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Dr. Koller is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC), the current Director of the transgenic mouse core facility, and ex Director (1993-1999) of the UNC Embryonic Stem Cell Facility. Dr. Koller received her undergraduate degree, with honors, in biology (1980) from the University of Ottawa and her Ph.D. (pathobiology and biochemistry) in 1985 from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Following her graduate education, Dr. Koller was a Research Associate in pathology (1985-1987) at the University of Minnesota and in medical genetics and genetics (1978-1988) at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. From 1988 through 1990, Dr. Koller was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Pathology at UNC. She joined the faculty in 1990 at UNC as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Koller is also a member of UNC Graduate Faculty. Dr. Koller is internationally recognized for her studies on the human major histocompatibility complex and has worked and published with distinguished scientists in her field such as Dr. Fritz Bach, D., Harry T. Orr, and Dr. Oliver Smithies. Dr. Koller's other research interests include the development of mouse models of human disease with complex etiologies (breast cancer, cystic fibrosis, and schizophrenia) and inflammation, in particular paracrine regulation of inflammation by prostaglandins and nucleotides. Her research has resulted in numerous publications (90) in peered reviewed journals. She serves on the grant review committees for National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute.