Stephen Frye has announced new Director roles in the CICBDD for Samantha Pattenden and Lindsey James based on their ongoing contributions to the mission of the Center. These titles will make visible their role in fostering collaborations with other UNC faculty in their respective areas of expertise.
Samantha will be, “Director of Applied Epigenetic Screening Technologies”, and will expand the FAIRE-based chromatin screening capabilities to include ATAC-seq and other emerging assays to examine epigenetic state in cells and tissues in a high throughput format.
Lindsey will be, “Director of Chemical Biology”, and be responsible for bringing the latest chemical biology techniques into the center to provide reagents and know-how to enable rapid application of these techniques to new biological systems.