Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 681
Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of
Philosophy
Codirectors of Graduate Program: Professors Andrew K. Vershon and Paul Copeland,
Nelson Biology Laboratories, Busch Campus (732-445-5086)
Members of the Graduate Faculty
Ioannis P. Androulakis, Associate Professor of Biomedical
Engineering, SE; Ph.D, Purdue Bioinformatics; systems engineering
Edward Arnold, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
SAS/CABM; Ph.D., Cornell HIV; AIDS; drugs; vaccines; crystallography; structural
biology
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, RWJMS/CINJ; 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, Professor of Genetics, SAS/WIM;
Ph.D., Columbia C. elegans cilia development,
morphogenesis, and function: a human disease model
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 Animal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Dartmouth Chromatin-remodeling; Circadian rhythms; noncoding RNA Helen M. Berman, Professor of Chemistry, SAS/Proteomics; 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; Ph.D., Simon Fraser (Canada) Algal evolution; genomics; endosymbiosis; red tides;
plastids; tree of life Kay D. Bidle, Associate Professor of Marine Sciences,
SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., California (San Diego) Marine microbiology; molecular ecology; virology; cell death
Jeffrey Michael Boyd, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Utah State Bacterial pathogenesis; iron-sulfur cluster; oxidative stress; environmental sensing Kenneth J. Breslauer, Linus C. Pauling Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Yale
Molecular recognition; drug-DNA interactions; DNA polymorphism;
characterizing inter- and intramolecular forces macroscopically and
microscopically; biothermodynamics Gary Brewer, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 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 and Molecular Biology, 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
Suzie Chen, Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP; Ph.D., 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., VNII Genetika (Moscow) Microbiology; genetics; biotechnology; antimicrobial peptides Wendie S. Cohick, Professor of Animal Sciences,
SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell Cell biology: growth factors, signal transduction, and mammary
gland biology Paul R. Copeland, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJMS; Ph.D., Virginia
Regulation of gene expression at the translational
level; incorporation and utilization of selenocysteine
Siobhan Corbett, Associate Professor of Surgery, RWJMS; M.D., UMDNJ Surgical sciences; extracellular matrix; tissue engineering; fibronectin; fibroblast; scar tissue
Lori Ruth 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 Kiron M. Das, Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, RWJMS; Ph.D., Edinburgh; M.D., Calcutta Inflammatory bowel disease; GERD, esophageal and gastric cancer 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
Lisa K. Denzin, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, RWJMS/CHINJ; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Antigen presentation; MHC class II; dendritic cells;
autoimmunity; Type 1 diabetes; germinal centers; hematopoietic stem cells;
cancer stem cellsRong Di, Assistant Research Professor of Biotechnology, SEBS; Ph.D., Iowa State Mechanisms of shiga-like toxins produced by E. coli 0157:H7; development of molecular techniques for food safety G. Charles Dismukes, Professor of Chemistry, SAS/WIM, and of
Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison) Biological and chemical approaches to renewable fuel production; catalysis; microbial metabolism 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 Pharmacology, RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale HIV-1 replication; gene therapy; retroviral vectors Cheryl F. Dreyfus, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell
Biology, RWJMS; Ph.D., Cornell The role of the trophic factors and glial cells Monica A. 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
Siobain Duffy, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and
Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Yale
Emerging viruses; experimental evolution; bioinformatics; bacteriophage
Richard H. Ebright, 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, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, RWJMS; Ph.D., Manitoba Cell signaling of ectodomain shedding; molecular pathogenesis of cancer
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, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Zhejiang (China) p53; tumor suppression; energy metabolism and aging
Bonnie Firestein, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience,
SAS; Ph.D., California (San Diego) Regulation of dendritic
morphology; targeting of neuronal proteins and the neuronal
cytoskeleton; iPSC technology to model schizophrenia and autism;
microelectrode array analysis of neural circuitry Joseph Fondell, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, 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, RWJMS; Ph.D.,
Rutgers/UMDNJ Computer-assisted diagnostics; medical imaging; machine
learning; data mining; medical informatics Ramsey A. Foty, Associate Professor of Surgery, 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; M.D., Johns Hopkins Yeast; retrotransposons; reverse transcriptase; fidelity;
DNA repair; chromosome stability Shridar Ganesan, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Yale DNA repair; chromatin structure; breast cancer biology Marc R. Gartenberg, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJMS;
Ph.D., Yale Sister chromatid cohesion; gene expression; chromatin and
epigenetics Celine Gelinas, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJMS/CABM;
Ph.D., Sherbrooke (Canada) Cancer; oncogenes; transcription factors; cell
proliferation; apoptosis Derek Gordon, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook) Statistical genetics; mixture models; heterogeneity; misclassification
Barth Grant, 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, RWJMS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania Adhesion receptors mediated signals that regulate cell
adhesion and spreading Michael Hampsey, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 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 Kim M. Hirshfield, Assistant Professor of Medicine, 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 Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 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, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Zhejiang (China) P53; stress response; SNP; tumor; development and reproduction Masayori Inouye, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, RWJMS; Ph.D., Osaka (Japan) Molecular biology of cellular adaptation to stresses Kenneth D. 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, RWJMS;
Ph.D., Tokyo Jikei Pathogenic and regulatory T-cells; autoimmunity;
neuroimmunology
Estela Jacinto, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJMS; Ph.D. California (San Diego) Signal transduction; cancer; insulin; metabolism; T lymphocytes William G. Johnson, Professor of Neurology, 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, 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
Vassiliki Karantza, Assistant Professor of
Medicine, 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, 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, Associate Professor of Surgery, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Northwestern Transforming growth factor-B and bone morphogenetic proteins
in prostate cancer Terri Goss Kinzy, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJMS; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve Regulation of gene expression; mechanisms of protein
synthesis and G-protein regulation
Thomas J. Kirn, Assistant Professor of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, RWJMS/MEB; M.D., Ph.D., Dartmouth Molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases; molecular
mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis; mucosal immunology
Joachim B. Kohn, Professor of Chemistry, SAS; Ph.D.,
Weizmann (Israel) Polymeric biomaterials; interaction of living cells with artificial surfaces
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, 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
Kelvin Y. Kwan, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and
Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Regeneration of sensory cells and neurons of the inner ear;
genetics; stem cell technologies; deep sequencing techniques; superresolution
microscopy
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 Pharmacology, 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
Amale Laouar, Assistant Professor of Surgery, RWJMS; Ph.D., Pierre et Marie Curie Gut immunity; innate cells; lymphocyte differentiation; gut microbiome; gut diseases 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, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Rutgers Tumor immunology; immune mechanisms; genetically based
vaccine strategies
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 Pharmacology, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Southern California Genome-scale understanding of 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 and Chair of Pharmacology, RWJMS;
Ph.D., California (Berkeley) Tumorigenesis; topoisomerases; telomere regulation and
senescence; DNA damage and repair Peter Lobel, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJMS/CABM;
Ph.D., Columbia Hereditary neurodegenerative diseases; functional genomics;
lysosomes; protein targeting
Kiran Madura, Professor of Pharmacology, 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
Joseph Marcotrigiano, Associate Professor of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology, SAS/CABM; Ph.D., Rockefeller Structure and function of hepatitis C viral proteins Charles E. Martin, Professor Emeritus 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, 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, 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, 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, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Cell
Biology, RWJMS/CABM; Ph.D., Princeton Dorsal CNS development; Bmp signaling; mouse mutations;
autism Gaetano T. Montelione, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 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, 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, Associate 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; D.V.M., 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 W. Padgett, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., North Carolina (Chapel Hill) Signal transductions; microRNAs in cancer; developmental
biology; Drosophila and C. elegans Howard C. Passmore Jr., Professor Emeritus of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Michigan Mammalian genetics 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 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, RWJMS; Ph.D., Oregon Genetic and microarray analysis of endogenous opioid
systems; insulin-like growth factor systems in development and cancer;
posttranslational 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 Pharmacology, RWJMS; Director, Child Health Institute; M.D., Brown Gene regulation in cancer; human retroviral infections
Christopher Rongo, 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 Pharmacology, 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
Derek B. Sant'Angelo, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, RWJMS/CHINJ; Ph.D., Rutgers/RWJMS
Innate T cells; transcription factors;
autoimmunity; lineage commitment; immune system development; immunotherapy
Donald W. Schaffner, Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D.,
Georgia Food microbiology
Karen Schindler, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Jefferson Signal transduction; meiosis; aneuploidy; gamete formation and reproduction
Stephan K. Schwander, Associate Professor of Environmental
and Occupational Health, RWJMS/SPH; Ph.D., Hamburg
Human antimycobacterial immunity; human lung immunology during mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease; effects of urban air
pollution particulate matter on innate and adaptive antimycobacterial immunity
Kathleen W. Scotto, Professor of Pharmacology, 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 Zhiyuan Shen, Professor of Radiation Oncology, RWJMS/CINJ;
Ph.D., Colorado State Genomic stability and molecular cancer etiology; DNA repair
and homologous recombination Yufang Shi, Professor of Pharmacology, RWJMS/CHINJ; Ph.D., Alberta Regulation of immune responses; apoptosis in lymphocytes;
tumor immunology Gleb P. Shumyatsky, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS;
Ph.D., Russian Academy of Sciences Molecular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory
Andrew W. Singson, 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;
Ph.D., Minnesota Accuracy of DNA replication; chemical carcinogenesis Peter Smouse, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, SEBS/BCAE;
Ph.D., North Carolina State Mathematical representation of molecular phylogenics Martha Soto, Associate Professor of Pathology, 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/RWJMS; Ph.D., CUNY Protein analysis; synthesis of peptides and antisense DNA Ruth Steward, Professor of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Basel (Switzerland) Pattern formation in Drosophila Ann C. St. John, Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D.,
Wisconsin (Madison) Structure/function analysis of signal transduction proteins
Ann Stock, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJMS/CABM;
Ph.D., California (Berkeley) Structure/function analysis of signal transduction proteins Victor Stollar, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology, and Immunology, RWJMS; M.D., C.M., Queen's (Canada) Viral replication in mammalian and insect cells Roger Strair, Professor of Medicine, RWJMS/CINJ; M.D.,
Ph.D., Albert Einstein Hemotopoietic malignancies; stem cell transplantation
Nanjoo Suh, Associate Professor of Chemical Biology,
SAS/LCR; Ph.D., Illinois (Chicago) Mechanistic study of cancer prevention and
inflammation with natural/synthetic agents
Deanne Taylor, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, /RWJMS; Ph.D., Michigan Bioinformatics; computational biology; computational genetics; translational research Moti L. Tiku, Professor of Medicine, 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, SEBS/BCAE;
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, SAS/WIM; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Transcriptional regulation in yeast Constantino Vetriani, Professor of Biochemistry
and Microbiology, SEBS/IMCS; Ph.D., Rome Deep-sea microbiology; extremophiles; molecular ecology;
adaptations to extreme environments
William G. Wadsworth, Professor of Pathology, RWJMS/CABM;
Ph.D., Missouri (Columbia) Extracellular matrix and the guidance of cell migrations in C.
elegansNancy C. Walworth, Professor of Pharmacology, RWJMS;
Ph.D., Yale Cell cycle checkpoint control in response to DNA damage William Welsh, Professor of Pharmacology, RWJMS;
Ph.D., Pennsylvania Drug discovery; computer-aided molecular modeling and
design; bioinformatics and cheminformatics Eileen P. White, Professor
of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS/CINJ; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook) Oncogenes; tumor suppressor genes; apoptosis; autophagy;
cancer metabolism
James F. White, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D.,
Texas Systematic mycology; studies of endophytes and epibionts
Donald A. Winkelmann, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, RWJMS; Ph.D., Wisconsin Protein structure; molecular motors; protein engineering; macromolecular assembly; muscle contraction Nancy A. Woychik, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJMS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison) Aging; viral/bacterial pathogenesis; cancer
Bing Xia, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., UMDNJ DNA repair; homologous recombination; breast cancer; Fanconi anemia Mengqing Xiang, Professor of Pediatrics, 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, RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein Basement membrane; self-assembly; three-dimensional
structure; cellular interactions
Miguel Zaratiegui, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology
and Biochemstry, SAS; Ph.D., Navarra (Spain) Chromatin dynamics; heterochromatin; RNA interference;
transposons; silencing; replication; genome integrity; fission yeast geneticsHelmut Zarbl, Professor of Environmental and Occupational
Medicine, RWJMS/EOSHI; Ph.D., McGill (Canada) Mammary carcinogenesis; lung carcinogenesis; mechanisms of toxicity; genetic susceptibility; toxicogenomics; tumor suppressor genes; functional genomics; signal transduction; transcriptional regulation; mutagenesis
X.F. Steven Zheng, University Professor of Pharmacology, RWJMS; Ph.D., Harvard
Growth control; signal transduction, cancer, chemical
genetics and genomics; drug discovery
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, RWJMS/EOHSI; Director,
Bionomics Research and Technology Center; Ph.D., Rochester
Genetics;
genomics; memory and learning; neurodegeneration; genetic engineering
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, 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
Xiao-Ping Li, Associate Research Scientist in Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Singapore
Cytotoxicity of ricin and Shiga-like toxins (STxs); interaction ricin toxin A chain and STxs with robosomal proteins
Smita Thakker-Varia,
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, RWJMS; Ph.D.,
Kansas Growth factors and
neuropeptides in brain injury and mental disorders
Nathan R. Treff, Associate Professor of
Obstetrics,
Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, RWJMS; Ph.D., Washington
State Human embryology; preimplantation genetic
diagnosis;
aneuploidy; carrier screening; stem
cells
William S. Ward, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology,
SEBS; Ph.D., Vanderbilt Basic biochemistry; applications of bioluminescence
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