Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 681
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
Edward Arnold, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
SAS/CABM; Ph.D., Cornell
HIV; AIDS; drugs; vaccines; crystallography; structural
biology
Gail Ferstandig Arnold, Research Professor of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., Purdue
Vaccine development; AIDS; virus engineering; combinatorial
mutagenesis
David E. Axelrod, Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D.,
Tennessee
Cellular and molecular oncology; tumor-cell proliferation;
breast cancer
Debabrata Banerjee, Associate Professor of Medicine and
Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Calcutta
Cancer pharmacology; antifolate research
Tamar Barkay, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology,
SEBS; Ph.D., Maryland
Microbial ecology of the interactions of microbes with toxic
metals
Maureen M. Barr, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM;
Ph.D., Columbia
A human disease model: C. elegans cilia development,
morphogenesis, and function
Faith C. Belanger, Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Illinois
0-methyltransferase; flavonoids; endophytic fungi; symbiosis
William J. Belden, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and
Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Chromatin-remodeling; Circadian rhythms; noncoding RNA
Helen M. Berman, Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D.,
Pittsburgh
Nucleic acid and protein structure; crystallography;
biological databases
Gyan Bhanot, Professor of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry,
and Physics, SAS; Ph.D., Cornell
Computational biology; evolutionary genetics
Debashish Bhattacharya, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and
Natural Resources, SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., Simon Fraser (Canada)
Algal evolution; genomics; endosymbiosis; red tides;
plastids; tree of life
Kay D. Bidle, Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences,
SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Marine microbiology; molecular ecology; virology; cell death
Elisabetta Bini, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and
Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Nebraska
Regulation of gene expression in response to heavy metals
exposure by hyperthermophilic archaeal organisms
Jeffrey Michael Boyd, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Utah State
Bacterial pathogenesis; iron-sulfur cluster; oxidative stress; environmental sensing
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, Microbiology,
and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Vanderbilt
Gene expression in cancer, immunity, and heart disease
Steven J. 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
Yana Bromberg, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS;
Ph.D., Columbia
Bioinformatics as applied to SNP analysis, protein
function annotation, and correlation of genome variation to function
and phenotype
Linda Brzustowicz, Professor of Genetics, SAS; M.D.,
Columbia
Human genetic disorders
George M. Carman, Professor of Food Science, SEBS; 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 Emeritus of Biochemistry and
Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Microbial biochemistry in the environment; plant enzymology
and molecular biology of ripening and flavor
Kevin C. Chen, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS/BioMaPS;
Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Function and evolution of small RNAs and RNA binding
proteins
Suzie Chen, Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP; Ph.D.,
Albert Einstein
Mouse model of melanoma; regulation of cell signaling by
G-protein-coupled receptor
Mikhail L. Chikindas, Associate Professor of Food Science,
SEBS; Ph.D., VNIIgenetika (Moscow)
Microbiology; food safety; bacteriocine
Wendie S. Cohick, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences,
SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Cell biology: growth factors, signal transduction, and mammary
gland biology
Paul R. Copeland, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Virginia
Translational control of gene expression; selenocysteine
incorporation
Lori Ruth Covey, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Columbia
Human immunoglobulin switch recombination in response to T
cell-B cell interactions
Kiron M. Das, Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Edinburgh M.D.; Calcutta
Immunopathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease
David T. Denhardt, Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Systems biology of osteopontin: role in autoimmune disease,
stress responses, bone remodeling and cancer metastasis
Dessislava Dimova, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology
and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Cornell
Study of transcriptional regulatory networks through
genomics; the E2F/RB pathway
G. Charles Dismukes, Professor of Chemistry, SAS/WIM, and of
Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Microbial metabolism and renewable energy production
Hugo K. Dooner, Professor of Plant Science, SEBS/WIM; Ph.D.,
Wisconsin
Plant molecular genetics; transposons; meiotic
recombination; functional genomics
Joseph P. Dougherty, Professor of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale
HIV-1 replication; gene therapy; retroviral vectors
Cheryl F. Dreyfus, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell
Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Cornell
The role of the trophic factors and glial cells
Monica Driscoll, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Developmental neurogenetics; molecular genetics of neuronal
cell death; mechanosensory transduction in touch and feeling; molecular
mechanisms of aging
Richard H. Ebright, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor of Chemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Harvard
Structure; mechanism; and regulation of transcription
complexes; small-molecule inhibtors of transcription; single-molecule imaging;
single-molecule nanomanipulation
Isaac Edery, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., McGill (Canada)
Circadian clocks; photic signal transduction; Drosophila
behavior; seasonal adaptation; pre-mRNA splicing; protein phosphorylation and
degradation
Douglas E. Eveleigh, Professor of Biochemistry and
Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Exeter (UK)
Industrial microbiology and microbial ecology
Paul G. Falkowski, Professor of Geological Sciences and
Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SAS/SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., British
Columbia
Biogeochemical cycles; photosynthesis; biological
oceanography; molecular biology; biochemistry and biophysics; physiological
adaptation; plant physiology; evolution; mathematical modeling; symbiosis
Huizhou Fan, Assistant Professor of Physiology and
Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Manitoba
Mammalian cell biology: signaling regulation of protein
ectodomain shedding; sexually transmitted infection: molecular biology and
inhibition of Chlamydiae
Martin Farach-Colton, Professor of Computer Science, SAS;
M.D., Johns Hopkins; Ph.D., Maryland
Computational biology; protein-protein interaction networks;
string algorithms for nucleic acid comparisons and database retrievals
Zhaohui Feng, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Zhejiang (China)
p53; tumor suppression; energy metabolism and aging
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 of telomerase; proteinase and
proteinase inhibitors
David J. Foran, Professor of Pathology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D.,
Rutgers/UMDNJ
Computer-assisted diagnostics; medical imaging; machine
learning; data mining; medical informatics
Famsey A. Foty, Associate Professor of Surgery,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/CAB; Ph.D., Toronto
Biophysical and biomolecular basis of prostate cancer
progression to metastasis
Abram Gabriel, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS/CABM; M.D., Johns Hopkins
Yeast; retrotransposons; reverse transcriptase; fidelity;
DNA repair; chromosome stability
Shridar Ganesan, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Yale
DNA repair; chromatin structure; breast cancer biology
Marc R. Gartenberg, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Yale
Sister chromatid cohesion; gene expression; chromatin and
epigenetics
Celine Gelinas, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM;
Ph.D., Sherbrooke (Canada)
Cancer; oncogenes; transcription factors; cell
proliferation; apoptosis
John W. Glod, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Hematology
and Oncology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Colorado
Pediatric head and neck cancers
Derek Gordon, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Statistical genetics; mixture models; heterogeneity; misclassification
Barth Grant, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
Endocytosis and recycling; protein and membrane transport;
molecular genetics and genomics
Samuel Gunderson, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology
and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Regulation of polyadenylation; RNA-protein interactions
Max Haggblom, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology,
SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., Helsinki
Environmental microbiology; biodegradation and bioremediation
Beatrice Haimovich, Associate Professor of Surgery,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Adhesion receptors mediated signals that regulate cell
adhesion and spreading
Michael Hampsey, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Purdue
Gene expression; chromatin; yeast genetics
Ronald P. Hart, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., Michigan
Functional genomics in central nervous system injury
Jody Hey, Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony
Brook)
Evolution; speciation; human origins; recombination; natural
selection; codon bias
Kim M. Hirshfield, Assistant Professor of Medicine,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins; M.D., UMDNJ-RWJMS
Breast cancer; high-risk breast abnormalities; translational
research; genetic contributors to breast cancer risk and outcomes
Sarah Hitchcock-DeGregori, Professor of Neuroscience and
Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
Actin cytoskeleton; coiled coils; protein structure; protein
structure-function relationships; contractile and motile function
Wenwei Hu, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, CINJ/UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Zhejiang (China)
P53; stress response; SNP; tumor; development and reproduction
Masayori Inouye, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Osaka (Japan)
Molecular biology of cellular adaptation to stresses
Ken Irvine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Stanford
Cell communication, patterning, and morphogenesis
Kouichi Ito, Assistant Professor of Neurology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Tokyo Jikei
Pathogenic and regulatory T-cells; autoimmunity;
neuroimmunology
William G. Johnson, Professor of Neurology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/UBHC; Ph.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
Peter C. Kahn, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology,
SEBS; Ph.D., Columbia
Protein folding; subunit assembly; ligand interactions;
hydration; dioxins and related compounds
Barton A. Kamen, Professor of Pediatric Hematology and
Oncology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Case Western
Pediatric oncology; folate metabolism; antifolates;
clinical pharmacology and drug development
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; beclin1
Stanley E. Katz, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and
Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Analytical and environmental microbiology; transformation of
organic molecules; antibiotics in animal products
Lee Kerkhof, Associate Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences,
SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Marine microbiology; molecular ecology; microbial population
dynamics
Andrew D. Kern, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., California (Davis)
Population genetics; comparative genomics; evolutionary genomics; computational biology
Isaac Yi Kim, Assistant Professor of Urology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Northwestern
Transforming growth factor-B and bone morphogenetic proteins
in prostate cancer
Terri Goss Kinzy, Professor of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
Regulation of gene expression; mechanisms of protein
synthesis and G-protein regulation
Tony Ah-Ng Kong, Professor of Pharmaceutics, EOHSI/EMSP;
Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Dietary phytochemicals and cancer prevention; Nrf2-mediated
redox signaling; pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics
Sunita Gupta Kramer, Associate Professor of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Cell migration and signaling; extracellular matrix; muscle
and heart development
Jerome J. Kukor, Professor of Environmental Sciences,
SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., Michigan
Microbial biodegradation of xenobiotics; microbial biochemistry;
regulation of gene expression
Casimir A. Kulikowski, Professor of Computer Science, SAS;
Ph.D., Hawaii
Intelligent systems and machine learning in molecular
biology
Eric Lam, Professor of Plant Sciences, SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D.,
California (Berkeley)
Gene expression; chromatin structure; signal transduction;
programmed cell death; gene targeting; leaf morphogenesis
Jerome A. Langer, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, 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; nitric oxide; macrophages; inflammation
Edmund Lattime, Professor of Surgery, and Molecular
Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Rutgers
Tumor immunology; immune mechanisms; genetically based
vaccine strategies
Michael J. Leibowitz, Professor of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Yeshiva
Epigenetic regulation of viral gene expression in yeast; RNA
targeted therapeutics; molecular pharmacology
Thomas Leustek, Professor of Plant Science, SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D.,
Rutgers
Biochemistry; physiology
Ronald M. Levy, Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Protein structure; dynamics and folding statistical
thermodynamics of solutions protein electrostatics; ligand binding; and docking
structural genomics large scale software development for molecular modeling
Honghua Li, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Southern California
Genome-scale understanding the genetic basis of breast
cancer; mechanisms underlying human immunoglobulin VH gene complex
diversification
Alice Y.C. Liu, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., Mount Sinai
Stress, aging, and molecular chaperones
Leroy Liu, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
California (Berkeley)
Tumorigenesis; topoisomerases; telomere regulation and
senescence; DNA damage and repair
Peter Lobel, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM;
Ph.D., Columbia
Hereditary neurodegenerative diseases; functional genomics;
lysosomes; protein targeting
Jianjie Ma, Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and
Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Baylor
Structure-function studies of ion channels; transgenic
animal models of cardiovascular research; signal transduction in cancer
biology; sexually transmitted disease
Kiran Madura, Associate Professor of Biochemistry,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rochester
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation in DNA repair and
signal transduction
Pal Maliga, Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Hungarian
Academy of Sciences
Molecular genetics of plastids; plastid engineering;
regulation of plastid gene expression
Richard A. Mann, Associate Professor of Medicine,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Immunopathogenesis of renal disease
Joseph Marcotrigiano, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., Rockefeller
Structure and function of hepatitis C viral proteins
Charles E. 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 mechanisms of vertebrate nervous system
development
Tara Matise, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D.,
Pittsburgh
Computational genetics; genome bioinformatics; linkage
analysis of complex traits
Karl Matthews, Associate Professor of Food Science, SEBS;
Ph.D., Kentucky
Genetics understanding of virulence and survival mechanisms
of food-borne pathogens
Kim S. McKim, Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., British
Columbia
Double strand break repair; genetic recombination;
chromosome pairing; chromosome segregation; kinesin motor proteins
Randall D. Mckinnon, Associate Professor of
Surgery/Neurosurgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., McMaster (Canada)
Developmental neurobiology; neuroncology; growth factors
Joachim W. Messing, University Professor of Molecular
Biology and Director of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology, SAS/WIM; 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;
autism
Gaetano T. Montelione, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., Cornell
NMR methods development; molecular recognition; growth
factors; protein: nucleic acid complexes; molecular dynamics; structural
bioinformatics; protein folding
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, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Applied probability; sampling theory; data quality control;
clustering and coincidence models; matching in DNA sequences
Bryce E. Nickels, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM;
Ph.D., Harvard
Mechanisms of transcription; regulation of bacterial gene
expression
Robert A. Niederman, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry,
SAS; Ph.D., Illinois
Structure, function, and assembly of energy-transducing
membranes
Wilma K. Olson, Mary I. Bunting Professor of Chemistry, SAS;
Ph.D., Stanford
Biopolymer conformation and properties
Richard Padgett, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., North Carolina
Signal transductions; microRNAs in cancer; developmental
biology; Drosophila and C. elegans
Howard C. Passmore Jr., Professor of Microbiology and
Molecular Genetics, SAS; 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; chemical and biochemical fiber optic
sensors; applications of biophotonics in bioprocess technology
Sidney Pestka, Professor and Chair of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Pennsylvania
Receptors; signal transduction; interferons and cytokines;
protein expression
Andre Pietrzykowski, Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Medical Center of Postgraduate Education (Warsaw)
Molecular neuroendocrinology of environmental adaptation and addiction
John Pintar, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Oregon
Genetic and microarray analysis of endogenous opioid
systems; insulin-like growth factor systems in development and cancer;
post-translational processing enzymes
Ronald Poretz, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and
Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Roles of molecular recognition processes in cell-cell
interactions; drug targeting and inherited susceptibility to neurodegenerative
diseases
David Pramer, Professor Emeritus of Microbiology, SEBS;
Ph.D., Rutgers
Biological control; biodegradation of natural and
manufactured compounds; nematode-trapping fungi
Arnold B. Rabson, Professor of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; M.D., Brown
Molecular biology of human retroviruses; gene regulation in
human cancer
Karel Raska Jr., Professor of Pathology, Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS, and Chair of Laboratory Medicine and
Pathology, UMDNJ-NJMS; M.D., Charles; Ph.D., Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic)
DNA tumor viruses; immunopathology and molecular mechanisms
in human cancers
Michael Reiss, Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D.,
Amsterdam
Role of transforming growth factor-ß(TGFß) in human cancer;
targeting TGFß signaling as cancer therapy
Christopher Rongo, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM;
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synapse formation; glutamate receptors; cell polarity; PDZ
proteins; CaM kinase II; learning and memory; C. elegans
Monica Roth, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D.,
Albert Einstein
Retroviruses; integration; reverse transcriptase; envelope
proteins; gene therapy; targeted entry; structural studies
Amrik Sahota, Research Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D.,
London
Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency; chronic renal
failure; microchimerism and organ transplantation; Alzheimer's disease;
molecular diagnostics
Carl P. Schaffner, Professor Emeritus of Microbial
Chemistry, WIM; Ph.D., Illinois
Chemical and biological properties of microbial products
Donald W. Schaffner, Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D.,
Georgia
Food microbiology
Kathleen W. Scotto, Professor of Pharmacology,
UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Cornell
Transcriptional regulation of P-glycoprotein (MDR/mdr) gene
Konstantin Severinov, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Russian Academy of Sciences
Genetic and biochemical analysis of RNA polymerases from E.
coli and yeast; site-directed modification of proteins
Aaron J. Shatkin, Professor of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; University Professor of Molecular
Biology, SAS; Director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine;
Ph.D., Rockefeller
Viral cytopathogenesis; protein synthesis; mRNA 5'-capping;
transcription elongation; protein processing
Zhiyuan Shen, Professor of Radiation Oncology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/CINJ;
Ph.D., Colorado State
Genomic stability and molecular cancer etiology; DNA repair
and homologous recombination
Yufang Shi, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology,
and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS/SRB; Ph.D., Alberta
Regulation of immune responses; apoptosis in lymphocytes;
tumor immunology
Gleb P. Shumyatsky, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS;
Ph.D., Russian Academy of Sciences
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory
Lee D. Simon, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/SEBS;
Ph.D., Rochester
Molecular biology of protein degradation in prokaryotes
Andrew W. Singson, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM;
Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Reproductive biology and cell-cell interactions in C.
elegans
Navin K. Sinha, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM;
Ph.D., Minnesota
Mechanisms of spontaneous and induced mutations
Peter Smouse, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, SEBS/BCAE;
Ph.D., North Carolina State
Mathematical representation of molecular phylogenics
Martha Soto, Assistant Professor of Pathology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Harvard
Using C. elegans embryos to investigate polarized cell
divisions and polarized cell migrations during development
Stanley Stein, Professor of Pharmaceutical Science,
EMSP/UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., CUNY
Protein analysis; synthesis of peptides and antisense DNA
Ruth Steward, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, WIM/SAS; Ph.D., Basel
Pattern formation in Drosophila
Ann C. St. John, Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D.,
Wisconsin (Madison)
Structure/function analysis of signal transduction proteins
Victor Stollar, Professor of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., C.M., Queen's (Canada)
Viral replication in mammalian and insect cells
Roger Strair, Professor of Medicine, CINJ/UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D.,
Ph.D., Albert Einstein
Hemotopoietic malignancies; stem cell transplantation
Nanjoo Suh, Associate Professor of Chemical Biology,
SAS/LCR; Ph.D., Illinois
Mechanistic study of cancer prevention and
inflammation with natural/synthetic agents
Thresia Thomas, Professor of Environmental and Community
Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science
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, SAS; Ph.D.,
Yale
Medical and human genetics; the genetics of somatic cells;
mouse models for human diseases and genes for complex human genetic disorders
Nilgun E. Tumer, Professor of Plant Pathology, BCAE/SEBS;
Ph.D., Purdue
Viral replication and virus resistance in transgenic plants
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 metabolism in plants
Andrew K. Vershon, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, WIM/SAS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Transcriptional regulation in yeast
Constantino Vetriani, Associate Professor of Biochemistry
and Microbiology, SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., Rome La Sapienza
Deep-sea microbiology; extremophiles; molecular ecology;
adaptations to extreme environments
Nancy C. Walworth, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Yale
Cell cycle checkpoint control in response to DNA damage
William Welsh, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Drug discovery; computer-aided molecular modeling and
design; bioinformatics and cheminformatics
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 P. White, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS/CINJ; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Oncogenes; tumor suppressor genes; apoptosis; autophagy;
cancer metabolism
Donald Winkelmann, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Protein structure; molecular motors; protein engineering; macromolecular assembly; muscle contraction
Nancy A. 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 (Houston)
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 regulation and cancer
pathogenesis
Jinchuan Xing, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Louisiana
State
Human genomics; mobile element biology; evolutionary and population
genetics
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, SEBS;
Ph.D., Harvard
Anaerobic microbial metabolism of environmental
contaminants; microbial ecology
Lei Yu, Professor of Genetics and Alcohol Studies, SAS;
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Molecular genetics of alcoholism; compulsive behavior; drug
abuse; pain; stress
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
Helmut Zarbl, Professor of Environmental and Occupational
Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS/EOSHI; Ph.D., McGill (Canada)
Cancer biology and genetics; genomics; toxicogenomics and
toxicology
Barbara A. Zilinskas, Professor of Plant Biology and
Pathology, SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Turfgrass improvement; oxidative stress in plants
Gerben Zylstra, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology,
SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., Michigan
Molecular and biochemical basis for microbial aromatic
hydrocarbon degradation
Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Andrew I. Brooks, Associate Professor of
Environmental
Medicine, UMDNJ- RWJMS/EOHSI; Director,
Bionomics Research and Technology Center; Ph.D., Rochester
Genetics;
genomics; memory and learning; neurodegeneration; genetic engineering
Rong Di, Assistant Research Professor of Biotechnology for
Agriculture and the Environment, Ph.D., Iowa State
Mechanisms of shiga-like toxins produced by E. coli 0157:H7;
development of molecular techniques for food safety
Mary Konsolaki, Associate Research Professor of Genetics,
SAS; 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
Michael Lawton, Associate Professor of Plant Science,
SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., Oxford
Plant defense responses; signal transduction
Lourdes Serrano de la Pena, Assistant Professor of Genetics,
SAS; Ph.D., Madrid
Genetics; cancer biology; DNA repair and recombination
Changshun Shao, Associate Research Professor of Genetics,
SAS; Ph.D., Indiana
Biological responses to DNA damage; mutagenesis and
tumorigenesis
William S. Ward, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology,
SEBS; Ph.D., Vanderbilt
Basic biochemistry; applications of bioluminescence
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