changes in brain signaling pathways
\nOffice: 1021 Thurston Bowles
\nPhone: (919) 966-5678<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Channing\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Channing Der, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor<\/strong>
\nResearch: Ras protein superfamily; signal transduction and oncogenesis
\nOffice: 32-012 LCCC
\nPhone: (919) 966-5634<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Danial\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Daniel Dominguez, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor
\n<\/strong>Accepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch:\u00a0Gene regulation, RNA processing and RNA binding proteins in cell signaling and disease
\nOffice: 4113 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 966-0131<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Tim\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Timothy Elston, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Professor, Jeffrey Houpt Distinguished Investigator & Co-Director, Computational Medicine Program<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nResearch: Mathematical modeling of G protein and MAP kinase signaling pathways
\nOffice: 11010B Mary Ellen Jones
\nPhone: (919) 843-7670<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Michael\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Michael J. Emanuele, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Professor and Director, T32 Training Grant Program<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Cell cycle, mitosis, protein stability, ubiquitin, cancer, genetics, cell biology
\nOffice: 31-328 LCCC
\nPhone: (919) 966-8530<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Laura\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Laura Ferguson, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Addiction and psychiatric disorders; transcriptomics and systems biology; neuroimmune and brain peripheral communication; data driven biomarkers and therapeutics
\nOffice: 3027 Thurston-Bowles Bldg.
\nPhone: (919) 445-0916<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"James\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n James Fiordalisi, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Associate Professor
\n& Course Coordinator<\/strong>
\nMedical & Dental School
\nOffice: 4096 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 966-1615<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Lee\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Lee M. Graves, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Professor<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Biochemistry of growth factor-mediated signal transduction
\nOffice: 4111 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 966-0915
\n<\/a>Lab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Klaus\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Klaus Hahn, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Ronald G. Thurman Distinguished Professor<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Morphodynamics, adhesion and immune signaling. Molecules for imaging
\nOffice: 4020 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 843-2775<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Melissa\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Melissa Herman, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Associate Professor<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: How structural changes of inhibitory neuronal networks contribute to addiction & stress
\nOffice: 1025B Thurston Bowles
\nPhone: (919) 445-3855<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n Gary L. Johnson, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Professor<\/strong>
\nResearch: GTP-binding proteins, MEK kinases
\nOffice: 4079 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 843-3106<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Dr.\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Thomas Kash, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

John R. Andrews Distinguished Professor and Director, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies<\/strong>
\nResearch: Neurophysiological alterations underlying dysregulated emotional behavior
\nPhone: (919) 966-7116<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Terrance\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Terry Kenakin, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Professor and Course Coordinator, Pharmacology Program<\/strong>
\nOffice: 4042 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 962-7863<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Wesley\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Wesley R. Legant, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Microscopy, 3D image analysis, biomaterials, cell migration, cancer metastasis, tissue engineering
\nOffice: 4047 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 966-4816<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Zoe\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Zoe McElligott, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Associate Professor, Psychiatry<\/strong>
\nResearch: Mechanisms that underlie various affective disorders including anxiety disorders, depression and substance abuse
\nOffice: 5101 Thurston-Bowles
\nPhone: (919) 966-9835<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Yinglong\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Yinglong Miao, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Associate Professor<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Biomolecular modeling, Cellular signaling, Computer-Aided drug design
\nOffice:\u00a011004C MEJ
\nPhone: 919-962-5696<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"John\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n John P. Morris IV, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor
\n<\/strong>Accepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Oncogene & tumor suppressor networks, malignant specification & lineage plasticity, evolution of cancer epigenetic & genomic heterogeneity
\nOffice: 32-048 LCCC
\nPhone: (919) 843-4540<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Nathan\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Nathan Nicely, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Associate Professor
\n& Director,\u00a0Macromolecular Crystallography<\/strong>
\n& Protein Expression and Purification Cores<\/strong>
\nOffice: 124 Med. School Bldg B
\nPhone: (919) 667-8242<\/a>
\nMacromolecular Crystallography Core Website<\/a>
\nProtein Expression and Purification Core Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Rob\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Robert A. Nicholas, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Professor and Vice Chair, Research and Education<\/strong>
\nResearch: Signaling mechanisms of G protein-coupled P2Y receptors; antibiotic resistance mechanisms
\nOffice: 4046 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 966-6547<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Adam\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Adam Palmer, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor<\/strong>
\nResearch: Combination cancer therapy
\nOffice: 11-202A MEJ
\nPhone: (857) 234-7964<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Kevin\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Kevin Pruitt, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Associate Professor<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Wnt signaling, Dishevelled, cancer epigenetics, Aromatase, tumor microenvironment (TME), post-translational modifications (PTMs), nuclear localization
\nOffice: 32-006 LCCC
\nPhone: 919-962-7389<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Kimberly\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Kimberly Ritola, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Associate Professor<\/strong>
\nDirector, UNC Neuroscience Center\/BRAIN Initiative NeuroTools Vector Core<\/strong>
\nOffice: Neurosciences Center
\nNeuroscience Center\/BRAIN Initiative NeuroTools Vector Core<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Bryan\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Bryan Roth, MD, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor<\/strong>
\nResearch: Regulation of signaling and trafficking; drug discovery
\nOffice:
\nPhone: (919) 966-7535<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Laura\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Laura Rupprecht, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Gut-brain mechanisms underlying substance use disorder
\nOffice: Thurston-Bowles Bldg.
\nLab Website<\/a>
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\n R. Jude Samulski, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Alumni Distinguished Professor<\/strong>
\nResearch: Adeno-associated virus
\nOffice: 7119 Thurston Bowles
\nPhone: (919) 962-3285<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Jonathan\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Jonathan C. Schisler, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch:\u00a0cardiovascular genomics, proteinopathies & cellular metabolism in neuronal and cardiovascular disease
\nOffice: 3340C, MBRB
\nPhone: (919) 843-8708<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"John\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n John Sondek, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Professor<\/strong>
\nResearch: X-ray crystallography and transmembrane signalling
\nOffice: 4060 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 966-7530<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Juan\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Juan Song, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Professor & Jeffrey Houpt Distinguished Investigator
\n<\/strong>Accepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Adult neurogenesis function and regulation
\nOffice: 4073 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 843-9363<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Whitney\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Whitney Stutts, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Associate Professor<\/strong>
\nDirector, UNC Metabolomics and Proteomics (MAP) Core<\/a>
\nOffice: 111B Glaxo Bldg.
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Jessica\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Jessica J. Walsh, PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Assistant Professor
\n<\/strong>Accepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\nResearch: Neural circuit mechanisms underlying motivated behavior, neurodevelopmental & psychiatric disorders, functional & anatomical mapping of the brain
\nOffice: 4097 GMB
\nPhone: (919) 966-2193<\/a>
\nLab Website<\/a>
\nEmail<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n

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\n \"Samuel\n \"\"\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n
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\n Samuel M. Young, Jr., PhD <\/a>\n <\/h2> \n \n

Professor, Pediatrics, Roper Investigator & Director, Center for Molecular Medicine<\/strong>
\nAccepting Rotation Students<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Research: Genetics and metabolism
\nOffice: 7011 Thurston Bowles
\nPhone: 919-843-7290
\nEmail<\/a>
\nCenter for Molecular Medicine Website<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n \n