Program Directors
- Marc Gartenberg
- Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Program Director
- Professor
- Department: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Graduate Program(s): Biochemistry | Cell and Developmental Biology | Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology | Microbiology and 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 and Developmental Biology | Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology | Microbiology and 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
- Rotation Faculty
- 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 and Developmental Biology | Microbiology and 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
- Victoria Abraira
- Cell and Developmental Biology Program Director
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
- Graduate Program(s): Cell and Developmental Biology | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Aging, Behavior, Developmental Biology, Neurological disease, Neuroscience
- Research Techniques: Bioinformatics / Computational, Cell Biology, Fluorescent and super resolution microscopy, Genetic engineering, Imaging
- Research Organism(s): Humans, Mice
- Phone: 1.8484451786
- Email:
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- Division of Life Sciences
- Nelson Biology Laboratories
- 604 Allison Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-8000
- Key Words: somatosensation, pain, movement, spinal cord injury, systems neuroscience, circuit neuroscience
- Lab Site URL
- News Items: Researcher Who Studies the Sense of Touch Named Rita Allen Foundation Scholar