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Department of Genetics and Development at the College of Physicians and Surgeons


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

Chair: Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D.
HHSC 1602A
Tel: 212.305.6398


Director of Graduate Studies: Virginia Papaioannou, Ph.D.
HHSC 1402
Tel: 212.305.4753


Dissertation Sponsors

Timothy H. Bestor:
Professor, Ph.D., Florida State University (Tallahassee), 1981
Interests: DNA methyltransferases; epigenetic effects in gene expression
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
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
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
L. Erlenmeyer-Kimling:
Professor (Psychiatry), Ph.D., Columbia, 1961
Interests: Psychiatric and human behavioral genetics
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
Iva Greenwald:
Professor (Biochemistry), 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
Oliver Hobert:
Professor, Ph.D., Max-Planck Institute, 1995
Interests: Genetic analysis of the development of neural circuits in C. elegans
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
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
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
Cathy Mendelsohn:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Columbia, 1989
Interests: Molecular pathways controlling development of urogenital tract.
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Benjamin Ohlstein:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2002
Interests: Investigating the role of stem cells in tissue homeostasis and organogenesis
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
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
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
Michael Shen:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1988
Interests: Molecular mechanisms of pattern formation and cellular differentiation during mouse embryogenesis: Mouse models of prostate cancer
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Gary Struhl:
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
Lori Sussel:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University, 1993
Interests: Cell specification and differentiation; developmental biology
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Joseph Terwilliger:
Associate Professor Neuroscience (in Psychiatry, the Genome Center and Genetics and Development), Ph.D., Columbia University, 1993
Interests: Population genetic epidemiology and gene mapping
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Andrew Tomlinson:
Professor, Ph.D., Open University (England), 1984
Interests: Cellular and molecular bases of cellular communicaton during the development of Drosophila melanogaster
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Dorothy Warburton:
Professor (Pediatrics), Ph.D., McGill University, 1961
Interests: Human cytogenetics and molecular cytogenetics; epidemiology of congenital malformations and miscarriages; human gene mapping
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 and chromatin remodeling during germ cell mitosis; retinoid signaling
Approved Dissertation Sponsor




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