Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Program: Professor Richard W. Padgett, Nelson Biology Laboratories, Busch Campus (732-445-3430)
Members of the Graduate Faculty
Peter Amenta, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and
Interim Dean, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Hahnemann
Electron microscopy
Stephen Anderson, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Proteases and protease inhibitors; protein folding; molecular recognition; structural bioinformatics
Bruce S. Babiarz, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Cincinnati
Early mammalian development; implantation; mammalian developmental genetics
Debabrata Banerjee, Associate Professor of Medicine and
Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Calcutta
Experimental therapeutics; drug resistance; molecular
imaging; mesenchymal stem cells
Maureen M. Barr, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM;
Ph.D., Columbia
C. elegans cilia
development, morphogenesis, and function: a human disease model
Nada N. Boustany, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Cell analysis; optical imaging and spectroscopy; apoptosis; morphological phenotypes and patterns of gene expression during early cancer
development Mark Brenneman, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D.,
Baylor
DNA repair and recombination and their roles in genome
stability and tumor suppression
Gary Brewer, Professor of Molecular Genetics and
Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Auburn
Posttranscriptional control of gene expression in disease,
cancer, immune response, and congestive heart failure
Steven Brill, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
DNA replication; DNA repair; DNA helicase; genetic analysis;
genome stability; protein purification; yeast
Linda Brzustowicz, Professor of Genetics, SAS; M.D.,
Columbia
Human genetic disorders
Li Cai, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SAS;
Ph.D., UMDNJ/Rutgers
Regulation of gene expression in stem cells
Salvatore J. Caradonna, Professor and Chair of the
Department of Molecular Biology, UMDNJ-SOM; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Molecular biology of human DNA repair; interactions with
cell cycle control elements
Kiran K. Chada, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Oxford
Mammalian genetics; human diseases; transgenic mice;
developmental biology; cancer
Kuang Yu Chen, Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Yale
Hypusine formation and eukaryotic initiation factor 5A;
nutraceuticals-genomic screening and interactions; cell aging and late G1 gene
regulation; osmotic stress and heat shock factor activationSuzie Chen, Professor of Chemical Biology and Pharmacognosy,
EMSP; Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Mouse model of melanoma, regulation of cell signaling by
G-protein-coupled receptor
Mikhail Chikindas, Associate Professor of Food Science,
SEBS; Ph.D., VNII Genetika (Moscow)
Biology (microbiology, food safety, and bacteriocins)
Wendie Cohick, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS;
Ph.D., Cornell
Cell biology (growth factors, signal transduction, mammary
gland biology)
Davide Comoletti, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CHINJ; D.V.M., Milan
Structural and molecular basis of synapse formation and connectivity in relation to autism spectrum disorders
Lori Covey, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS;
Ph.D., Columbia
Human immunoglobulin switch recombination in response to T
cell-B cell interactions
Gabriella D'Arcangelo, Associate Professor of Cell Biology
and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Molecular mechanisms of neuronal proliferation,
differentiation, and migration
Robin L. Davis, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Sensory signaling and ontogeny, as related to molecular
mechanisms that regulate auditory function
David T. Denhardt, Professor Emeritus of Cell and Molecular
Biology, SAS; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
On the systems biology of osteopontin: role in autoimmune
disease, stress responses, bone remodeling, and cancer metastasis
Emmet A. Dennis, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., Connecticut
Parasitology; schistosome pathology
Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Cornell
Regulation of developmental and adult neurogenesis, cell
cycle mechanisms
Dessislava Dimova, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology
and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Cornell
The E2F/RB pathway--study of transcriptional regulatory
networks through genomics
Juan Dong, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS/WIM; Ph.D., California (Riverside)
Cell polarity; asymmetric cell division; stomatal development and patterning; plant cell and development; molecular genetics
Cheryl Dreyfus, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Cornell
Role of the trophic factors and glial cells
Monica Driscoll, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., Harvard
Developmental neurogenetics; molecular genetics of neuronal
cell death; mechanosensory transduction in touch and feeling; molecular
mechanisms of aging
Isaac Edery, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., McGill (Canada)
Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying biological
clocks
Huizhou Fan, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Manitoba (Canada)
Cell signaling of ectodomain shedding and molecular pathogenesis of cancer
Bonnie Firestein, Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Targeting of neuronal proteins
Joseph Fondell, Associate 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, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
Molecular cell biology
Ramsey Foty, Associate Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Toronto
Biophysical and biomolecular basis of prostate cancer
progression to metastasis
Abram Gabriel, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS; M.D., Johns Hopkins
Yeast; retrotransposons; reverse transcriptase; fidelity;
DNA repair; chromosome stability
Donald Gerecke, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, EMSP; Ph.D., Harvard
Collagen; lung; liver; heart; fibrosis; hypertension
Marion Gordon, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, EMSP; Ph.D., UMDNJ/Rutgers
Cell matrix interactions; cell, developmental, and molecular
biology of extracellular matrix molecules
James Goydos, Associate Professor of Surgery,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; M.D., UMDNJ-RWJMS
Melanoma and soft tissue oncology
Barth Grant, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
Endocytosis and recycling; protein and membrane transport;
molecular genetics and genomics
Martin Grumet, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion in the nervous system
Samuel Gunderson, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology
and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Regulation of polyadenylation; RNA-protein interactions
Beatrice Haimovich, Associate Professor of Surgery,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Cell-surface interaction; adhesion receptors mediated
signals
Nathan H. Hart, Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Sperm egg interactions: egg activation; role of cytoskeleton
in early embryogenesis
Ronald Hart, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., Michigan
Functional genomics in central nervous system injury
Karl Herrup, Chair and Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Neurogenetics; cell cycle; cell death; CNS development;
cerebellum; autism; Alzheimer's disease
Sarah Hitchcock-DeGregori, Professor of Neuroscience and
Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
Protein
structure-function relationships
Henry Hsia, Assistant Professor of Surgery, RWJMS-UMDNJ; M.D., Yale
General plastic surgery; wound care; reconstruction
Shu-Chan Hsu, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., British Columbia
Molecular mechanisms of synaptic development and function
Wenwei Hu, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Zhejiang (China)
p53; tumor suppressor; stress response; apoptosis; single nucleotide polymorphism; microRNA; tumor; development and reproduction
Arnold G. Hyndman, Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Developmental neurobiology; neurotoxicology
Masayori Inouye, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Osaka
Molecular biology of cellular adaptation to stresses
Kenneth Irvine, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Stanford
Cell-signaling; pattern formation; growth control; cell
movement
Kouichi Ito, Assistant Professor of Neurology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Tokyo Jikei
Pathogenic and regulatory T cells; autoimmunity;
neuroimmunology
Estela Jacinto, Assistant Professor of Physiology and
Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Signal transduction; growth control; actin cytoskeleton;
nutrient sensing
William G. Johnson, Professor of Neurology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
M.D., Columbia
Human genetics; nervous system traits and diseases;
linkage mapping; genomic markers; microsatellite polymorphisms; positional
cloning
Eunsung Junn, Assistant Professor of Neurology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Molecular pathogenesis
of neurodegenerative diseases
Vassiliki Karantza-Wadsworth, Assistant Professor of
Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; M.D., UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Breast cancer progression and treatment; autophagy;
apoptosis; beclin1Megerditch Kiledjian, Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression;
determinants of mRNA stability; RNA-protein interactions
Isaac Kim, Assistant Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., UMDNJ/Rutgers
Roles of transforming growth factor-ß and bone morphogenetic
proteins in prostate cancer cells
Joachim Kohn, Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Weizmann
(Israel)
Biocompatibility of medical implant materials; artificial biopolymers
Tony Ah-Ng Kong, Professor of Pharmaceutics, EMSP; Ph.D.,
SUNY (Buffalo)
Dietary phytochemicals and cancer prevention; Nrf2-mediated
redox signaling; pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics
Sunita Kramer, Assistant Professor of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Cell migration and signaling, extracellular matrix; muscle
and heart development
George M. Krauthamer, Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., New York
Neurophysiology; neuroanatomy
Thomas Kusch, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D.,
Eberhard-Karls (Germany)
Epigenetic mechanisms of gene expression and genome
stability; multiprotein complexes modulating chromatin structure; histone
variantsEric Lam, Professor of Plant Science, BCAE/SEBS; Ph.D.,
California (Berkeley)
Gene expression; transcription factors; signal transduction;
leaf morphogenesis; pattern formation
Jerome A. Langer, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics
and Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale
Structure and function of interferons and interferon
receptors; development of Type I IFN antagonists; role of IFNs in autoimmune
diseases such as lupus
Debra L. Laskin, Professor of Pharmacology and
Toxicology, EMSP; Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia
Immunology; macrophages; nitric oxide; inflammation Hsin-Yi Lee, Professor of Biological Sciences, FAS-C; Ph.D.,
Minnesota
Developmental biology; tissue culture
Shaohua Li, Assistant Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Southeast
University (Nanjing)
Stem cells; tissue formation; vasculogenesis;
cell signaling; integrins; small GTPases; apoptosis
Alice Y.-C. Liu, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., Mount Sinai
Stress, aging, and molecular chaperones
Fang Liu, Associate Professor of Chemical Biology,
EMSP/CABM; Ph.D., Harvard
Signal transduction and gene regulation, growth, and
differential control
Peter Lobel, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM;
Ph.D., Columbia
Hereditary neurodegenerative diseases; functional genomics;
lysosomes; protein targeting
Richard A. Lutz, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences,
SEBS; Ph.D., Maine
Biology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents; molluscan ecology
Anant Madabhushi, Assistant Professor of Biomedical
Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Computer-aided diagnosis; prostate cancer; breast cancer;
image analysis; machine learning; prognosis; digital pathology; MRI
Charles Martin, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., Florida State
Structure, function, and regulation of ER membrane enzyme
systems
Michael Matise, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and
Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Molecular genetic control of vertebrate CNS development
Fumio Matsumura, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Nagoya (Japan)
Control of cell division, protein phosphorylation,
microfilaments, cdc2 kinase and cyclines, cancer
Michael McCormack, Professor of Pathology, UMDNJ-SOM; Ph.D.,
Minnesota
Human genetics; behavioral genetics; biochemical genetics;
genetic counseling
Terry R. McGuire, Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Illinois
Behavioral and neurogenetics; biometrical genetics
Kim S. McKim, Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., British
Columbia
Double strand break repair, genetic recombination,
chromosome pairing, chromosome segregation, kinesin motor proteinsRandall D. McKinnon, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., McMaster (Canada)
Developmental neurobiology, neuroncology, growth factors
Gary F. Merrill, Professor of Physiology, Cell Biology, and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Michigan State
Adenosine, histamine, and estrogen in the regulation of
coronary circulation and ventricular rhythmicity
Joachim Messing, University Professor of Molecular Biology, WIM/SAS; Ph.D., Munich
Molecular and genetic mechanisms of agronomically important
quantitative traits; molecular biology of plant development; regulation of gene
expression in higher plants; plant genomics; bioinformatics.
James Millonig, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Cell
Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Princeton
Dorsal CNS development; Bmp signaling; mouse mutations and
autism Prabhas Moghe, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical
Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Minnesota
Cellular bioengineering (liver, skin); cell-interactive
biomaterials; micro/nanosystems bioengineering
William R. Moyle, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Harvard
Molecular biology of hormone action; structure and function
of protein hormones and their receptors
Robert G. Nagele, Professor of Molecular Biology, UMDNJ-SOM;
Ph.D., Rutgers
Chromatin organization in the cell nucleus
Bryce E. Nickels, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS;
Ph.D., Harvard
Mechanisms of transcription; regulation of bacterial gene
expression
Richard W. Padgett, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, WIM/SAS; Ph.D., North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Signal transduction pathways in development and cancer;
microRNAs; developmental biology; Drosophila and C. elegans
Zhiping Pang, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CHINJ; Ph.D., Texas (Southwestern)
Mechanisms of synaptic regulation: from stem cell to the brain
Kenneth Paradiso, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Stony Brook
Pre- and postsynaptic physiology at the calyx of Held
Howard C. Passmore Jr., Professor of Genetics, SAS;
Ph.D., Michigan
Mammalian genetics
John Pintar, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Oregon
Insulin-like growth factors in early mammalian development;
development of the pituitary gland
Vincenzo Pirrotta, Professor and Chair of Molecular
Biology and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Chromatin structure and dynamics; polycomb silencing
mechanisms; epigenetic mechanisms; developmental gene regulation; genomic
programming; Drosophila genetics
Mark R. Plummer, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Regulation of synaptic transmission Jamshid Rabii, Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., California (San Francisco)
Neuroendocrinology; dynamics of brain-pituitary axis
Mladen-Roko
Rasin, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Zagreb (Croatia)
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neocortical circuit
formation
Cordelia Rauskolb, Research Assistant Professor, WIM; Ph.D.,
Princeton
Regulation and mechanism of segmentation during Drosophila
development
Yacov Ron, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Weizmann (Israel)
Cellular mechanism of autoimmunity and gene transfer
approaches for treatment of autoimmune diseases
Christopher Rongo, Associate Professor of Genetics, WIM/SAS;
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synapse formation; glutamate receptors; cell polarity; PDZ
proteins; CaM kinase II; learning and memory; C. elegans
Charles Roth, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical
Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Gene-based therapeutics; bioinformatics and systems biology;
hepatocyte differentiation; novel strategies for treatment of brain tumors
Loren W. Runnels, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Signal transduction; role of the channel-kinase TRPM7 in
cell adhesion and motility; live cell imaging; confocal microscopy; biochemistry; electrophysiology
Alexey G. Ryazanov, Professor of Pharmacology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Moscow
Novel protein kinases and signal transduction
Dipak Sarkar, Professor of Animal Sciences, SAS; Ph.D., Calcutta; D.Phil., Oxford
Influences
of stress and drug abuse on neuroendocrine and neuroimmune systems
Melitta Schachner, Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Biology (Germany)
Formation of appropriate connections among nerve cells
Karen Schindler, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson
Aneuploidy; gametes; signal transduction; fertility; meiosis; mouse model
Martin Schwander, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., Basel (Switzerland)
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of auditory perception and hearing loss
Kathleen W. Scotto, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Cornell
Transcriptional regulation of P-glycoprotein (MDR/mdr) gene
David Seiden, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Temple
Skeletal and cardiac muscle
Konstantin Severinov, Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D.,
Russian Academy of Sciences
Genetic and biochemical analysis of RNA polymerases from E.
coli and yeast; site-directed modification of proteins
Daniel Shain, Associate Professor of Biology, FAS-C; Ph.D.,
Colorado State
Osteoporosis, bone metabolism, and obesity
Aaron Shatkin, Professor of Molecular Genetics and
Microbiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; University Professor of Molecular Biology, Rutgers;
Director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine; Ph.D.,
Rockefeller
Viral cytopathogenesis; protein synthesis; mRNA 5'-capping;
transcription elongation; protein processing
Troy Shinbrot, Associate Professor of Biomedical
Engineering, SAS; Ph.D., Maryland
Computational bioengineering; biomedical imaging
David I. Shreiber, Associate Professor of Biomedical
Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
CNS injury mechanics; tissue engineering; nerve and spinal
cord regeneration; acupuncture; microfluidics
Andrew Singson, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM;
Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Reproductive biology and cell-cell interactions in C.
elegans
Martha Soto, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Harvard
Using C. elegans
embryos to investigate polarized cell divisions and polarized cell migrations
during development
Ruth Steward, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, WIM/SAS; Ph.D., Basel (Switzerland)
Pattern formation in Drosophila
Ann Stock, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM;
Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Structure and function of signal transduction proteins
Nanjoo Suh, Associate Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP;
Ph.D., Illinois (Chicago)
Mechanistic
study of cancer prevention and inflammation-natural/synthetic agents
Michael Sukhdeo, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, SEBS;
Ph.D., McGill (Canada)
Ecology and evolution of helmant parasites
Chih-Cheng Tsai, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Transcriptional repression; chromatin modifying factors; epigenetic effects; polyglutamine diseases; nuclear receptor signaling; and animal development
Aurea C. Vasconcelos, Professor Emerita of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Chicago
Cell biology; plant molecular biology; chloroplast
development, function, and regulation; carbohydrate metabolismAndrew K. Vershon, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, WIM/SAS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Transcriptional regulation in yeast
Michael Verzi, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., California
(San Francisco)
Transcriptional mechanisms underlying intestinal
health
William G. Wadsworth, Professor of Pathology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Missouri (Columbia)
Extracellular matrix and the guidance of cell migrations in C.
elegans
Nancy Walworth, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Yale
Cell cycle checkpoint control in response to DNA damage
Guy Werlen, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Geneva
Signaling networks and mechanisms that control life and
death of developing T lymphocytes
Eileen White, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, apoptosis, autophagy,
cancer metabolism
Frank J. Wilson, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Functions of motility-related proteins in muscle and
nonmuscle systems
Donald A. Winkelmann, Professor of Pathology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Protein structure; molecular motors; protein engineering;
macromolecular assembly; muscle contraction
Nancy Woychik, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Aging; viral/bacterial pathogenesis; cancer
Mengqing Xiang, Professor of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM;
Ph.D., Texas
Molecular bases of sensorineural development;
transcriptional regulation of retinal and inner ear development
Ping Xie, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Hong Kong
Molecular mechanisms of immune regulations and cancer pathogenesis
Nir Yakoby, Assistant Professor of Biology, FAS-C; Ph.D.,
Hebrew University
Signaling dynamics; patterning and morphogenesis
Chung S. Yang, Professor of Pharmacognosy, EMSP; Ph.D.,
Cornell
Molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis and its prevention
Wise Young, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., Iowa; M.D., Stanford
Brain and spinal cord injury research
Peter D. Yurchenco, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Einstein
Assembly, structure, and function of basement membranes
Miguel Zaratiegui, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemstry, SAS; Ph.D., Navarra
Chromatin dynamics; heterochromatin; RNA interference; transposons; silencing; replication; genome integrity; fission yeast genetics
Helmut Zarbl, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., McGill (Canada)
Mammary carcinogenesis; lung carcinogenesis; mechanisms of toxicity; genetic susceptibility; toxicogenomics; tumor suppressor genes; functional genomics; signal transduction; transcriptional regulation; mutagenesis
Huaye Zhang, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Virginia
Molecular mechanisms of dendritic spine morphogenesis and synaptic plasticity Renping Zhou, Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP/EOHSI;
Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Molecular biology of axonal guidance and neural map
formation
Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Rocco V. Carsia, Associate Professor of Cell Biology,
UMDNJ-SOM; Ph.D., Rutgers
Regulation of adrenal steroidogenic function; role and
modulation of apoptosis (programmed cell death) in adrenocortical remodeling
Julie M. Fagan, Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D.,
Arizona
Mechanisms of protein breakdown in mammalian cells; muscle
growth; molecular, cellular, and immunological studies of proteinases and their
inhibitors in health and in disease
Mary Konsolaki, Associate Research Professor of Genetics,
SAD; Ph.D., Crete (Greece)
Analysis of toxicity associated with Alzheimer's
beta-amyloid using Drosophila as a model system
Kathleen M. Scott, Professor of Biological Sciences, SAS;
Ph.D., Yale
Mammalogy; vertebrate paleontology; functional morphology