| Konstantina
Alexandropoulos:
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| 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
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| Richard
Baer:
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| 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
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| Penelope
A.
Boyden:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Columbia,
1979 |
| Interests:
Cardiac electrophysiology; mechanisms of arrhythmias in experimental and naturally occurring animal models of disease |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Ronald
C.D.
Breslow:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Harvard,
1955 |
| Interests:
Organic chemistry |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Wendy
K.
Chung:
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| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D. |
| Interests:
The underlying genetic susceptability to type 2 diabetes and obesity. |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Virginia
Cornish:
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| Professor,
Ph.D |
| 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
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| William
Dauer:
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| 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
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| Gerald
Fischbach:
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| Professor,
M.D.,
Cornell University,
1965 |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Daniel
Goldberg:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Yale,
1974 |
| Interests:
Growth of neuronal processes and formation of synapses during development and learning |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Joseph
H.
Graziano:
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| Associate Dean and Professor of Environmental Public Health and Pharmacology,
Ph.D.,
Rutgers,
1971 |
| Interests:
Mineral metabolism and toxicology |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Steven
Greenberg:
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| Associate Professor,
M.D.,
Columbia,
1982 |
| Interests:
Macrophage signal transduction; role of low molecular weight GTPases in innate immunity |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Lloyd
Greene:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
California San Diego,
1970 |
| Interests:
Mechanisms of neuronal differentiation and degeneration and their regulation by external growth factors; mechanism of action of nerve growth factor; molecular mechanisms governing neural differentiation and survival |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Rene
Hen:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Pasteur Institute (Strasbourg),
1985 |
| Interests:
Serotonin receptors and behavior; contribution of serotonin receptors to physiological and pathological states; behavioral consequences of the absence of specific serotonin receptor subtypes |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Wayne
A.
Hendrickson:
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| University Professor,
Ph.D.,
Johns Hopkins,
1968 |
| Interests:
Macromolecular structure; X-ray crystallography; structural biology of macromolecules; diffraction and computational methods |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Barry
Honig:
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| 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
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| Jonathan
A.
Javitch:
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| 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
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| Robert
S.
Kass:
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| 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
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| Jan
Kitajewski:
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| Associate Professor,
Ph.D.,
Princeton,
1987 |
| Interests:
Wnt and notch signaling in development and oncogenesis |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Ronald
K.
Liem:
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| Program Co-Director, Professor,
Ph.D., Cornell,
1973 |
| Interests:
Cellular and molecular biology of the neuronal cytoskeleton |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Amy
MacDermott:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Vermont,
1978 |
| Interests:
Neurophysiology, regulation of synaptic transmission in the superficial dorsal horn |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Andrew
R.
Marks:
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| 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
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| Steven
O.
Marx:
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| Assistant Professor,
M.D.,
Albany Medical College,
1988 |
| Interests:
The elucidation of mechanism(s) that regulate cardiac and smooth muscle ion channel function |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Ann
E.
McDermott:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
California (Berkeley),
1973 |
| Interests:
Solid-state NMR studies of enzyme mechanism and membrane protein structure; biophysical chemistry; synaptic transmission in the spinal cord dorsal horn |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Ramon
Parsons:
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| 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
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| Geoffrey
Pitt:
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| 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
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| Alice
S.
Prince:
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| Professor,
M.D.,
Columbia University,
1975 |
| Interests:
Bacterial activation of epithelial cytokine expression; pathogenesis of infection |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Richard
B.
Robinson:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
MIT,
1984 |
| Interests:
Developmental regulation of cardiac ion channel function and autonomic signaling cascades |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Lorna
W.
Role:
|
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| 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
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| Michael
R.
Rosen:
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| Professor,
M.D.,
SUNY Downstate,
1964 |
| Interests:
Developmental biology of the heart; cardiac-autonomic interactions; mechanisms for cardiac arrhythmias and their prevention and control |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Burkhard
Rost:
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| Associate Professor,
Dr.rer.nat.,
Heidelberg,
1994 |
| Interests:
Theory of biomedical structure and function; electrostatistics |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| James
Rothman:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Harvard University,
1976 |
| Interests:
Elucidating the underlying mechanisms of transport within the cells |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Helen
E.
Scharfman:
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| Associate Professor,
Ph.D.,
University of Health Sciences,
1986 |
| Interests:
Structure and function of the hippocampus and parahippocampal region; regulation of neuronal excitability, including the effects of neuromodulators such as the neurotrophins and neuropeptides; excitotoxicity and neurodegenerative diseases; epilepsy |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Christian
W.
Schindler:
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| Associate Professor,
M.D., Ph.D.,
New York University,
1985 |
| Interests:
Role of the JAK-STAT pathway in cytokine signal transduction |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Steven
Siegelbaum:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Yale,
1978 |
| Interests:
Molecular studies of ion channel structure and function; synaptic transmission and plasticity in the mammalian brain; membrane biophysics of cardiac and nerve cells; studies of the structure and function of ion channels |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Samuel
C.
Silverstein:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Albert Einstein,
1963 |
| Interests:
Cell biology of mononuclear leukocytes; endothelial cells |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Susan
F.
Steinberg:
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| Associate Professor,
M.D.,
Harvard,
1976 |
| Interests:
Catecholamine actions at alpha1-and beta-adrenergic receptors in the heart; biochemical signal transduction pathways and ionic mechanisms activated by these receptors and their contributions to changes in cardiac cell function |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Brent
R.
Stockwell:
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| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
Harvard,
1997 |
| Interests:
Diagramming disease networks with chemical and biological tools; biological and organic chemistry |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| David
Sulzer:
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| Associate Professor (Psychiatry and Neurology),
Ph.D.,
Columbia,
1988 |
| Interests:
Neurotransmission and mechanisms of neurodegeneration in basil ganglia and dopamine neurons |
| 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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| Timothy
C.
Wang:
|
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| Professor,
M.D.,
Columbia University,
1983 |
| Interests:
The pathogenesis of gastrointestinal cancers. |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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