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Explore the labs of Biology faculty who focus their research in Molecular, Cellular, or Developmental Biology:

Ahmed, Shawn
Professor
216 Fordham Hall
(919) 843-4780
shawn@med.unc.edu

Research interests: Telomere biology and germ cell immortality
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Bautch, Victoria L.
Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor
415 Fordham Hall
(919) 966-6797
bautch@med.unc.edu

Research interests: Animal Models of Vascular Development and Endothelial Cell Biology
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Bloom, Kerry S.
Thad L. Beyle Distinguished Professor
623 Fordham Hall
(919) 962-1182
kerry_bloom@unc.edu

Research interests: Molecular Biology; Chromosome and Spindle Dynamics
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Burch, Christina
Professor
3163 Genome Sciences Building
919-962-4445
cburch@bio.unc.edu

Research interests: Experimental Evolution of Viruses
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Conlon, Frank
Professor
220 Fordham Hall
(919) 843-5500
frank_conlon@med.unc.edu

Research interests: Developmental Genetics
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Copenhaver, Gregory P.
Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Convergent Science
Director, Institute for Convergent Science
Associate Provost for CoC and EPAP

4161 Genome Sciences Building

gcopenhaver@bio.unc.edu

Research interests: Genetics
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Crews, Stephen
Adjunct Professor
2151 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 423-8236
steve_crews@unc.edu

Research interests: Drosophila Nervous System Development; Gene Regulation
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Dangl, Jeff
HHMI Investigator and John N. Couch Professor
4260 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4469
dangl@email.unc.edu

Research interests: Plant and Pathogen Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology, Plant Disease Resistance and Plant Metagenomics
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Dowen, Jill
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, Biology Department
3360 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-8132
jilldowen@unc.edu

Research interests: Three-dimensional genome architecture and gene regulation in development and disease
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Dowen, Rob
Assistant Professor
321 Fordham Hall
858-736-6579
dowen@email.unc.edu

Research interests: Regulation of fat metabolism during development, aging, and disease
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Duronio, Robert J.
Professor & Department Chair
Director of the Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences

3350 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4568
duronio@med.unc.edu

Research interests: Epigenetic control of the cell cycle during animal development
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Furey, Terry
Professor
5022 Genetic Medicine Building
(919) 966-7033
tsfurey@email.unc.edu

Research interests: Genetics of gene regulation in complex traits; Computational genomics; Chromatin biology; Crohn's disease; Environmental toxicogenomics
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Gladfelter, Amy
Adjunct Professor
C341 LSRC, 308 Research Drive, Duke University

amyglad@duke.edu

Research interests: Cytoskeleton dynamics, biophysical cell biology, cytoplasm organization
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Goldstein, Bob
James L. Peacock III Distinguished Professor of Biology and Adjunct Professor of Art and Art History
616 Fordham Hall
(919) 843-8575
bobg@unc.edu

Research interests: Cell Biology of Development, Evolution of Development, Tolerance of Extremes
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Gordon, Kacy
Assistant Professor
Lab 316 Fordham, Office 315
(919)962-2164
kacy.gordon@unc.edu

Research interests: Duplicate gene function in the germ line stem cell niche
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Grant, Sarah R.
Research Professor Emerita
4258 Genome Sciences Building

sgrant@email.unc.edu

Research interests: Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Hige, Toshihide
Assistant Professor
2157 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4736
hige@email.unc.edu

Research interests: Neurophysiology and Behavior in Drosophila
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Jones, Alan M.
Kenan Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor
312 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6932
alan_jones@unc.edu

Research interests: Signal Perception and the Regulation of Growth and Development
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Jones, Corbin
Professor
3159 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4443
cdjones@email.unc.edu

Research interests: Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics
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Kieber, Joseph
Kenan Distinguished Professor
4163 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4455
jkieber@bio.unc.edu

Research interests: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Ethylene and Cytokinin Action in Arabidopsis
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Maddox, Amy Shaub
Professor
Associate Chair, Academic Affairs

408 Fordham Hall
919-843-3228
asm@unc.edu

Research interests: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Division
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Maddox, Paul
Associate Professor
William Burwell Harrison Scholar

608 Fordham Hall
919-843-8637
pmaddox@unc.edu

Research interests: Mitotic Mechanisms and Chromosome Dynamics
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Marzluff, William F.
William Rand Kenan Professor
208 Fordham Hall
(919) 962-2140
marzluff@med.unc.edu

Research interests: Regulation of RNA Metabolism in Animal Cells
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Matera, Gregory
Professor
3352 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4567
matera@unc.edu

Research interests: RNA Processing: Biogenesis of Small Ribonucleoproteins in Health and Disease
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Matson, Steven W.
Professor Emeritus
502 Fordham Hall
(919) 962-0005
smatson@bio.unc.edu

Research interests: DNA Helicases in Nucleic Acid Metabolism
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Matthysse, Ann G.
Professor
304 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6941
ann_matthysse@unc.edu

Research interests: Genetics and mechanisms of the interactions of bacteria with plant surfaces
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McKay, Daniel J.
Associate Professor, Biology Department and Genetics Department
3358 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 843-2064
dmckay1@email.unc.edu

Research interests: Developmental Genomics
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Nimchuk, Zachary
Associate Professor
4155 Genome Sciences Building
919-962-4460
zackn@email.unc.edu

Research interests: Plant developmental genetics and stem cell regulation
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Peifer, Mark
Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor
521 Fordham Hall

peifer@unc.edu

Research interests: Cell adhesion, signal transduction, and cytoskeletal regulation in development and disease
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Reed, Jason W.
Professor
305 Coker Hall
(919) 962-5640
jreed@email.unc.edu

Research interests: Plant Signal Transduction and Development
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Rogers, Steve
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

422 Fordham Hall

srogers@bio.unc.edu

Research interests: Cell Biology of the Cytoskeleton, Cell Migration, and Morphogenesis
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Sekelsky, Jeff
Professor
303 Fordham Hall
(919) 843-9400
sekelsky@unc.edu

Research interests: DNA Repair and Recombination
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Shiau, Celia
Associate Professor
2159 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-7010
shiauce@unc.edu

Research interests: Crosstalk between immune and nervous systems; macrophages and microglia; immune activation and inflammation; vertebrate development
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Slep, Kevin
Associate Professor
Associate Chair, Community, Climate & Culture

402 Fordham Hall
(919) 962-4858
KSlep@bio.unc.edu

Research interests: Cytoskeletal Structure and Dynamics
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Stafford, Darrel W.
Professor
442 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-0597
dws@email.unc.edu

Research interests: Molecular Biology
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Vision, Todd J.
Associate Professor
3155 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4479
tjv@bio.unc.edu

Research interests: Computational genetics, genome evolution and the architecture of complex traits
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Willett, Christopher S.
Research Associate Professor
406 Coker Hall
(919) 843-8663
willett4@email.unc.edu

Research interests: Molecular population and evolutionary genetics
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