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Robert J. Duronio, PhD, is a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member studying the genetic and epigenetic control of animal development, with a focus on mechanisms of gene expression that regulate progression through the cell cycle.

PhD
Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor, Biology
Chair, Department of Biology
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Genetics Research Program

Area of Interest

My research focuses on understanding how gene expression and chromatin organization regulate cell cycle progression during animal development using genetic, cell biological, and genomic approaches in Drosophila melanogaster.

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Awards and Honors

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012
  • Academic Leadership Fellow, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2008
  • UNC Ruth and Phillip Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement, 2003
  • NSF Career Award, 2000
  • Damon Runyon Scholar Award, 1997

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