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Pearce Lab

Ken Pearce, Ph D is the director of the Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery. The Pearce lab utilizes numerous methods for conducting early drug and chemical probe discovery research. These techniques include development of biochemical and cell assays, high-throughput screening, DNA-encoded library technology, peptide phage display, and mechanistic/biophysical studies. Targets for these discovery campaigns include proteins involved in epigenetic regulation, signal transduction, and enzymatic modifications. Projects are typically collaborative efforts with labs across the UNC campus and span several therapeutic areas, with a particular focus on oncology targets.

 

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Ken Pearce, PhD

Director of the Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
Research Professor, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry
Director of Lead Discovery and Characterization
khpearce@unc.edu

 

Matthew Axtman

Research Associate
maxtman@unc.edu

 

 

Brian Hardy

Compound and Laboratory Manager
brianhardy@unc.edu

 

 

Tina Leisner

Research Associate
tina_leisner@med.unc.edu

 

 

Jiwoong Lim

Jiwoong Lim

Graduate Student
limjw123@email.unc.edu

 

 

Eric Merten

Eric Merten

Graduate Student
emerten@email.unc.edu

 

 

Jacqueline Norris-Drouin

Research Associate
jnorris@unc.edu

 

 

Devan Shell

Graduate Student
dshell19@live.unc.edu

 

 

Arunima Sikdar

Arunima Sikdar

Postdoc
arunimas@ad.unc.edu

 

 

Michael Stashko

Research Associate
mstashko@email.unc.edu

 

 

Ivanna Zhilinskaya

Ivanna Zhilinskaya

Graduate Student
izhilinskaya@unc.edu