About The University Graduate Study at the University Other Graduate Study at the University Degree Programs Available Admission Tuition and Fees Financial Aid Student Services Academic Policies and Procedures Degree Requirements Programs, Faculty, and Courses Course Information African Studies 016 Agricultural Engineering Alcohol Studies 047 Animal Sciences 067 Anthropology 070 Art History 082 Arts, Visual and Theater Asian Studies 098 Atmospheric Science 107 Biochemistry 115 BioMaPS 118 (Programs in Quantitative Biology) Biomedical Engineering 125 Bioresource Engineering 127 Biotechnology 126 Cell and Developmental Biology 148 Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Ceramic and Materials Science and Engineering 150 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering 155 Chemistry 160 Civil and Environmental Engineering 180 Classics 190 Cognitive Science 185 Communication, Information and Library Studies 194 Communication Studies Comparative Literature 195 Computer Science 198 Curatorial Studies Ecology and Evolution 215 Economics 220 Education 300 Educational Psychology; Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration; Learning and Teaching Electrical and Computer Engineering 332 Engineering Geophysics English, Literature In (English 350, Composition Studies 352) English as a Second Language 356 Entomology 370 Environmental Change, Human Dimensions Of 378 Environmental Sciences 375 Food and Business Economics 395 Food Science 400 French 420 Geography 450 Geological Sciences 460 Geospatial Information Science 455 German 470 History 510 Human Resource Management Industrial and Systems Engineering 540 Industrial Relations and Human Resources 545 Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program 554 Italian 560 Labor and Employment Relations Library Studies Linguistics 615 Literature and Language 617 Literatures in English Mathematics 640, 642 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 650 Mechanics 654 Medicinal Chemistry 663 Medieval Studies 667 Meteorology Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 681 Molecular and Cell Biology 695 Molecular Biophysics 696 Molecular Biosciences Music 700 Music Neuroscience 710 Nutritional Sciences 709 Oceanography 712 Operations Research 711 Packaging Science and Engineering Pharmaceutical Science 720 Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular 718 Pharmacy Philosophy 730 Physics and Astronomy 750 Physiology and Integrative Biology 761 Programs Graduate Courses Planning and Public Policy 970 Plant Biology 765 Plant Pathology Plant Science and Technology Political Science 790 Psychology 830 Psychology, Applied and Professional Public Health 832 Public Policy Quaternary Studies 841 Russian, Central and East European Studies 859 Social Work 910 Social Work: Administration, Policy and Planning, and Direct Practice Sociology 920 Spanish 940 Statistics and Biostatistics 960 Theater Arts Toxicology 963 Urban Planning, City and Regional Visual Arts Wireless Communications Certificate Women's and Gender Studies 988 Research Centers, Bureaus and Institutes Administration Governance of the University Divisions of the University   Graduate School-New Brunswick 2005-2007 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Physiology and Integrative Biology 761   Physiology and Integrative Biology 761 Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy Director of Graduate Program: Professor Jianjie Ma, Room 527, UMDNJ-RWJMS, Piscataway (732/235-4550) Members of the Graduate Faculty Juan P. Advis, Professor of Animal Sciences, CC; Ph.D., South Western; D.V.M., Austral (Chile) Hypothalmic regulation of leutinizing hormone; reproduction physiology Marco Brotto, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ- RWJMS; Ph.D., Trinity College (United Kingdom) Muscle fatigue, ECC, and SOC in skeletal and cardiac muscles Allan Conney, Professor of Pharmacology, EMSP; Ph.D., Wisconsin Mechanisms of carcinogenesis and cancer chemoprevention Daniel Cowen, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve Coupling of 5-HT receptors to cellular signals for protein synthesis David Denhardt, Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Osteopontin, metalloproteinase inhibitors and their roles in bone biology and cancer Cheryl F. Dreyfus, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, UMDNJ-RWJMS/ CABM; Ph.D., Cornell Neuronal growth factor and brain development Monica Driscoll, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB/CABM; Ph.D., Harvard Molecular genetics of neurodegeneration; mechanotransduction Huizhou Fan, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Manitoba Cell signaling of ectodomain shedding and molecular pathogenesis of cancer Joseph Fondell, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., New York Regulation of gene expression by nuclear receptors in hormone dependent cancers Michael Gallo, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ- RWJMS; Ph.D., Albany Medical College Environmental and chemical carcinogenesis; pharmacology and toxicology Barth Grant, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Princeton Analysis of endocytosis and trafficking in C. elegans and mammalian cells Estela Jacinto, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ- RWJMS; Ph.D., California (San Diego) Temporal and spatial control of cell growth; nutrient sensing; signal transduction Joseph Kedem, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Hebrew Cardiac dynamics and metabolism George Lambert, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Illinois Environmental factors on childhood growth and development John Lenard, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Cornell Mechanisms of membrane fusion, sterol utilization in C. elegans Fang Liu, Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP; Ph.D., Harvard TGF-B signaling and cancer biology Peter Lobel, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Columbia Protein targeting; mannose-6-phosphate receptors; cancer prognosis Jianjie Ma, University Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Baylor Ca2+, Ca2+ channels and related genes in cardiovascular function and cancer biology Kenneth H. McKeever, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, CC; Ph.D., McMaster Growth factors and glia Gary F. Merrill, Professor of Biological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Michigan State Regulation of coronary blood flow Judith Neubauer, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers Neurobiology of respiratory control; neuronal responses to hypoxia and CO 2 Tim Otto, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., New Hampshire Neurobiology of learning and memory Jerome Parness, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Pediatrics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Yeshiva (Einstein) Intracellular Ca channel ad dantrolene receptor Nicola C. Partridge, Professor and Chair of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ- RWJMS; Ph.D., Western Australia Signal transduction; molecular endocrinology; metalloproteinases John Pintar, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Oregon Physiology of insulin-like growth factor and genetic analysis of opioid system function Hong Ruan, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Beijing Medical; Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine Adipose tissue-secreted cytokines, gene transcription, obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes Dipak Sarkar, Professor and Chairperson of Animal Sciences, CC; Ph.D., Oxford Influences of stress and drug abuse on neuroendocrine and neuroimmune systems Peter Scholz, Professor of Cardiac Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Basel Medical School Cardiovascular physiology and cGMP signaling Federico Sesti, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ- RWJMS; Ph.D., Genova Physiology and structure-function of ion-channels Sue Shapses, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences, CC; Ph.D., Columbia Metabolism of bone and cartilaginous tissue; osteoporosis Yufang Shi, University Professor of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Alberta Molecular immunology and apoptosis Arabinda K. Sinha, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., California (San Francisco) Neurotransmitter up and down regulation Nancy R. Stevenson, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers Intestinal digestion and absorption, nutrition, and curricular development Chih-Cheng Tsai, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., New York Nuclear receptors and their roles in Drosophila development and human diseases Malcolm Watford, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences, CC; D.Phil., Oxford Glutamine metabolism; regulation of glutaminase gene expression Harvey R. Weiss, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Duke Coronary and cerebral circulation, nitric oxide, myocardial signal transduction William J. Welsh, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania Bioinformatics; computer-aided molecular modeling and drug design Sunil Wimalawansa, Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Peradeniya (Sri Lanka); Ph.D., Royal Postgraduate Medical School (United Kingdom) Osteoporosis; mitochondria, oxidative stress, and aging on bone, endothelial and smooth muscle cells Rob Zachow, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Kansas Ovarian follicular development steroidogenesis Renping Zhou, Associate Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP/EOHSI; Ph.D., California (Berkeley) Development of the brain; function of growth factors and their receptors Programs Graduate Courses   For additional information, contact RU-info at 732/932-info (4636) or colonel.henry@rutgers.edu. Comments and corrections to: Campus Information Services. © 2005 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. All rights reserved.