The Frank L. Conlon Lab
Department of Biological & Genome Sciences
McAllister Heart Institute
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Medicine & College of Arts and Sciences
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Biology and Genetics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Medicine
McAllister Heart Institute
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Education
B.S. - May, 1981
Nasson College
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M.A. - December, 1989
Department of Genetics and Development
Columbia University
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M. Phil. - December, 1991
Department of Genetics and Development
Columbia University
Ph.D. - October, 1994
Department of Genetics and Development
Columbia University
Thesis advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Robertson, FRS
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Postdoctoral Fellow, 1994-2000
National Institute for Medical Research
Mill Hill, London, UK
PI: Sir James C. Smith, FRS
Employment
2013-Present
Professor
Dept. of Genetics
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
1987-1988
Research Staff Associate
Dr. Richard Axel, Nobel Laureate
Columbia Cancer Institute
Columbia University, NY
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1994-2000
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sir Jim Smith, PhD, FRS
Lab. of Developmental Biology
London, UK
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2001-2007
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Genetics
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
2007-2009
Associate Director
UNC Cellular and Molecular
Biology Graduate Training Program
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
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2009-Present
Visiting Scientist
Dr. Ileana Cristea
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
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2007-2013
Associate Professor
Dept. of Genetics
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Teaching
2020 - Present
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2016 - 2019
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2016
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2012-2018
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2012-Present
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2009, 2010
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2008-2015
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2008
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2007, 2008
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2007, 2008
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2002-Present
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2001-2002
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2001-Present
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2001
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1992
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1991, 1992
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Sex Differences in Human Disease, UNC (Bio 490)
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Lecturer, Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus, SummerCourse, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
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Cardiac Development and Repair, UNC (Bio 680)
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Cell & Developmental Biology, UNC (Bio 205)
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Lecturer, Proteomics, Summer Course, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
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Lecturer, Molecular Biology of the Mouse, Summer Course, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
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Molecular and Cellular Basis of Cardiovascular Disease, UNC (Pathology 667)
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Seminar in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, UNC (BBSP 902)
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Student Advisory Panel: How to write and submit an AHA proposal, UNC
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Student Advisory Panel: How to write a manuscript, UNC
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Developmental Genetics, UNC (Biology 624/Genetics 624)
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Ethics for Biomedical Students, UNC
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Undergraduate Biology Research, UNC (Bio 395, 495)
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Seminars in Genetics, UNC (Biology 270/Genetics 270)
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Teaching Assistant, Advanced Eukaryotic Genetics, Columbia University, NY
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Assistant Instructor, Molecular Biology of the Mouse, Summer Course, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Memberships
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2020-2025
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2017
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2016, 2017
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2014
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NIH National Study Section, Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development Study Section, Chair
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NIH National Study Section, Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development Study Section, Ad Hoc Member
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NIH Developmental Biology/Bioinformatics Resource Program, National Study Section, Co-Chair
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NIH National Study Section, Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development Study Section, Ad Hoc Member
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NIH Systems Developmental Biology for Understanding Embryonic Development and the Ontogeny of Structural Birth Defects, National Study Section, Member
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NIH/NHLBI 'Bench-to-Bassinet', National Study Section, Member
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NIH National Study Section, Development 1, Ad Hoc Member
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NIH National Study Section, Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development Study Section, Ad Hoc Member
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NIH National Study Section NIAID Resource-Related Research Projects, Ad Hoc Member
2011
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2009
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2008
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2008-2013
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2008
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2008
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2007, 2008
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2006
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2006
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NIH Special Emphasis Panel, Genetic and Genomic Analysis in Xenopus, Member
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NIH CVRS Member Conflict Special Emphasis Panel, Member
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NIH National Study Section, Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research Committee (AITRC), Ad Hoc Member
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NIH National Study Section, Development 1, Permanent Member
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NIH National Study Section, Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development Study Section, Ad Hoc Member
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NIH National Study Section, Co-Chairperson, Genetic and Genomic Analysis in Zebrafish, Special Emphasis Panel, Tools for Zebrafish Research, Member
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NIH National Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group, Mentored Clinical Scientist Career Development Award, Member
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NIH/NHLBI National Study Section, Program in Systems Biology-Special Emphasis Panel, Ad Hoc Member
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NIH National Study Section, Genetic and Genomic Analysis in Xenopus, Special Emphasis Panel, Member
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Other Memberships
2016
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2014-Present
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2011-Present
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2008, 2009
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2005
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2005
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Israel Science Foundation, Grant Review Board
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Weinstein Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration Committee
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Editorial Board, Developmental Biology
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Co-Chairperson of the American Heart Association Region II Cardiovascular Development Study Group
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American Cancer Society, National Study Section, Ad Hoc Member
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Erwin Schroedinger Grant Review Board, Austria, Member
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2005
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2005-2008
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2005-2007
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2004-2007
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2004-2012
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2004-2012
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Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, Grant Review Board
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American Heart Association, National Study Section, Permanent Member
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Medical Research Counsel, England, UK, Grant Review Board
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American Heart Association, Mid-Atlantic Study Section, Permanent Member
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NIH/NICH Xenopus tropicalis Mutagenesis Sub-Committee
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NIH/NICH Xenopus tropicalis Steering Committee
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Awards
​2020-Present
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2019-Present
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2011-Present
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2008
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2007-2011
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2002
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2002
Section Editor, Journal of Cardiovascular Developent and Disease
Associate Editor of PloS Genetics
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Editorial Board, Developmental Biology
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Kenan Faculty Fellowship
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American Heart Association Established Investigator Award
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UNC Medical Alumni Award
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UNC Junior Faculty Development Award
Sabbatical
Ileana Cristea Laboratory
Princeton University
2009-2010