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 (848-445-5086)
Website: http://molbiosci.rutgers.edu/mmg
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
Gail Ferstandig Arnold, Research Professor of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology, SAS; Ph.D., Purdue
Molecular biology; biochemistry; virology; drug and vaccine
discovery David E. Axelrod, Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D.,
Tennessee
Cellular and molecular oncology; tumor-cell proliferation;
breast cancer
Andy Videsh Babwah, Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
RWJMS; Ph.D., McGill
Reproduction, fertility, and pregnancy; embryo implantation Debabrata Banerjee, Associate Professor of Medicine and
Pharmacology, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Calcutta
Cancer pharmacology; antifolate research
Tamar Barkay, Distinguished 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 Daniel Bidle, Professor of Marine Sciences,
SEBS/IEOAS; 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
Paul A.S. Breslin, Professor of Nutritional Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Taste; smell; genetics; regulatory physiology; taste receptors
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, Distinguished 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
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, 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 cells
Rong 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
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, Distinguished 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, Associate 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
Christopher E. Ellison, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Functional genomics and regulation of gene expression in Drosophila
Douglas E. Eveleigh, Professor of Biochemistry and
Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Exeter (UK)
Industrial microbiology and microbial ecology
Nicole Fahrenfeld, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Bioremediation; microbial source tracking; antibiotic
resistance Paul G. Falkowski, Professor of Geological Sciences and
Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SAS/SEBS/IEOAS; 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, Associate 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
Michael L. Gatza, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Baylor
Genomics; breast cancer; ovarian cancer; molecular biology
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
Yanxiang Guo (Jessie), Assistant Professor of Medicine, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Duke
Cancer metabolism; autophagy; oncogenes; cancer metastasis; metabolomics; lung cancer therapy
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
Gary A. Heiman, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Columbia
Understanding relationships between neurological and psychiatric disorders
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, Associate 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, Associate 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, Associate 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
Howard L. Kaufman, Professor of Surgery and Medicine, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Loyola
Cancer; immunotherapy; oncolytic viruses; tumor immunology
Lee Kerkhof, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences,
SEBS/IEOAS; 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
Hossein Khiabanian, Assistant
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Brown
Computational biology; cancer
genomics; molecular epidemiology of infectious diseasesIsaac 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; 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
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
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
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
Richard Mann, Associate Professor of Medicine, RWJMS; M.D.,
Yeshiva (Einstein)
Immunopathogenesis of renal disease
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, 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
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
Loredana Quadro, Associate Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Napoli (Italy)
Maternal-fetal metabolism of retinoids (vitamin A and its derivatives) and beta-carotene in mammalian model systems
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
Loren W. Runnels, Associate Professor of
Pharmacology, RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Signal
transduction; live cell imaging; confocal microscopy; biochemistry; electrophysiology
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, 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
Premal Shah, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., Tennessee
mRNA translation; codon bias; computational biology; epistasis; evolution
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
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
Judith Storch, Professor of Nutritional Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Columbia
Fatty acid binding proteins-structure and function; intracellular cholesteroltrafficking
and cholesterol binding proteins; intestinal lipid absorption, metabolism, and
transport; lysosomal storage diseases; membrane-protein interactions
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
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
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/IEOAS; 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.
elegans
Nancy C. Walworth, Professor of Pharmacology, RWJMS;
Ph.D., Yale
Cell cycle checkpoint control in response to DNA damage
William Ward, Professor of Biochemistry, SEBS; Ph.D., Johns
Hopkins
Basic protein and peptide biochemistry; applications of
bioluminescenceWilliam 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
Frederic E. Wondisford, Professor and Chair of Medicine,
RWJMS; M.D., Northeastern Ohio
Pituitary and pancreatic hormonal growth and regulation
Nancy A. Woychik, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJMS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Aging; viral/bacterial pathogenesis; cancer
Long-Jun Wu, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Science and Technology (China)
Microglia-neuron communication in normal and diseased brains
Bing Xia, Associate 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, Associate 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 genetics
Helmut Zarbl, Professor of Environmental and Occupational
Medicine, RWJMS/EOHSI; 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/CINJ; Ph.D., Harvard
Growth control; signal transduction, cancer, chemical
genetics and genomics; drug discovery
Andrew Zloza, Assistant Professor of Surgery, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., Rush (Illinois)
Tumor immunology; combination cancer immunotherapy; viral infections
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 Jessica Joines,
Clinical
Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS, and Director, Genetic Counseling Program; M.S., Maryland (Baltimore)
Genetic counseling;
cancer
genetic counseling; education
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
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 Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Assistant Professor of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, RWJMS/CINJ; Ph.D., New York
Bioinformatics; machine learning and cancer; human genome
analysis; advanced DNA sequencing techniques
Jeffra Schaefer, Assistant Research Professor of
Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Microbial
biogeochemistry of toxic and essential trace metals; microbial ecologyLourdes 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
Smita Thakker-Varia,
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, RWJMS; Ph.D.,
Kansas
Growth factors and
neuropeptides in brain injury and mental disordersAssociate Members of the Master's Graduate Faculty Elena Ashkinadze, Assistant Professor of Genetic Counseling,
SAS; M.S., Sarah Lawrence
Reproductive
genetics and genetic counseling; licensure and professional development Christina Botti, Instructor of Genetic Counseling, SAS; M.S.
Arcadia
Pediatric genetic counselingSusan Brooks, Doctor of Pediatrics, RWJMS/CHINJ; M.M.S., Rutgers Medical School; M.D. Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Delineation of genetic syndromesHetal Vig, Assistant Professor of Genetic Counseling, SAS;
M.G.C., Maryland
Counseling; tumor profiling; oncology; genetic counseling
delivery models
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