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Department of Biological Sciences


Degree Programs: Full-Time: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Chair: Michael P. Sheetz, Ph.D
713 Fairchild
Tel: 212.854.4857
Fax: 212.865.8246


Co-Director of Graduate Studies: Chloë Bulinski, Ph.D.
804A Fairchild
Tel: 212.854.5570


Co-Director of Graduate Studies: Liang Tong, Ph.D.
701 Fairchild
Tel: 212.854.5203


Co-Director of Graduate Studies: Jian Yang, Ph.D.

Faculty

Richard Axel:
Professor Biochemistry, M.D., Johns Hopkins, 1970
Interests: Molecular genetic analysis of olfactory perception;Central and peripheral oranization of the olfactory system
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Chloë Bulinski:
Professor (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1980
Interests: Functional differentiation of cytoskeletal elements
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Harmen Bussemaker:
Assistant Professor (Structural and Computational Biology & Molecular Biophysics), Ph.D., Utrecht, 1995
Interests: Computational analysis of genome sequences and DNA microarray data;Sequence-based modeling of gene expression regulation; Outpatient applications, practice guidelines, prevention, computer-based medical records
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Kathryn L. Calame:
Professor, Ph.D., George Washington University, 1975
Interests: Lymphocyte development; transcriptional regulation
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Marian B. Carlson:
Professor, Ph.D., Stanford, 1978
Interests: Regulations of the Snfl1/AMPK family of metabolic stress response kinases and transcriptional responses to stress in yeast
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Martin Chalfie:
Professor Physiology, Ph.D., Harvard, 1976
Interests: Developmental genetics of identified nerve cells in Caenorhabditis elegans
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Lawrence A. Chasin:
Professor (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., MIT, 1967
Interests: Gene regulation in cultured mammalian cells
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Frank D. Costantini:
Professor, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1980
Interests: Molecular genetics of mammalian development
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Julio Fernandez:
Professor Physiology, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley), 1982
Interests: Single molecule mechanics and engineering
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Stuart Firestein:
Professor (Neurobiology), Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley), 1988
Interests: Neurobiology of olfaction
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jean Gautier:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Univeristy of Toulouse, 1983
Interests: Maintenance of genetic integrity: DNA replication and response to DNA damage
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Stephen P. Goff:
Professor (Biochemistry), Ph.D., Stanford, 1978
Interests: Structure and function of retrovirus genomes and expression;Retroviral replication; Molecular biology of retrovirus replication; tyrosine kinases and signal transduction pathways
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Lloyd Greene:
Professor (Pathology), Ph.D., University of California San Diego, 1970
Interests: Mechanism of action of nerve growth factor;Molecular mechanisms governing neural differentiation and survival
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Iva S. Greenwald:
Professor, Ph.D., MIT, 1982
Interests: Cell-cell interactions, signal transduction, and cell fate choice; genetic and molecular studies of C. elegans development
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Tulle Hazelrigg:
Research Scientist (Developmental Biology), Ph.D., Indiana, 1982
Interests: mRNA localization in Drosophila oocytes
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Rene Hen:
Professor (Neurobiology), Ph.D., Pasteur Institute (Strasbourg), 1985
Interests: Contribution of serotonin receptors to physiological and pathological states;Behavioral consequesnces of the absence of specific serotonin receptor subtypes
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Wayne A. Hendrickson:
Professor (Biochemistry), Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1968
Interests: Structural biology of macromolecules; diffraction and computational methods; X-ray craystallography
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Oliver Hobert:
Associate Professor (Biochemistry), Ph.D., Max-Planck Institute, 1995
Interests: Genetic programs that control neural development in C. elegans
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
John F. Hunt:
Associate Professor (Structural and Computational Biology & Molecular Biophysics), Ph.D., Yale, 1993
Interests: Structural biology and the molecular mechanism of transmembrane transport
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Songtao Jia:
Assistant Professor (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., UCLA, 2002
Interests: Epigenetic regulation of the genome
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Daniel D. Kalderon:
Professor (Molecular Biology), Ph.D., Cambridge, 1984
Interests: Signal transduction in Drosophila development
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Eric Kandel:
University Professor (Physiology), M.D., New York University, 1956
Interests: Neurobiology of learning and memory
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Arthur Karlin:
Professor, Ph.D., Rockefeller, 1962
Interests: The function of receptors in terms of molecular structures
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Darcy B. Kelley:
Professor (Neurobiology), Ph.D., Rockefeller, 1975
Interests: Sexual differentiation of neurons and muscle;Neural systems and behavior, hormonal effects, sexual differentiation
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
James L. Manley:
Professor (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook), 1976
Interests: Mechanisms and control of gene expression
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Richard S. Mann:
Professor (Biochemistry), Ph.D., MIT, 1986
Interests: Development in drosophila menalogaster
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Ann E. McDermott:
Professor (Chemistry), Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1973
Interests: Biophysical chemistry; Synaptic transmission in the spinal cord dorsal horn
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Elizabeth Miller:
Assistant Professor (Biochemistry), Ph.D., La Trobe University, 1999
Interests: Biochemistry
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Aaron Mitchell:
Professor (Microbiology), Ph.D., MIT, 1984
Interests: Molecular genetics of meiosis and its regulation in yeast
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Solomon Mowshowitz:
Lecturer, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1970
David Newman:
Arthur G. Palmer, III:
Professor, Ph.D., North Carolina, 1989
Interests: Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the structure, function and dynamics of proteins, protein-ligand and protein-receptor complexes
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Virginia Papaioannou:
Professor, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1972
Interests: Genetic control of mammalian development from peri-implantation stages through organogenesis; determination of the role of T-box genes in development, using embryonic stem-cell technology and targetd mutagenesis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Dana Pe'er:
Assistant Professor (Computer Science), Ph.D., Hebrew University, 2003
Interests: The function and organization of molecular networks
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Carol L. Prives:
Professor (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., McGill, 1968
Interests: Tumor virus-host cell interactions
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Ron Prywes:
Professor (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., M.I.T., 1984
Interests: Growth factor regulation of gene expression
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Rodney Rothstein:
Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1975
Interests: Yeast genetics and cell biology; cellular responses to DNA damage; recombination; control of genome stability
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Christian Schindler:
Associate Professor (Microbiology), M.D., Ph.D., New York University, 1985, 1986
Interests: Role of the JAK-STAT pathway in cytokine signal transduction
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Michael P. Sheetz:
(Biology) William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Cell Biology, Ph.D, Cal Tech, 1972
Interests: Cell motility, motor molecules, integrin-cytoskeleton interactions
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Steven Siegelbaum:
Professor (Pharmacology), Ph.D., Yale University, 1978
Interests: Membrane biophysics of cardiac and nerve cells;Studies of the structure and function of ion channels
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Brent R. Stockwell:
Assistant Professor (Chemistry), Ph.D., Harvard, 1997
Interests: Diagramming disease networks with chemical and biological tools;Biological and organic chemistry
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Gary Struhl:
Professor (Neurobiology & Behavior), Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1980
Interests: Developmental genetics in Drosophila
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Lorraine S. Symington:
Professor, Ph.D., University of Glasgow, 1982
Interests: Genetics and biochemistry of DNA recombination and repair in yeast
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Liang Tong:
Professor (Structural and Computational Biology & Molecular Biophysics), Ph.D., Berkeley, 1989
Interests: Structural biology of signal transduction molecules
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Alexander Tzagoloff:
Professor (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., Columbia, 1972
Interests: Energy coupling mechanisms
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Richard Vallee:
Professor (Pathology), Ph.D., Yale University, 1974
Interests: Microtubule motor proteins; brain developmental disease; endocytosis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jian Yang:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Washington, 1991
Interests: Structure function of the cortical microcircuitry; Molecular and biophysical studies of ion channel structure and function
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Rafael Yuste:
Associate Professor (Neurobiology), M.D. Ph.D., Madrid, Rockefeller, 1987, 1992
Interests: Development and function of the cortical microcircuitry
Approved Dissertation Sponsor




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