Facilities
Laboratory, Office, & Meeting Space
Faculty and graduate students in the department are housed in Coker Hall, Fordham Hall, Wilson Hall, and the Genome Science Building. Student offices are generally located near their major adviser.
Student mailboxes are located in Coker Hall. Mail should be addressed to your name at Department of Biology, CB# 3280, Coker Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280. The departmental fax number is (919) 962-1625.
OneCard access to the outside doors and keys for student offices in Biology buildings are assigned through Jason Worrell.
Conference rooms can be reserved online. For any questions related to room reservations, and to obtain the access code to meeting rooms, please contact Trish Brittenham.
Libraries
Couch Biology Library. The Science Library Annex in Wilson Library (http://www.lib.unc.edu/science/HoursLocation.html) houses the majority of the on-campus collection of natural and mathematical sciences. For information, including locations and holdings of other libraries on campus, consult the UNC Libraries web page at http://www.lib.unc.edu/.
Resources for Field Research
North Carolina Botanical Garden. The North Carolina Botanical Garden, located two miles east of campus, is a regional center for research, conservation, and interpretation of plants, particularly those native to the southeastern United States. The Botanical Garden also oversees the nearby Mason Farm Biological Reserve, a 367-acre tract containing diverse natural plant communities and protected habitats especially valuable for scientific research and teaching. For more information, see http://ncbg.unc.edu/.
Highlands Biological Station. The Highlands Biological Station is a year-round biological field station operated by the University of North Carolina and located on a high plateau in the southern Appalachian Mountains of southwestern North Carolina. Its mission is to promote research and education in biodiversity studies (ecology, systematics, evolution, and conservation), with special emphasis on the diverse flora and fauna of southwestern North Carolina. For more information, see http://www.wcu.edu/hbs/.
Core Facilities
Departmental imaging core facility. The departmental imaging core facility (e.g., confocal microsope, electron microscope) is located on the fourth floor of Wilson Hall. For information, contact Tony Perdue (email: tdperdue@email.unc.edu; telephone 962-2795).