Polyploid Cell Cycles in the Fruit Fly Larval Salivary Gland (photo credit: Lisa Antoszewski, Bob Duronio Lab)
Cell Biology
Cell biologists are studying the inner workings of the cell from protein structure to dynamics and trafficking to how organs are formed. We use molecular genetics to manipulate proteins in cells and microscopy, mass spectrometry, mathematical modeling and other analytical platforms to understand cellular function.
Faculty Member | Contact Info | Research Description |
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![]() Thad L. Beyle Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biology | 623 Fordham Hall (919) 962-1182 kerry_bloom@unc.edu | Molecular Biology; Chromosome and Spindle Dynamics |
![]() Professor; Director of the Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences | 3350 Genome Sciences Building (919) 962-4568 duronio@med.unc.edu | Epigenetic Control of the Cell Cycle During Development |
![]() Associate Professor | 516 Fordham Hall (919) 962-7289 amyglad@email.unc.edu | Cytoskeleton dynamics, biophysical cell biology, cytoplasm organization |
![]() James L. Peacock III Distinguished Professor | 616 Fordham Hall (919) 843-8575 bobg@unc.edu | Cell Polarity, Morphogenesis, and Evolution of Development |
![]() Kenan Distinguished Professor | 312 Coker Hall (919) 962-6932 alan_jones@unc.edu | Signal Perception and the Regulation of Growth and Development |
![]() Associate Professor | 408 Fordham Hall 919-843-3228 asm@unc.edu | Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Division |
![]() Professor & Associate Chair of Biology | 3352 Genome Sciences Building (919) 962-4567 matera@unc.edu | RNA Biology |
![]() Assistant Professor, Biology Department and Genetics Department; Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Studies (iBGS) | 3358 Genome Sciences Building (919) 843-2064 dmckay1@email.unc.edu | Developmental Genomics |
![]() Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor | 521 Fordham Hall (919) 962-2271 peifer@unc.edu | Cell adhesion, signal transduction, and cytoskeletal regulation in development and disease |
![]() Professor (Emerita) | 201 Fordham Hall 919-967-4476 pukkila@unc.edu | Controlling Events in Meiosis |
![]() Associate Professor | 422 Fordham Hall (919) 843-7342 srogers@bio.unc.edu | Cell Biology of the Cytoskeleton, Cell Migration, and Morphogenesis |
![]() Research Professor (Retired James Larkin and Iona Mae Ballou Distinguished Professor) | 608 Fordham Hall (919) 962-2265 tsalmon@email.unc.edu | Microscopy, Microtubule Assembly, Microtubule Motors, and The Mechanism of Chromosome Movement |
![]() Assistant Professor | 4352 Genome Sciences Building (919) 962-7010 shiauce@unc.edu | Crosstalk between immune and nervous systems; macrophages and microglia; immune activation and inflammation; vertebrate development |
![]() Associate Professor | 402 Fordham Hall (919) 962-4858 KSlep@bio.unc.edu | Cytoskeletal Structure and Dynamics |
![]() Research Associate Professor | 603 Fordham Hall (919) 962-2331 elaine_yeh@unc.edu | Nuclear division in yeast: cell cycle control; microtubule motor proteins and the cytoskeleton. |