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Pelin Cayirlioglu Volkan

Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
4313 French Family Science Center, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Regulation of fertility and reproduction by codon usage: a Drosophila model

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Social experience dependent modification of gene regulation and circuit function

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2026

Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Regulation of fertility and reproduction by codon usage: a Drosophila model

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Social experience dependent modification of gene regulation and circuit function

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2026

Role of insect olfactory receptors and cell adhesion molecules in circuit organization

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Epigenetic reprogramming of behaviors with sensory experience

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Sensing Dietary Amino Acids from Gut to Brain

FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Genetics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2018

Chromatin modulation in structural and functional refinement of olfactory circuits

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Whitehall Foundation, Inc. · 2014 - 2016

External Relationships


  • University of Florida-Scripps

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