Michael Artov, UNC undergrad, is carrying-out undergraduate research this summer as part of the UNC SMART program. Michael is working on the control of dopaminergic neuron differentiation.

Alricka Jackson, UNC senior undergraduate student, is carrying-out undergraduate research this spring.

Amanda Moawad joined the lab as a graduate student. Amanda is a member of the Curriculum in Neurobiology graduate program. Welcome.

Nicole Umberger joins the lab as a postdoctoral research fellow. Nicole obtained her PhD in mammalian developmental neuroscience with Dr. Tamara Caspary at Emory University.

The lab welcomes a new postdoctoral research fellow, Yizhuo Zhou. Yizhuo recently was awarded her PhD in Cell Biology from the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences. Yizhuo’s graduate work involved the role of Nanog in suppressing cell migration.

Alexandra “Tally” Balaban joined the lab as a research technician. Tally graduated from Duke University with a BS in Mathematics and Computational Biology.

Joseph Fontana joins the lab as a new postdoctoral fellow. Joe carried-out his graduate work with Jim Posakony at UCSD.

Postdoc, Joseph Watson, joins the lab. Joseph was a graduate student with David Miller at Vanderbilt working on C. elegans neurobiology.

Postdoc, Hsin-Lei Yao joins the lab. Hsin-Lei received his PhD from UNC.

Joe Pearson from UCSD joins the lab as a postdoctoral researcher. Joe is awarded an NIH-funded fellowship by the UNC Developmental Biology Training Program.