Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Andrew K. Vershon, Nelson Biology Laboratories, Busch Campus (732/445-5086)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Morad A. Abou-Sabé, Associate Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Microbial genetics; gene expression

Alan D. Antoine, Associate Professor of Microbiology, CC; D.Sc., Johns Hopkins
Microbial biochemistry and physiology; metabolism of nitroaromatic compounds; biochemistry and taxonomic classification of cyanobacteria

Edward Arnold, Professor of Chemistry, FAS-NB/CABM; Ph.D., Cornell
Protein and virus structure; crystallography; AIDS; polymerases; drug and vaccine design

David E. Axelrod, Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Tennessee
Cellular and molecular oncology; tumor-cell proliferation

Tamar Barkay, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, CC; Ph.D., Maryland
Microbial ecology of the interactions of microbes with toxic metals

Helen M. Berman, Professor of Chemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Nucleic acid and protein structure; crystallography; biological databases

Elisabetta Bini, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, CC; Ph.D., Nebraska, Regulation of gene expression in hyperthermophilic archaeal organisms

Mark Brenneman, Assistant Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Baylor DNA repair and recombination and their roles in genome stability and tumor suppression

Gary Brewer, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Vanderbilt
Gene expression in cancer, immunity, and heart disease

Steven J. Brill, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Biochemistry and genetics of DNA replication in yeast

Linda Brzustowicz, Associate Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB; M.D., Columbia
Human molecular genetics, genetics of psychiatric disorders

George M. Carman, Professor of Food Science, CC; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Molecular biology of phospholipid biosynthesis in yeast

Kiran K. Chada, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Oxford
Functional genomics in cancer and obesity

Theodore Chase, Jr., Professor and Chairperson of Biochemistry and Microbiology, CC; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Microbial biochemistry in the environment; plant enzymology and molecular biology of ripening and flavor

Suzie Chen, Associate Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP; Ph.D., Albert Einstein
Transgenic mice predisposed to melanoma development; molecular mechanisms of adipocyte differentiation; UV-inducible genes

Xuemei Chen, Associate Professor of Genetics, WIM/FAS-NB; Ph.D., Cornell Molecular genetic analysis of flower development in Arabidopsis

Michael L. Chikindas, Assistant Professor of Food Science, CC; Ph.D., VNIIgenetika (Moscow) Microbiology; food safety; bacteriocine

Khew-Voon Chin, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, CINJ/UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Drug resistance in cancers; regulation of gene expression

Lori Ruth Covey, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Switch recombination in human B lymphocytes in response to T cell factors

Kiron M. Das, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Molecular Genetics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Edinburgh; M.D., Calcutta
Autoimmunity in inflammatory-bowel diseases

David T. Denhardt, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Molecular biology of cancer; cell signaling and regulation of gene expression; structure and function of osteopontin and tissue inhibitor or metalloproteinases

Hugo K. Dooner, Professor of Plant Science, CC/WIM; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Plant molecular genetics; transposons; meiotic recombination; functional genomics

Joseph P. Dougherty, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale
Retrovirus replication and gene theory

Cheryl F. Dreyfus, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-WJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Cornell Roles of trophic molecules in astrocyte and oligodendrocyte function

Monica Driscoll, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Harvard
C. elegans developmental genetics; molecular mechanisms of inherited neurodegeneration

Richard H. Ebright, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Chemistry, WIM; Ph.D., Harvard
Transcription; protein-DNA interaction; protein-protein interaction; single- molecule imaging

Isaac Edery, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB/CABM; Ph.D., McGill
Molecular mechanism underlying biological clocks

Douglas E. Eveleigh, Professor of Microbiology, CC; Ph.D., Exeter
Applied microbiology: fermentation, organic chemicals from biomass; cellulose transformation; microbial ecology

Martin Farach-Colton, Associate Professor of Computer Science, FAS-NB; M.D., Johns Hopkins; Ph.D., Maryland
Computational biology; design and analysis of sequential and parallel algorithms

Joseph Fondell, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Regulation of gene expression by nuclear hormone receptors

Dunne Fong, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Princeton
Immunology and molecular cell biology of parasitic protozoans

David J. Foran, Assistant Professor of Pathology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers/UMDNJ
Imaging; telemedicine; bioinformatics; pattern recognition; computer- assisted diagnosis

Abram Gabriel, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB/CABM; M.D., Johns Hopkins
Mechanisms of retrotransposon replication; chromosomal rearrangements

Marc R. Gartenberg, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale Chromatin structure, gene regulation, and epigenetic inheritance in yeast

Celine Gelinas, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Sherbrooke
Function of viral and cellular oncogenes

Barth Grant, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Princeton
Molecular mechanisms regulating endocytosis and endocytic recycling in C. elegans and mammals

Samuel Gunderson, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Wisconsin Pre-mRNA processing; splicing; polyadenylation; gene expression

Max Haggblom, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, CC/BCAE; Ph.D., Helsinki

Environmental and applied microbiology; bioremediation; microbial physiology

Beatrice Haimovich, Associate Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Adhesion receptors mediated signals that regulate cell adhesion and spreading

Ronald P. Hart, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Michigan Neuroimmunology of central nervous system injury

Jody Hey, Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Evolution, speciation, human origins, recombination, natural selection, codon bias

Sarah Hitchcock-DeGregori, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
Structure-function relationships in contractile proteins; folding and design of coiled-coil proteins

Masayori Inouye, Professor and Chairperson of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Osaka
Signal transduction; adaptation to stresses; protein folding

Ken Irvine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB/WIM; Ph.D., Stanford
Cell communication, patterning, and morphogenesis

William G. Johnson, Professor of Neurology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/UBHC; Ph.D., Columbia Human genetics; nervous system traits and diseases

Peter C. Kahn, Professor of Biochemistry, CC; Ph.D., Columbia
Protein folding and assembly; modeling; hydration in biological systems

Stanley E. Katz, Professor of Microbiology, CC; Ph.D., Rutgers
Analytical and environmental microbiology; transformation of organic molecules; antibiotics in animal products

Lee Kerkhof, Assistant Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, CC/IMCS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Marine microbiology, molecular ecology, microbial population dynamics

Randall Kerstetter, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, FAS-NB/WIM; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Molecular genetics of leaf development and morphogenesis using model plant system

Terri Goss Kinzy, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
Eukaryotic translation elongation and regulation of gene expression

Tony Ah-Ng Kong, Professor of Pharmaceutics, EOHSI/EMSP; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Map kinases and caspases signaling in cell life and cell death, Nrf2 transcription factor, cancer chemopreventitive compounds and environmental agents

Jerome J. Kukor, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, CC; Ph.D., Michigan
Biochemistry and genetics of microorganisms involved in biodegradation

Casimir A. Kulikowski, Professor of Computer Science, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Hawaii
Intelligent systems and machine learning in molecular biology

Eric Lam, Professor of Plant Sciences, BCAE/CC; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Plant gene targeting; programmed cell death; chromatin imaging

Jerome A. Langer, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale
Cloning and ligand interactions of the cell surface receptor for alpha interferon

Debra L. Laskin, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, EMSP; Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia
Immunology; cytokines; nitric oxide; macrophages; inflammation

Edmund Lattime, Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Rutgers
Tumor immunology, immune mechanisms, genetically based vaccine strategies

Michael Lawton, Associate Professor of Plant Science, CC/BCAE; Ph.D., Oxford
Plant defense responses, signal transduction

Michael J. Leibowitz, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Yeshiva
Host-virus interactions in yeast; molecular epidemiology; ribozyme enzymology; HIV regulatory proteins

John Lenard, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Cornell
RNA virus structure, fusion cellular entry, transcription and assembly

Thomas Leustek, Professor of Plant Science, CC/BCAE; Ph.D., Rutgers
Plant biochemistry; molecular biology; cysteine and methionine biosynthesis and metabolism; sulfur assimilation; general metabolism

Ronald M. Levy, Professor of Chemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Harvard
Computational molecular biology; computational chemistry; computer modeling of protein structure; folding and dynamics; structural genomics

Alice Y.-C. Liu, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Mount Sinai
Signal transduction mechanism of the heat-shock response; heat-shock gene expression and cell aging

Peter Lobel, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Columbia
Lysomal enzymes and human hereditary diseases, mannose 6-phosphate receptors

Kiran Madura, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rochester
Mechanism and significance of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis in DNA repair and signal transduction

Pal Maliga, Professor of Plant Science, FAS-NB/WIM; Ph.D., Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Plastid genetics and development; RNA editing

Richard A. Mann, Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Yeshiva (Einstein)
Immunopathogenesis of renal disease

Charles E. Martin, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Florida State
Genetic regulation of membrane lipid biosynthesis in Saccharomyces

Tara Matise, Associate Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Pittsburgh Computational genetics, genome bioinformatics, linkage analysis of complex traits

Karl Matthews, Assistant Professor of Food Science, CC; Ph.D., Kentucky Genetics understanding of virulence and survival mechanisms of foodborne pathogens

Kim S. McKim, Associate Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB/WIM; Ph.D., British Columbia Regulation of meiotic recombination; homologous chromosome pairing; DNA repair

Joachim W. Messing, University Professor of Molecular Biology and Director of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology, FAS-NB/WIM; Ph.D., Munich Molecular biology of higher plants; M13 cloning, sequencing, gene synthesis

James Millonig, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Princeton Dorsal CNS development, Bmp signaling, mouse mutations, and autism

Gaetano T. Montelione, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB/CABM; Ph.D., Cornell
Protein structure and dynamics; NMR spectroscopy; structural bioinformatics

Thomas J. Montville, Professor of Food Science, CC; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Metabolic regulation of foodborne microbes; novel antimicrobials

William R. Moyle, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Harvard
Structure and function of glycoprotein hormones and their receptors

Joseph I. Naus, Professor of Statistics, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Harvard
Significance of matching in DNA sequences; scan-statistic probabilities of clustering; data editing

Robert A. Niederman, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry,
FAS-NB; Ph.D., Illinois Structure, function, and assembly of energy-transducing membranes

Wilma K. Olson, Mary I. Bunting Professor of Chemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Stanford
Theoretical studies of nucleic acid structure and properties; relation of structure, conformation, and function of nucleic acids

Richard Padgett, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, WIM/ FAS-NB; Ph.D., North Carolina
TGF beta signal transduction in C. elegans and Drosophila

Nicola Partridge, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Western Australia
Signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, metalloproteinases

Howard C. Passmore, Jr., Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Michigan
Regulation of meiotic recombination; mouse models for the expression of tumor suppressor genes

Henrik Pedersen, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Yale
Plant cell culture; biosensing

Stuart W. Peltz, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Eukaryote gene expression

Sidney Pestka, Professor and Chairperson of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Pennsylvania
Interferons and cytokine receptors; signal transduction

John Pintar, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Oregon
Insulin-like growth factors in early mammalian development, pituitary development

Ronald D. Poretz, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, CC; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Inherited susceptibility to neurotoxicants; intracellular targeting of drugs; endocytosis glycoconjugate glycans

David Pramer, Professor Emeritus of Microbiology, CC; Ph.D., Rutgers
Biological control; biodegradation of natural and manufactured compounds; nematode-trapping fungi

Arnold B. Rabson, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Brown
Molecular biology of human retroviruses; gene regulation in human cancer

Karel Raska, Jr., Professor of Pathology, Molecular Genetics, and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS, and Chairperson of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, UMDNJ-NJMS; M.D., Charles; Ph.D., Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

DNA tumor viruses; immunopathology and molecular mechanisms in human cancers

Michael Reiss, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Amsterdam Human genetics; nervous system traits and diseases; linkage mapping; genomic markers; microsatellite polymorphisms; positional cloning

Susan Rittling, Associate Research Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Vermont
Role of osteopontin in tumorigenesis and bone metabolism

Monica Roth, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Einstein
Retroviruses, integration, reverse transcriptase, Rnase, envelope proteins

Amrik Sahota, Research Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB; Ph.D., London Human inherited diseases and molecular diagnosis

Carl P. Schaffner, Professor Emeritus of Microbial Chemistry, WIM; Ph.D., Illinois
Chemical and biological properties of microbial products

Donald W. Schaffner, Extension Specialist in Food Science, CC; Ph.D., Georgia
Food microbiology

Konstantin Severinov, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB/ WIM; Ph.D., Russian Academy of Sciences
Structure and function of RNA polymerases from eubacteria and yeasts

Aaron J. Shatkin, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; University Professor of Molecular Biology, FAS-NB; Director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine; Ph.D., Rockefeller Eukaryotic gene expression; viral cytopathogenesis

Gleb P. Shumyatsky, Assistant Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB; Ph.D., USSR Academy of Sciences Molecular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory

Yufang Shi, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/SRB; Ph.D., Alberta Regulation of immune responses; apoptosis in lymphocytes; tumor immunology

Lee D. Simon, Associate Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB/CC; Ph.D., Rochester
Molecular biology of protein degradation in prokaryotes

Andrew Singson, Assistant Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB/WIM; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Reproductive biology and cell-cell interactions in C. elegans

Navin K. Sinha, Associate Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB/WIM; Ph.D., Minnesota
Mechanisms of spontaneous and induced mutations

Peter Smouse, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, CC/BCAE; Ph.D., North Carolina State
Mathematical representation of molecular phylogenics

William Sofer, Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB/WIM; Ph.D., Miami
Genetic algorithms for predicting secondary structure of proteins

Stanley Stein, Professor of Molecular Biology, CABM/UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., CUNY
Protein analysis; synthesis of peptides and antisense DNA

Ruth Steward, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, WIM/FAS-NB; Ph.D., Basel
NF-KB signaling; establishment of embryonic polarity; nuclear migration and RNA transport in Drosophila

Ann C. St. John, Associate Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Regulation of protein catabolism; stress-response proteins

Victor Stollar, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D.C.M., Queen's (Ontario)
Viral replication in mammalian and insect cells

Roger Strair, Associate Professor of Medicine, CINJ/UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein
Hemotopoietic malignancies; stem-cell transplantation

Nanjoo Suh, Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology, FAS-NB; LCR; Ph.D.; Illinois Mechanistic study of cancer prevention and inflammation with natural/ synthetic agents

Thresia Thomas, Associate Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore)
Molecular biology of breast cancer: polyamines, estradiol, and cyclins

Moti L. Tiku, Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Delhi
Immunobiology of autoimmune diseases; rheumatoid and osteoarthritis; immunology and cytokine biology; reactive oxygen radicals and aging

Jay Tischfield, Professor and Chair of Genetics, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Yale
Gene regulation, human genetic diseases

Robert Trelstad, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Harvard
Matrix morphogenesis and macromolecular patterning

Nilgun E. Tumer, Professor of Plant Pathology, BCAE/CC; Ph.D., Purdue
Mechanisms of virus resistance, mechanism of antiviral action of ribosome inactivating proteins, turfgrass transformation and improvement

Aurea C. Vasconcelos, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Chicago
Cell biology; plant molecular biology; chloroplast development, function, and regulation; carbohydrate metabolism in plants

Andrew K. Vershon, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, WIM/FAS-NB; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Regulation of gene expression in yeast

Constantino Vetriani, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, CC/IMCS; Ph.D.; Rome La Sapienza Deep-sea microbiology; extremophiles; molecular ecology; adaptations to extreme environments

Yuh-Hwa Wang, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., North Carolina State
Triplet repeat diseases, chromatin structure, fragile sites, DNA-protein interaction

William Welsh, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania Bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and computer-aided molecular design

Guy Werlen, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Geneva Signaling networks and mechanisms that control life and death of developing T lymphocytes

Eileen P. White, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB/CABM; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Regulation of programmed cell death (apoptosis) by viral oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes

Nancy A. Woychik, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Regulation of mRNA transcription; RNA polymerase II subunit function

Gutian Xiao, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Fudan Cell signaling in immunity and oncogenesis

Chung S. Yang, Professor of Chemical Biology and Pharmacognosy, EMSP; Ph.D., Cornell
Molecular mechanisms of esophageal carcinogenesis and its prevention, and other agents; genetic polymorphism and cancer risk

Lily Y. Young, Professor of Environmental Sciences, CC; Ph.D., Harvard
Anaerobic microbial metabolism of contaminant chemicals; microbial biodegradation; bioremediation

Peter D. Yurchenco, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Basement membrane; self-assembly; three-dimensional structure; cellular interactions

Barbara A. Zilinskas, Professor of Plant Biochemistry, CC/BCAE; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Molecular biology of plant response to oxidative stress; photosynthesis

Gerben Zylstra, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, CC/BCAE; Ph.D., Michigan
Microbial genomics, high-throughput screening; molecular analysis of biodegradation pathways

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

Gopala Kovvali, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CAB; Ph.D., Delhi Mechanistic studies on carcinogenesis and chemoprevention of gastrointestinal tract

Mary Konsolaki, Associate Research Professor of Genetics, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Crete (Greece) Analysis of toxicity associated with Alzheimer's beta-amyloid, using Drosophila as a model system

Jeffrey D. Laskin, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo) Effects of xenobiotics on growth and differentiation of epidermal cells; mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis; biology of nitric oxide