| Lawrence
Abbott:
|
 |
| Professor,
Ph.D. |
| Interests:
Theoretical neuroscience |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Asa
Abeliovich:
|
|
| Assistant Professor,
M.D., Ph.D.,
MIT, Harvard,
1994, 1996 |
| Interests:
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and the function and survival of dopamine receptors |
| 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:
|
|
| University Professor,
M.D.,
Johns Hopkins,
1970 |
| Interests:
Defining the ogic of olfactory perception; how individual sensory neurons express a specific receptor andhow the brain distinguishes which receptors have been activated |
| 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
|
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| Jonathan
Barasch:
|
|
| Associate Professor,
M.D., Ph.D.,
Columbia,
1987 |
| Interests:
Developental biology; renal biology |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
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| 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:
|
|
| 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 |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Kathryn
L.
Calame:
|
|
| Professor Emeritus, Special Lecturer, Ph.D.,
Ph.D.,
George Washington,
1975 |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Andrea
Califano:
|
|
| Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Chief, Division of Bioinformatics; Co-Director, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics; Director of Bioinformatics, Columbia Genome Center,
Ph.D.,
Florence,
1985 |
| Interests:
Investigation of systems biology, using a variety of physics and knowledge-based methods |
| 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.,
California (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.,
State University of New York (Stony Brook),
1990 |
| Interests:
Fc receptors in tumor immunity and autoimmunity |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Virginia
Cornish:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D,
California (Berkeley),
1996 |
| Interests:
Protein function at the molecular level, including isolated proteins in solution, large protein complexes, and protein function in biological networks in living cells |
| 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
|
|
| Dickson
D.
Despommier:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Notre Dame,
1967 |
| Interests:
Molecular biology of the secreted antigens of the nematode Trichinella spiralis |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Gilbert
Di Paolo:
|
|
| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
University of Lausanne, Switzerland,
1997 |
| Interests:
Endocytocis and synaptic vesicle recycling in mammalian central nervous system neurons |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Jane
Dodd:
|
|
| Professor (Physiology & Cellular Biophysics),
Ph.D.,
Cambridge,
1979 |
| Interests:
Molecular mechanisms of neural cell patterning and axon guidance in the developing mammalian central nervous system |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Fiona
Doetsch:
|
|
| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
Rockefeller University,
1999 |
| Interests:
Neural stem cells and their niche in the adult mammalian brain |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Jonathan
Dworkin:
|
|
| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
Rockefeller,
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
|
|
| David
Figurski:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Rochester |
| Interests:
Molecular genetics of promiscuous bacterial plasmids; pathogenesis of Actinobacillus actinomycetemocomitans |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Sally
Findley:
|
|
| Professor |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Jean
Gautier:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Toulouse,
1983 |
| Interests:
Cell cycle and cell death during early development; maintenance of genetic integrity; DNA replication and response to DNA damage |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Michael
D.
Gershon:
|
|
| Professor,
M.D.,
Cornell,
1963 |
| Interests:
Signaling molecules in the function and development of the enteric nervous system; neurovirology |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Stephen
P.
Goff:
|
|
| Professor,
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
J.
Goldberg:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Yale,
1974 |
| Interests:
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of axon growth and synapse formation |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Michael
E.
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:
Glial differentiation in mammalian CNS development; progenitors in the adult CNS; cytoskeletal abnormalities and stress proteins in neurological disorders |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Max
E.
Gottesman:
|
|
| Professor, Ph.D., M.D.,
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 |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Lloyd
Greene:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
California San Diego,
1970 |
| Interests:
Mechanisms of neuronal differentiation and the role of growth factors therein |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Iva
S.
Greenwald:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
1982 |
| Interests:
Lin-12/Notch signaling and cell fate specification; 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.,
University of Cologne |
| 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,
Ph.D.,
Pasteur Institute (Strasbourg),
1985 |
| Interests:
Contribution of specific serotonin receptors and hippocampal neurogenesis to pathological states such as depression and anxiety |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Chris
Henderson:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D. |
| Interests:
Motor neuron development and pathology |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Wayne
A.
Hendrickson:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Johns Hopkins,
1968 |
| Interests:
Macromolecular structure with an aim toward in-depth understanding of biological activity |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Oliver
Hobert:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Max-Planck Institute,
1995 |
| Interests:
Genetic analysis of the development of neural circuits in C. elegans |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Barry
Honig:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Johns Hopkins, 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; mechanisms of action of amphetamine and cocaine; structural studies of bacterial transporters |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Thomas
M.
Jessell:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Cambridge,
1977 |
| Interests:
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:
Growth control during organ development: linkage between pattern formation and growth. |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Eric
Kandel:
|
|
| University Professor,
M.D.,
New York,
1956 |
| Interests:
Molecular biology of long term memory storage; initiation and maintenance of synaptic growth; examination of features shared in simple forms of learning and memory in the Aplysia nervous system and in the mammalian hippocampus |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Gerard
Karsenty:
|
|
| Paul A. Marks Professor,
M.D., Ph.D.,
Medical School of Paris,
1984 |
| Interests:
Deciphering the molecular pathways used by hypothalamic neurons to regulate bone mass |
| 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:
Molecular mechanisms and translational research in 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
|
|
| 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:
Biochemical and molecular biological approaches in the study of the organization and composition of the neuronal and glial cytoskeletons |
| 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
B.
MacDermott:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Vermont,
1978 |
| Interests:
Neurophysiology, regulation of synaptic transmission in the superficial dorsal horn; neurophysiology of pain |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Richard
S.
Mann:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
MIT,
1986 |
| Interests:
Control of pattern formation by homeotic genes and their downstream targets in Drosophila melanogaster |
| 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
|
|
| 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:
Mammalian brain development; specifically axonal growth cone interactions during pathfinding in viual pathways and during target cell selection and synaptongenesis in the cerebellum |
| 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:
Models of visual cortical circuitry and development; analysis of visual coding |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Aaron
Mitchell:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
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:
Biomolecular dynamics, structure, and function; NMR spectroscopy; 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.,
Cambridge,
1972 |
| Interests:
Genetic control of mammalian development in the peri-implantation period; 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:
|
|
| 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 psychophysical studies of stereovision motion perception, orientation plasticity, facial expressions, and motor planning |
| 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.,
Weizman Institute of Science |
| Interests:
Stem cell maintenance and dendritic cell development |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Richard
B.
Robinson:
|
|
| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Illinois,
1975 |
| 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,,
1994 |
| Interests:
Computational analysis relating gene sequence to 3D protein structure; bioinformatics. Goals: sequence analysis, prediction of protein structure and function. |
| 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.,
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,
M.D., Ph.D.,
New York,
1985, 1986 |
| Interests:
JAK-STAT signaling and immune response; 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.,
Columbia,
1996 |
| Interests:
Structural biology of neural adhesion proteins; defining atomic-level determinats of connectivity in neural circuits |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
|
| Michael
L.
Shelanski:
|
|
| Professor,
M.D., Ph.D.,
University of Chicago,
1966, 1967 |
| Interests:
Synaptic plasticity in disease; the cytoskeleton of the nervous system |
| 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,
Ph.D.,
Yale,
1978 |
| Interests:
Function of voltage-gated ion channels in dendritic integration of synaptic signals during learning and memory; regulation of channel trafficking and function in neuronal dendrites; genetic approaches to the study or information processing through neural circuits |
| 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
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| Saul
J.
Silverstein:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Florida,
1971 |
| Interests:
Control of gene expression in human herpes and papillomavirus infected cells |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Ila
Singh:
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| Assitant Professor,
M.D., Ph.D.,
University of Bombay, Yale,
1986, 1992 |
| Interests:
High resolution functional mapping of retroviral genes |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Scott
Small:
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| Associate Professor,
M.D.,
Columbia,
1992 |
| Interests:
Function of the hippocampus during normal associative memory and how this function fails during aging and Alzheimer's disease |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Janet
Sparrow:
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| Professor,
Ph.D. |
| Interests:
Cell biology of retinal disorders |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Gary
Struhl:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Cambridge University, U.K.,
1980 |
| Interests:
Molecular nature and mode of action of spatial information responsible for organizing cell and body patterns in Drosophila |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Gloria
Su:
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| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D. |
| Interests:
Molecular genetics of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Lorraine
S.
Symington:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Glasgow,
1982 |
| Interests:
Yeast recombination studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; genetics and biochemistry of DNA recombination and repair in yeast |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Ira
Tabas:
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| Professor,
M.D., Ph.D.,
Washington,
1981 |
| Interests:
Cellular and molecular biology of macrophages during atherogeneses |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Gareth
Tibbs:
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| 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
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| Andrew
Tomlinson:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Open University (England),
1984 |
| Interests:
Cellular and molecular bases of cellular communicaton during the development of Drosophila melanogaster |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Benjamin
Tycko:
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| 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
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| Richard
Vallee:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Yale,
1974 |
| Interests:
Motor proteins in axonal transport, brain developmental disease, neurogeneses and growth cone function |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Hynek
Wichterle:
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| 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
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| Debra
J.
Wolgemuth:
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| 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
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| Howard
J.
Worman:
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| Associate Professor,
M.D.,
Chicago,
1985 |
| Interests:
The studies of inner nuclear membrane and its proteins |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
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| Ming
Zhou:
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| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
State University of New York, Buffalo,
1999 |
| Interests:
Biophysics and physiology of ion channel modulations |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Yongrui
Zou:
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| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D. |
| Interests:
Mechanisms of lymphoid organogenesis |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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