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Graduate Program in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Training Faculty

 
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Mentor / Affiliation Research Interest
Carl W. Anderson
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Cell cycle control and the cellular response to DNA damage.
Wadie Bahou
Stony Brook University
Vascular biology and thrombosis; gene therapy for hemophilia B.
Jorge Benach
Stony Brook University
Pathogenesis of spirochetal infections and their host responses.
James Bliska
Stony Brook University
Molecular and cellular basis of bacterial-host cell interactions; pathogenesis.
Elizabeth Boon
Stony Brook University
Biofilms.
Nicholas Carpino
Stony Brook University
Positive and negative regulation of T cell receptor signaling.
Carol A. Carter
Stony Brook University
Retroviral viral assembly and post-assembly.
Edward Chan
Stony Brook University
Growth factor receptors and cancer.
Howard Crawford
Stony Brook University
Pancreatic Cancer.
Neta Dean
Stony Brook University
Regulation of glycosylation and cell wall biogenesis in yeast.
Nicholas Delihas
Stony Brook University
Control of gene expression by regulatory RNAs; structure, function, and evolution of small RNAs.
John Dunn
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Transcription, processing, and translation of RNA.
Paul Freimuth
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Adenovirus reproduction; virus-cellular receptor binding.
Martha Furie
Stony Brook University
Molecular basis of cell-cell and cell-substrate interactions.
Bruce Futcher
Stony Brook University
Cancer, cell cycle, cyclins, microarrays, computational biology. yeast genetics.
Gregory Hannon
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cellular Proliferation control: double-stranded RNA-induced gene silencing.
Michael Hayman
Stony Brook University
Signal transduction in cell growth, differentiation and cancer; role of nuclear and membrane oncoproteins.
Janet Hearing
Stony Brook University
Replication and maintenance of the Epstein-Barr virus genome in latently infected, proliferating cells.
Patrick Hearing
Stony Brook University
Adenovirus regulation of cellular proliferation and gene expression; adenovirus vectors for human gene therapy.
Leemor Joshua-Torr
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Structural biology; X-ray crystallography; molecular recognition; nucleic acid regulation; RNAi
Wali Karzai
Stony Brook University
Structure and function of RNA-binding proteins and biochemical studies of the SmpB¥SsrA quality control system.
Eugene Katz
Stony Brook University
Developmental genetic studies on Dictyostelium discoideum; role of membrane sterols in cell growth and developmental.
Richard Kew
Stony Brook University
Leukocyte chemotaxis; inflammation; pulmonary immunopathology.
James Konopka
Stony Brook University
Regulation of morphogenesis in pathogenic yeast.
Janet Leatherwood
Stony Brook University
Cell cycle control of DNA replication.
Christopher Lee
Stony Brook University
Urologic Oncology, Tumor Immunology
Hiulin Li
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Structural biology of macromolecular assemblies and membrane proteins by cryo-electron microscopy.
Erwin London
Stony Brook University
Membrane protein folding and lipid interaction; protein translocation across membranes.
Scott Lowe
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Apoptosis; anticancer therapy resistance.
Benjamin Luft
Stony Brook University
Pathobiology of Borellia and Toxoplasma.
Erich R. Mackow
Stony Brook University
Rotavirus and hantavirus pathogenesis; virus directed cell signaling and transcriptional responses; protein–membrane interactions; viral attachment and entry.
Ken Marcu
Stony Brook University
Immunoglobulin gene expression and recombination.
Todd Miller
Stony Brook University
Regulation and substrate specificity of tyrosine kinases.
Ute Moll
Stony Brook University
Function and regulation of the p53 family in apoptosis and cancer.
Senthil Muthuswamy
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Understanding cancer initiation using three-dimensional epithelial structures.
Aaron Neiman
Stony Brook University
Molecular Mechanism of Spore Formation.
Aniko Paul
Stony Brook University
Biochemical and genetic studies of poliovirus replication.
Nancy Reich
Stony Brook University
Signaling switches in gene expression by hormones or viral infection.
Jacek Skowronski
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
HIV pathogenesis; nef gene; signal transduction; protein sorting; animal models.
Eric Spitzer
Stony Brook University
Molecular biology of microbial pathogens.
Roy Steigbigel
Stony Brook University
Treatment of HIV infection.
Bettie Steinberg
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
LIJ Hospital
Molecular biology of human papillomaviruses.
Arne Stenlund
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Papillomavirus; cancer; DNA replication.
Bruce Stillman
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Mechanism and control of DNA replication in eukaryotic cells.
William Studier
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bacteriophage T7 genetics.
David Thanassi
Stony Brook University
Biogenesis of bacterial adhesion organelles.
Gerald Thomsen
Stony Brook University
TGF-[beta] growth factor signaling in developing vertebrate embryos.
Peter Tonge
Stony Brook University
Enzyme mechanisms and rational drug design.
Nicholas Tonks
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Posttranslational modification; phosphorylation; phosphatases; signal transduction; protein structure and function.
Kevin J. Tracey
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
LIJ Hospital
The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway.
Ando van der Velden
Stony Brook University
The mammalian T cell response to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.
Michael Wigler
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Signal transduction and growth control in eukaryotes.
Eckard Wimmer
Stony Brook University
Molecular biology of poliovirus replication and basis of picornaviral pathogenesis.
Wei-Xing Zong
Stony Brook University
Molecular regulation of apoptotic and necrotic cell death.