Program Directors
- Marc Gartenberg
- Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Program Director
- Professor
- Department: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Graduate Program(s): Biochemistry | Cell & Developmental Biology | Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Chromosome Biology
- Research Techniques: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics
- Research Organism(s): Yeast
- Phone: 1.7322355800
- Email:
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- RWJMS Research Building & School of Public Health, Room 284
- 683 Hoes Lane West
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: Sister chromatid cohesion; gene expression; chromatin and epigenetics
- Michael Verzi
- Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Program Director
- Professor
- Department: Department of Genetics
- Graduate Program(s): Cell & Developmental Biology | Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Cancer Biology, Epigenetics/ Chromatin, Gene regulation, Metabolism / Nutrition, Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Tissue Injury
- Research Techniques: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics / Computational, Genetics, Genomics, Single Cell RNA Techniques
- Research Organism(s): Cell lines, Humans, in vitro, Mice
- Phone: 1.8484459578
- Email:
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- Division of Life Sciences
- Life Sciences Building
- 145 Bevier Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: intestinal regeneration, colon cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, transcriptional mechanisms, epigenetics, omics
- Lab Site URL
- News Items: Intestinal Stem Cell Genes May Link Dietary Fat and Colon Cancer, Michael Verzi Appointed to the Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Endowed Chair in Cancer Genomics, Vitamin D Regulates Calcium in Intestine Differently Than Previously Thought
- Miguel (Mikel) Zaratiegui Biurrun
- Biochemistry Graduate Program Director
- Associate Professor
- Department: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
- Graduate Program(s): Biochemistry | Cell & Developmental Biology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Chromosome Biology, Epigenetics/ Chromatin, Evolution, Organelle biology, RNA / ribosome biology
- Research Techniques: Biochemistry, Genetic engineering, Genetics, Genomics, Transcriptomics
- Research Organism(s): Yeast
- Phone: 1.8484451497
- Email:
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- Division of Life Sciences
- Nelson Biology Laboratories, Room A139
- 604 Allison Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-8000
- Key Words: Transposons, RNAi, Heterochromatin, Mitochondria
- Max Tischfield
- Graduate Program Director for Cell and Developmental Biology
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
- Graduate Program(s): Cell & Developmental Biology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Behavior, Disease genetics, Learning / memory, Neurological disease, Neuroscience
- Research Techniques: Cell Biology, Fluorescent and super resolution microscopy, Genetics, Imaging
- Research Organism(s): Cell lines, Mice
- Phone: 1.7322353393
- Email:
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- Division of Life Sciences
- Nelson Biology Laboratories, Room D251
- 604 Allison Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-8000
- Key Words: Cerebrospinal fluid, brain waste clearance, Meningeal Lymphatics, Neurodegenerative disease, Tourette Syndrome, Mouse genetics, systems neuroscience and behavior
- Lab Site URL
- News Items: CBN Assistant Professors Max Tischfield and Rafiq Huda receive Brain and Behavior Research Foundation’s Young Investigator Award, Recent Tischfield lab publication has wider implications to understand brain waste clearance and neurocognitive deficits, Using Advanced Genetic Techniques, Scientists Create Mice With Traits of Tourette Disorder