Dr. Chrystal Starbird
Welcome to the Starbird Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Our lab is broadly focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of disease.
Building a scientific environment where everyone is supported fully in the development and pursuit of their ideas so that they can bring their creativity and curiosity to research.
Jul 25, 2024 - Five Questions with Skylar Grimsley
Guess what folks? The UNC Health News Team interviewed our very own Skylar Grimsley for a feature called:
Five Questions with Skylar Grimsley
Head over to the link below to get an inside look at one of Starbird lab's awesome grad students. You're a rockstar Skylar, keep up the great work!
Jun 24, 2024 - Special sneak peek..
Less than a week after the first paper from our postdoc comes out is the first paper from the lab! It's a commentary on an important and timely issue: Special considerations for the use of AI tools by PEERs as a learning and communication aid
This paper is now available online but will come in print as part of a special JCP issue with contributions from several leading labs. Stay tuned! Check out the paper HERE
Structural insights into the role and targeting of EGFRvIII
Atrish Bagchi, Steven E. Stayrook, Katerina T. Xenaki, Chrystal A. Starbird, Sofia Doulkeridou, Rachid el Khoulati, Rob C. Roovers, Karl R. Schmitz, Paul M.P. van Bergen en Henegouwen, Kathryn M. Ferguson, Structural insights into the role and targeting of EGFRvIII, Structure, 2024, , ISSN 0969-2126 [DOI]
Transforming myself and academia for good
Chrystal Starbird, Transforming myself and academia for good, Cell, Volume 184, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 851-853, ISSN 0092-8674 [DOI]