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Biotechnology M.A. Program


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

Chair: Michael P. Sheetz, Ph.D
713 Fairchild
Tel: 212.854.4857
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: Functional differentiation of cytoskeletal elements
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
Martin Chalfie:
Professor Physiology, Ph.D., Harvard, 1976
Interests: Developmental genetics of identified nerve cells in Caenorhabditis elegans
Lawrence A. Chasin:
Professor (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., MIT, 1967
Interests: Gene regulation in cultured mammalian cells
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Julio Fernandez:
Professor Physiology, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley), 1982
Interests: Single molecule mechanics and engineering
Stuart Firestein:
Professor (Neurobiology), Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley), 1988
Interests: Neurobiology of olfaction
Tulle Hazelrigg:
Research Scientist (Developmental Biology), Ph.D., Indiana, 1982
Interests: mRNA localization in Drosophila oocytes
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
Songtao Jia:
Assistant Professor (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., UCLA, 2002
Interests: Epigenetic regulation of the genome
Daniel D. Kalderon:
Professor (Molecular Biology), Ph.D., Cambridge, 1984
Interests: Signal transduction in Drosophila development
Darcy B. Kelley:
Professor (Neurobiology), Ph.D., Rockefeller, 1975
Interests: Sexual differentiation of neurons and muscle;Neural systems and behavior, hormonal effects, sexual differentiation
Carol Lin:
Lecturer, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1988
Interests: Drug discovery; Teaching of Biotechnology
James L. Manley:
Professor (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook), 1976
Interests: Mechanisms and control of gene expression
Elizabeth Miller:
Assistant Professor (Biochemistry), Ph.D., La Trobe University, 1999
Interests: 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 (Computer Science), 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 (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., McGill, 1968
Interests: Tumor virus-host cell interactions
Ron Prywes:
Professor (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., M.I.T., 1984
Interests: Growth factor regulation of gene expression
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
Brent R. Stockwell:
Assistant Professor (Chemistry), Ph.D., Harvard, 1997
Interests: Diagramming disease networks with chemical and biological tools;Biological and organic chemistry
Liang Tong:
Professor (Structural and Computational Biology & Molecular Biophysics), Ph.D., Berkeley, 1989
Interests: Structural biology of signal transduction molecules
Alexander Tzagoloff:
Professor (Cell and Molecular Biology), Ph.D., Columbia, 1972
Interests: Energy coupling mechanisms
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
Rafael Yuste:
Associate Professor (Neurobiology), M.D. Ph.D., Madrid, Rockefeller, 1987, 1992
Interests: Development and function of the cortical microcircuitry




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