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