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The mission of the UNC Microbiome Core is to provide the research community with the facilities and expertise to characterize complex microbial communities and microbial interactions. The Core has state-of-the-art instrumentation and extensively trained personnel that provide support from experimental design to data analysis.
M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Ph. D. | Director
Ian Carroll, Ph. D.| Co-Director
Jeff Roach, Ph. D.| Associate Director for Bioinformatics
Nivedita Pareek| Core Manager
Esmat Rousta, Ph. D| Research Associate
312 Isaac Taylor Hall - Campus Box 7032
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7032
https://www.med.unc.edu/microbiome/
| Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
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| Microbiome Core |
Lab 919-962 3569 Cell 919-961 0032Office 919-966 9838
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microbiome@med.unc.edu
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312 Isaac Taylor Hall - Campus Box 7032 School of Medicine
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