Report summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Biology in 2024-2026 reads as a 42-PI network with 5 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Agricultural and Biological Sciences as the leading field (25% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (16% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels), and Animal Behavior and Reproduction as the leading topic (5% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). That is of concern for a 42-PI roster; the strongest pairings may be carrying much of the visible collaboration. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Mark Peifer (8.2 weighted works; Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling). The strongest pairings are David W. Pfennig and Karin S. Pfennig (2 shared works, weight 1.1). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 3 PIs, 2 internal connections, weight 0.9, around Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, led by Mark Peifer, A. Gregory Matera, Daniel J. McKay.