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Doctoral Program Subcommittee: Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies at the College of Physicians and Surgeons


Degree Programs: Full time: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Chair: Robert S. Kass, M.D., Ph.D.
Presbyterian Hospital PH 7W318
Tel: 212.305.8778


Chair: Andrew R. Marks, M.D.
630 West 168 Street
Black Building, Room 11-511
Tel: 212.342.4766
e-mail:arm42@columbia.edu


Program Director: Ronald K. Liem
630 W. 168th Street New York, NY 10032
Tel: 212.305.8393


Program Co-Director: Lorraine S. Symington, Ph.D.
630 W. 168th Street New York, NY 10032
Tel: 212.305.8393


Faculty

Lawrence Abbott:
Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Theoretical neuroscience
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Asa Abeliovich:
Assistant Professor, M.D., Ph.D., MIT, Harvard, 1994, 1996
Interests: Molecual aspects of midbraine dopamine neuron function and survival
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Qais D Al-Awqati:
Professor, MB, Ch.B., Baghdad (College of Medicine), 1962
Interests: Epithelial transport; ion pumps and channels
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Konstantina Alexandropoulos:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Hunter, 1992
Interests: Molecular studies on the physiologic and transforming properties of the Src family of nonreceptor tyrosine kinases: Novel substrates, signaling specificity, and targeted inhibition of enzymatic activity
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Ottavio Arancio:
Assistant Professor, M.D., Ph.D.
Interests: Mechanisms underlying changes of synaptic function associated with cognitive impairment
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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
Richard Baer:
Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers, 1981
Interests: The mechanisms of cancer development by characterizing genetic defects; Function of the BRCA1 breast cancer susceptibility gene; retinoid signaling in mammary glands
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Arthur Bank:
Professor (Medicine), M.D., Harvard, 1960
Interests: Regulation of human globin gene expression in hematopoietic cells; gene transfer in animals
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jonathan Barasch:
Associate Professor, M.D., Ph.D., Columbia, 1987
Interests: Developmental and cell biology of kidney organogenesis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Timothy H. Bestor:
Professor, Ph.D., Florida State University (Tallahassee), 1981
Interests: DNA methyltransferases; epigenetic effects in gene expression
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
J. Chloe Bulinski:
Professor, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1980
Interests: Function of cytoskeleton during cell cycle and during differentiation
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
Andrea Califano:
Professor, Ph.D., Florence, 1985
Interests: Systems biology of cancer: Lymphomas;The exploration and the application of pattern and association discovery algorithms in the context of sequence, structure and microarray data; the reverse engineering of metabolic and gene regulatory networks using dynamical and statistical predictive models that can be validated in an experimental setting; the dissection of complex genetic traits in a whole genome context, using association discovery techniques and their related statistical models
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
Fred Chang:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.D., UC, San Francisco, 1991, 1992
Interests: Molecular genetics of cytokinesis in fission yeast
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Angela M Christiano:
Professor (Dermatology), Ph.D., Rutgers, 1991
Interests: Molecular basis of inherited skin and hair disorders in humans and mice
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Raphael A. Clynes:
Assistant Professor, M.D., Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1990
Interests: Fc receptors in tumor immunity and autoimmunity
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Virginia Cornish:
Associate Professor, Ph.D
Interests: Development of in vivo selection strategies for proteins with novel catalytic properties
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Frank D. Costantini:
Professor, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1980
Interests: Molecular genetics of mammalian development
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Riccardo Dalla-Favera:
Professor (Pathology), M.D., University of Milan, 1976
Interests: Molecular genetics of cancer; molecular pathogenesis of lymphoma and leukemia; genetic control in lymphoid tissue development
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
William Dauer:
Assistant Professor, M.D., Ph.D., Columbia, 1990
Interests: Studies of the fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms of diseases that disrupt normal motor control, with a focus on Parkinson's disease and dystonia
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Gilbert Di Paolo:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 1997
Interests: Role of phosphoinositides in organelle trafficking, cytoskeletal dynamics and disease-related processes.
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jane Dodd:
Professor (Physiology & Cellular Biophysics), Ph.D., Cambridge, 1979
Interests: : Neural differentiation and axon guidance during circuit formation in the vertebrate central nervous system
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Fiona Doetsch:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1999
Interests: The nature and function of stem cells for adult neurogenesis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jonathan Dworkin:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1997
Interests: Cell biology of protein localization and chromosome segregation in Bacillus subtilis; C. elegans as a model host for spore-forming bacteria; quantitative analysis of a transcriptional network
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Argiris Efstratiadis:
Higgins Professor, M.D., Ph.D., University of Athens, Harvard, 1966, 1976
Interests: Growth factors in mammalian development; mouse models of tumorigenic pathways; stem cells in normalcy and malignancy
David Figurski:
Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Molecular genetics of promiscuous bacterial plasmids; pathogenesis of Actinobacillus actinomycetemocomitans
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
Michael D. Gershon:
Professor, M.D., Cornell, 1963
Interests: Organization and development of the enteric nervous system
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
Joseph A. Gogos:
Assistant Professor, M.D., Ph.D., M.D., National University of Greece-Athens; Ph.D., Harvard, 1987; 1993
Interests: Assembly and maintenance of sensory maps in the brain; animal models for genes predisposing to psychiatric disorders
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Daniel Goldberg:
Professor, Ph.D., Yale, 1974
Interests: Growth of neuronal processes and formation of synapses during development and learning
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Michael Goldberg:
Professor, M.D.
Interests: The physiology of cognitive processes: visual attention, spatial perception, and decision making
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
James E Goldman:
Professor, M.D., Ph.D., New York University, 1976
Interests: Lineage, migration, and fate determination of progenitors in the mammalian nervous system
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Max E. Gottesman:
Professor, Ph.D. M.D. Degree, Yale, 1960
Interests: Gene regulation and protein folding in E. coli phages and temperate coli phages; differentiation and oncogenesis in thyroid cells
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Steve Greenberg:
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Macrophage signal tranduction; role of low molecular weight GTPases in innate immunity
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Eric Greene:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M, 1998
Interests: Molecular mechanisms of DNA recombination and repair; single molecule fluorescence microscopy and other biochemical approaches.;Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) to study the molecular machinery involved in the recombination and repair of damaged DNA
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
Wes Grueber:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Drosophila neuronal development; mechanisms of dendritic morphogenesis and patterning
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Hua Gu:
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Lymphocyte development and differentiation. Mouse T-cell development; signal transduction pathways and T-cell activation
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Wei Gu:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Columbia, 1995
Interests: Role of p53 acetylation and deacetylation in tumorgenesis; P53 in tumor suppression and aging; acetylation and deacetylation of p53 in tumorigenesis; mammalian Sir2a in stress response and aging; ubiquitination and deubiquitination in the regulation of p53 stability
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Gregg G. Gundersen:
Professor, Ph.D., Washington (Seattle), 1983
Interests: The regulation and function of the microtubule cytoskeleton
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
Chris Henderson:
Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Motor neuron development and pathology
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
Barry Honig:
Professor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, Tel Aviv; Weizman Institute of Sciences (Israel), 1964, 1968
Interests: Using computational and theoretical methods to study the structure and function of proteins, nucleic acids and membranes
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Antonio Iavarone:
Associate Professor, M.D., Catholic (Rome), 1987
Interests: Molecular genetics of tumors derived from the nervous system. The role of Id proteins in cell cycle regulation and differentiation
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jonathan A. Javitch:
Associate Professor, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1986
Interests: Structure, function and regulation of G-Protein-Coupled receptors and neurotransmitter transporters
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Thomas M. Jessell:
Professor (Biochemistry), Ph.D., Cambridge, 1977
Interests: Research into the molecular mechanisms of neuronal differentiation, axon guidance, and cell recognition in the developing vertebrate nervous system
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Laura Johnston:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1994
Interests: Control of cell cycle and growth during 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
Gerard Karsenty:
Paul A. Marks Professor, M.D., Ph.D.
Interests: Biological bases controlling skeletal development and physiology
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Robert S. Kass:
Professor, M.D., Ph.D., Michigan, 1972
Interests: Regulation and expression of ion channel proteins in normal and genetically altered cardiac cells
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Richard H. Kessin:
Professor, Ph.D., Brandeis, 1971
Interests: Genetic capacity of Dictyoste-lium discoideum to study proteo-lytic mechanisms and regulation
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Tae-Wan Kim:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1994
Interests: Presenilin biology and molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's disease
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jan Kitajewski:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Princeton, 1987
Interests: Wnt and notch signaling in development and oncogenesis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
John Koester:
Interests: How cellular and circuit properties of neurons control behavior in the autonomic nervous system of Aplysia
Anna Lasorella:
Assistant Professor, M.D., Catholic (Rome), 1982
Interests: Molecular biology of pediatric tumors. The Rb-Id2 pathway in development and cancer
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Brett Lauring:
Assistant Professor, M.D., Ph.D., NYU School of Medicine, 1996,1995
Interests: Intracellular protein trafficking in neurodegenerative diseases; Cell biological mechanisms of neuronal degeneration and microtubule severing in axonal maintenance
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Rudolph Leibel:
Professor, M.D.
Interests: Molecular genetic analysis of human obesity
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Ronald K. Liem:
Program Co-Director, Professor, Ph.D., Cornell, 1973
Interests: Cellular and molecular biology of the neuronal cytoskeleton
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Ian Lipkin:
Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Professor of Epidemiology, M.D.
Interests: Immunopathogenesis and Infectious Diseases;Microbial pathogenesis emerging infections; The role of infectious agents and immune responses in acute and chronic CNS diseases through molecular epidemiology and studies of animal models
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jeremy Luban:
Associate Professor, M.D.
Interests: Molecular biology of HIV-1 replication and pathogenesis; regulation of T-cell cytokine expression
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Thomas Ludwig:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Heidelberg, 1992
Interests: Function(s) of the breast cancer susceptibility genese BRCA1 and BRCA2 using mice as a model system
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Amy MacDermott:
Professor, Ph.D., Vermont, 1978
Interests: Neurophysiology, regulation of synaptic transmission in the superficial dorsal horn
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Richard S. Mann:
Professor (Biochemistry), Ph.D., MIT, 1986
Interests: Development in drosophila menalogaster
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Yinghui Mao:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Ohio State
Interests: Kinetochore microtubule attachment, chromosome movement, and mitotic checkpoint during mitosis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Eugene Marcantonio:
, M.D., Ph.D., New York University, 1984
Interests: The interaction of integrins with extracellular matrices and basement membranes
Andrew R. Marks:
Professor, M.D., Harvard, 1980
Interests: Molecular mechanisms regulating contraction of normal and failing cardiac muscle, molecular triggers for cardiac arrhythmias, and coronary artery restenosis following stent placement
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Carol A. Mason:
Professor, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley), 1973
Interests: Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance and synaptogenesis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Brian McCabe:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Cambridge (England), 1999
Interests: Molecular genetics of synapse development and plasticity
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Cathy Mendelsohn:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Columbia, 1989
Interests: Molecular pathways controlling development of urogenital tract.
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Kenneth Miller:
Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Molecular genetics of synapse development and plasticity
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Aaron Mitchell:
Professor (Microbiology), Ph.D., MIT, 1984
Interests: Molecular genetics of meiosis and its regulation in yeast
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Rebecca Morris:
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Identification, isolation, and functional analysis of keratinocyte stem cells in adult skin and hair follicles. Identification of novel stem cell regulatory genes and their role in skin tumor susceptibility
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
David Owens:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: The contributions of stem cells and differentiated cells to epidermal cancer
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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
Ramon Parsons:
Associate Professor, M.D., Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1992
Interests: The genetics of breast cancer tumorigenesis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Geoffrey Pitt:
Assistant Professor, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1993
Interests: Molecular studies of ion channel structure and function:Ca2+dependent gating properties of the cardiac L-type Ca2+- channel; Regulation of ion channels in the brain with a focus on channel dysfunction in disease
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Liza A. Pon:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Tufts, 1986
Interests: Cytoskeletal control of organelle movements and segregation during cell division
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Serge Przedborski:
Professor, M.D., Ph.D.
Interests: Study of toxin-induced damage to neurotransmitter systems pertinent to movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Ning Qian:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1990
Interests: Computational neuroscience and visual psychophysics
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Vincent Racaniello:
Professor, Ph.D., Mt. Sinai, 1980
Interests: Molecular biology of poliovirus and its cellular receptor; Replication and pathogenesis of picornaviruses and hepatitis C virus
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Boris Reizis:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Stem cell maintenance and dendritic cell development
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Richard B. Robinson:
Professor, Ph.D., MIT, 1984
Interests: Developmental regulation of cardiac ion channel function and autonomic signaling cascades
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Lorna W. Role:
Professor, Ph.D., Harvard, 1981
Interests: Regulation and modulation of ligand and voltage-gated ion channels; physiological role and molecular mechanism of receptor/ion channel regulation at developing central and peripheral synapses
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Burkhard Rost:
AssociateProfessor, Ph.D.,, Ruprecht-Karl University, Germany, 1994
Interests: Computational analysis relating gene sequence to 3D protein structure;Bioinformatics. Goals: sequence analysis, prediction of protein structure and function. Means: Statistics and artificial intelligence
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
James Rothman:
Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1976
Interests: Elucidating the underlying mechanisms of transport within the cells
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
Peter Scheiffele:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., EMBL Heidelberg (Germany), 1998
Interests: Dynamic regulation of the properties of the wall of the aorta; epithelial and smooth muscle interactions
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
Eric A. Schon:
Professor (Neurology), Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1982
Interests: Molecular genetics of neurological and neuromuscular disorders with focus on mitochondrial genetics and diseases
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Lawrence S. Shapiro:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Ph.D., Columbia, 1996
Interests: Structural information obtained from X-ray crystallography to direct biochemical studies of biological problems, particularly involving neuronal cell adhesion and neural patterning
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Michael L. Shelanski:
Professor, M.D., Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1966, 1967
Interests: Role of the cytoskeleton, cell cycle machinery, and proteases in neuronal degeneration
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Howard Shuman:
Professor, Ph.D., Harvard, 1979
Interests: Molecular basis of ATP-driven transporters and host-pathogen 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
Ann-Judith Silverman:
Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Mechanisms which regulate the migration of neurons and mast cells into central nervous system
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Samuel C. Silverstein:
Professor, Ph.D., Albert Einstein, 1963
Interests: Cell biology of mononuclear leukocytes; endothelial cells
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Saul J. Silverstein:
Professor, Ph.D., Florida, 1971
Interests: Control of gene expression in human herpes and papillomavirus infected cells
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Ila Singh:
Assitant Professor, M.D., Ph.D., University of Bombay, Yale, 1986, 1992
Interests: High resolution functional mapping of retroviral genes
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Scott Small:
Associate Professor, M.D., Columbia, 1992
Interests: Correlations of memory and changes in the hippocampal formation using fMRI imaging in normal aging and in Alzheimer disease; parallel studies in transgenic mice
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Janet Sparrow:
Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Cell biology of retinal disorders
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Gary Struhl:
Professor (Neurobiology & Behavior), Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1980
Interests: Developmental genetics in Drosophila
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Gloria Su:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Molecular genetics of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
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
Ira Tabas:
Professor, M.D., Ph.D., Washington, 1981
Interests: Cellular and molecular processes related to arterial wall biology and atherogenesis; Regulation of intracellular cholesterol esterification (the ACAT reaction) in macrophage; lipoprotein endocytic pathways in macrophages; biochemical consequences of macrophage cholesterol ester accumulation
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Gareth Tibbs:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University College London, 1987
Interests: Molecular mechanism and functions of HCN encoded ih pacemaker ion channels-molecular rhythm generators
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Andrew Tomlinson:
Professor, Ph.D., Open University (England), 1984
Interests: Cellular interactions in Drosophila development
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Benjamin Tycko:
Associate Professor, M.D., Ph.D., New York University of Medicine, 1984
Interests: Molecular biological studies on genomic imprinting in human and mouse systems; molecular genetics of pediatric tumors; molecular genetics of Alzheimer's disease
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Richard Vallee:
Professor (Pathology), Ph.D., Yale University, 1974
Interests: Microtubule motor proteins; brain developmental disease; endocytosis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Hynek Wichterle:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 2000
Interests: The use of stem cells to study the development and function of the nervous system
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Debra J. Wolgemuth:
Professor, Ph.D., Columbia, 1977
Interests: Molecular developmental genetics of mammalian gametogenesis and embryogenesis; regulation of the cell cycle during germ cell mitosis and meiosis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Howard J. Worman:
Associate Professor, M.D., Chicago, 1985
Interests: The studies of inner nuclear membrane and its proteins
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Ming Zhou:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo, 1999
Interests: Molecular physiology and biophysics of ion channel macromolecule complexes
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Yongrui Zou:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Mechanisms of lymphoid organogenesis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor