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  Graduate School–New Brunswick 2010–2012 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 681  

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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