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Biotechnology M.A. Program


Degree Programs: Full-Time/Part-Time: Free-Standing M.A.

Chair: Martin Chalfie, Ph.D.
1018 Fairchild
Tel: 212.854.8870
Fax: 212.865.8246


Program Director: Carol Lin, Ph.D.
744A Fairchild Ext.
Tel: 212.854.4042
Fax: 212.865.8246


Faculty

Walter J. Bock:
Professor (Evolutionary Biology, Biological Sciences), Ph.D., Harvard, 1959
Interests: General evolutionary theory; evolutionary systemics, taxonomy, biological adaptation
Chloë Bulinski:
Professor (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1980
Interests: Dynamics and functions of microtubules during myogenic differentiation and cell cycle progression; functional differentiation of cytoskeletal elements
Harmen Bussemaker:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Utrecht, 1995
Interests: Data-driven modeling of transcriptional and post-transcriptional networks based on biophysical principles. 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
Martin Chalfie:
Professor, Ph.D., Harvard, 1976
Interests: Regulation of cell differentiation in the development of the central nervous system
Lawrence A. Chasin:
Professor, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967
Interests: Pre-mRNA splicing in cultured mammalian cells; gene regulation in cultured mammalian cells
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Julio Fernandez:
Professor, Ph.D., California (Berkeley), 1982
Interests: Single molecule mechanics and engineering
Stuart Firestein:
Professor, Ph.D., California (Berkeley), 1988
Interests: Molecular physiology of olfactory transduction
Tulle Hazelrigg:
Research Scientist, Ph.D., Indiana, 1982
Interests: mRNA localization in Drosophila oocytes
John F. Hunt:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Yale, 1993
Interests: Structural biology and the molecular mechanism of transmembrane transport
Songtao Jia:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., California (Los Angeles), 2002
Interests: Epigenetic regulation of the genome
Daniel D. Kalderon:
Professor, Ph.D., Cambridge, 1984
Interests: Signal transduction in Drosophila development
Darcy B. Kelley:
Professor, Ph.D., Rockefeller, 1975
Interests: Neural control of behavior development and adult function of neural substrates for courtship song in Exnopus.
Carol Lin:
Lecturer, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1988
Interests: Drug discovery; Teaching of Biotechnology
James L. Manley:
Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York (Stony Brook), 1976
Interests: Regulations of mRNA synthesis in animal cells. Mechanisms and control of gene expression
Elizabeth Miller:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., La Trobe, 1999
Interests: Protein folding, assembly and the regulation of intracellular protein transport; biochemistry
Deborah Mowshowitz:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1969
Solomon Mowshowitz:
Lecturer, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1970
Dana Pe'er:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Hebrew University, 2003
Interests: The function and organization of molecular networks
Robert E. Pollack:
Professor (Biological Sciences), Ph.D., Brandeis, 1966
Interests: Critical analysis of the recent past and immediate future of molecular medicine; genetics and disease; molecular evolution
Carol L. Prives:
Professor, Ph.D., McGill, 1968
Interests: Structure and function of the p53 tumor suppressor protein; tumor virus-host cell interactions
Ron Prywes:
Professor, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984
Interests: Growth factor regulation of gene expression
Michael P. Sheetz:
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Cell Biology, Ph.D, California Institute of Technology, 1972
Interests: Cell motility, motor molecules, integrin-cytoskeleton interactions
Brent R. Stockwell:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Harvard, 1999
Interests: Diagramming disease networks with chemical and biological tools; biological and organic chemistry
Liang Tong:
Professor, Ph.D., California (Berkeley), 1989
Interests: Structural biology of proteins involved in human diseases (obesity, diabetes, cancer); structural biology of proteins involved in pre-mRNA 3' -end processing; structural biology of signal transduction molecules
Alexander Tzagoloff:
Professor, Ph.D., Columbia, 1972
Interests: Energy coupling mechanisms
Jian Yang:
Professor, Ph.D., Washington, 1991
Interests: Structure, function, regulation and cell biology of voltage-gated calcium channels and TRP channels
Rafael Yuste:
Professor, M.D., Ph.D., University of Madrid, Rockefeller University, 1987, 1992
Interests: Development and function of the cortical microcircuitry




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