Faculty & Research

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Payne, Kyle K

Payne, Kyle K

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Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
kyle.k.payne@rutgers.edu
Cancer Immunology; Immune Suppression; Ovarian Cancer; Cellular Stress Signaling; Biochemistry
Pedersen, Henrik

Pedersen, Henrik

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Professor
Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
hpederse@rutgers.edu
Plant cell culture, chemical and biochemical fiber optic sensors, applications of biophotonics in bioprocess technology
Pilch, Daniel

Pilch, Daniel

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Professor
Department of Pharmacology
pilchds@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Targeting cell division proteins for the treatment of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections / Identifying new antibiotics and drug combinations against clinically important bacterial pathogens / Study bacterial cell division using a newly developed fluorescence-based technology
Pintar, John E

Pintar, John E

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Professor
Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
pintar@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Genetic and microarray analysis of endogenous opioid systems; insulin-like growth factor systems in development and cancer; post-translational processing enzymes
Pirouz, Mehdi

Pirouz, Mehdi

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Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
mp1771@cabm.rutgers.edu
Understanding the role of RNA metabolism in Stem Cells, Development, and Disease
Plummer, Mark R.

Plummer, Mark R.

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Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
mplummer@dls.rutgers.edu
Regulation of synaptic transmission
Poole, Lauren

Poole, Lauren

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Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
lh786@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Blood clotting in acute and chronic liver injury
Quadro, Loredana

Quadro, Loredana

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Professor
Department of Food Science
lquadro@sebs.rutgers.edu
Maternal-fetal metabolism of retinoids (vitamin A and its derivatives) and beta-carotene in mammalian model systems
Rabson, Arnold B

Rabson, Arnold B

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Professor
Department of Pharmacology
rabsonab@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Gene regulation in cancer, human retroviral infections
Rasin, Mladen-Roko

Rasin, Mladen-Roko

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Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
rasinml@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neocortical circuit formation
Rongo, Christopher

Rongo, Christopher

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Professor
Department of Genetics
rongo@waksman.rutgers.edu
C. elegans, mitochondria, learning and memory, neurons, synapses, hypoxia, ischemia, ubiquitination, proteasome, proteostasis, autophagy, mitophagy
Rossi, Mark

Rossi, Mark

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Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
mark.rossi@rutgers.edu
calcium imaging, electrophysiology, feeding, hypothalamus, motivated behavior, mouse behavior, obesity
Roth, Charles M.

Roth, Charles M.

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Professor
Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
cmroth@rci.rutgers.edu
Gene-based therapeutics; bioinformatics and systems biology; hepatocyte differentiation; novel strategies for treatment of brain tumors
Roth, Monica

Roth, Monica

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Professor
Department of Pharmacology
roth@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Retroviruses: integration, reverse transcriptase, envelope proteins, gene therapy, targeted entry, structural studies
Runnels, Loren

Runnels, Loren

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Professor
Department of Pharmacology
runnellw@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Cancer, stem cells, development, cell death, signal transduction, ion transport, magnesium, calcium
Ryazanov, Alexey G

Ryazanov, Alexey G

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Professor
Department of Pharmacology
ryazanag@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Novel protein kinases and signal transduction
Sahota, Amrik

Sahota, Amrik

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Professor
Department of Genetics
sahota@dls.rutgers.edu
Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency, chronic renal failure, microchimerism and organ transplantation, Alzheimers disease, molecular diagnostics
Sampath, Harini

Sampath, Harini

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Assistant Professor
Department of Nutritional Sciences
harini.sampath@rutgers.edu
metabolic syndrome, obesity, lipid metabolism, oxidative DNA damage
Sant'Angelo, Derek

Sant'Angelo, Derek

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Professor
Department of Pediatrics
santandb@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Innate T cells, transcription factors, autoimmunity, lineage commitment, immune system development, immunotherapy
Sarkar, Dipak

Sarkar, Dipak

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Distinguished Professor
Department of Animal Sciences
dipak.sarkar@rutgers.edu
Influences of stress and drug abuse on neuroendocrine and neuroimmune systems
Schaffner, Donald W

Schaffner, Donald W

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Distinguished Professor
Department of Food Science
don.schaffner@rutgers.edu
Predictive food microbiology and quantitative microbial risk assessment
Schindler, Karen

Schindler, Karen

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Associate Professor
Department of Genetics
ks804@hginj.rutgers.edu
Signal transduction, meiosis, aneuploidy, gamete formation and reproduction
Schwander, Stephan K.

Schwander, Stephan K.

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Associate Professor
Department of Environmental & Community Medicine
schwansk@sph.rutgers.edu
Human antimycobacterial immunity, human lung immunology during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease, effects of manufactured and engineered nanoparticles on antimycobacterial immunity in primary human cells and cell lines, effects of urban air pollution particulate matter on innate and adaptive antimycobacterial immune responses in human bronchoalveolar, blood, and respiratory epithelial cells
Serebrenik, Yevgeniy V.

Serebrenik, Yevgeniy V.

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Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
yevgeniy.serebrenik@rutgers.edu
functional genomics, in situ sequencing and automated microscopy, computational biology, proteostasis, secretory system, molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, chemical biology, neurobiology
Sesti, Federico

Sesti, Federico

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Professor
Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
sestife@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Physiology, structure and function of potassium channels, role of potassium channels in causing disease
Shapses, Sue A

Shapses, Sue A

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Professor
Department of Nutritional Sciences
shapses@rutgers.edu
Osteoporosis, bone metabolism and obesity
Shen, Zhiyuan

Shen, Zhiyuan

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Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
shenzh@cinj.rutgers.edu
cancer biology, genomic instability and DNA repair, targets and biomarkers for cancer therapeutics, ribosome biogenesis
Shinbrot, Troy

Shinbrot, Troy

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Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
shinbrot@rutgers.edu
Mechanisms for self-assembly in cells and in mixing problems
Shmarakov, Igor

Shmarakov, Igor

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Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Sciences
ishmarakov@sebs.rutgers.edu
Retinoid (vitamin A) metabolism and signaling in health and disease.
Shreiber, David I.

Shreiber, David I.

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Professor
Department of Biochemical Engineering
shreiber@soe.rutgers.edu
CNS injury mechanics, tissue engineering, nerve and spinal cord regeneration, acupuncture, microfluidics
Shumyatsky, Gleb

Shumyatsky, Gleb

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Professor
Department of Genetics
gleb@dls.rutgers.edu
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory
Singson, Andrew

Singson, Andrew

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Professor
Department of Genetics
singson@waksman.rutgers.edu
Reproductive biology and cell-cell interactions in C. elegans
Snyder, Elizabeth

Snyder, Elizabeth

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Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Science
elizabeth.snyder@rutgers.edu
Structural and nucleotide-level RNA variants, proteome composition, cellular development
Soto, Martha C

Soto, Martha C

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Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
sotomc@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Cell Polarity, Embryonic Morphogenesis, Developmental Genetics, C. elegans
Stavropoulos, Nicholas

Stavropoulos, Nicholas

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Associate Professor
stavropoulos@waksman.rutgers.edu
Sleep regulation, developmental neurobiology, neurogenesis, ubiquitin, autism
Steward, Ruth

Steward, Ruth

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Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
steward@waksman.rutgers.edu
Stem cells, hematopoiesis,and epigenetic control of chromatin integrity in Drosophila
Stock, Ann

Stock, Ann

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Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
stock@cabm.rutgers.edu
Structure/function analysis of signal transduction proteins
Storch, Judith

Storch, Judith

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Professor
Department of Nutritional Sciences
storch@sebs.rutgers.edu
Cellular lipid transport, structure and function of lipid transport proteins, intestinal lipid transport and systemic energy metabolism
Su, Xiaoyang

Su, Xiaoyang

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Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
xs137@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Metabolomics, mass spectrometry, metabolic flux analysis
Suh, Nanjoo

Suh, Nanjoo

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Professor
Department of Chemical Biology
nsuh@pharmacy.rutgers.edu
Mechanistic study of cancer prevention & inflammation-natural/synthetic agents
Thakker-Varia, Smita

Thakker-Varia, Smita

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Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
varia@rutgers.edu
Neurotrophic factors and neuropeptides in neuronal development, traumatic brain injury and mood disorders
Thamatrakoln, Kim

Thamatrakoln, Kim

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Associate Research Professor
Marine Sciences
thamat@marine.rutgers.edu
Marine microbiology, molecular ecology, biogeochemistry
Tischfield, Jay A

Tischfield, Jay A

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Professor
Department of Genetics
jay@dls.rutgers.edu
Medical and human genetics: the genetics of somatic cells, mouse models for human diseases and genes for complex human genetic disorders
Tischfield, Max

Tischfield, Max

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Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
max.tischfield@rutgers.edu
Mouse models for craniofacial, neurovascular, and psychiatric disease
Tumer, Nilgun

Tumer, Nilgun

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Distinguished Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
tumer@sebs.rutgers.edu
Ribosome inactivating proteins, trichothecene mycotoxins, ribosome interactions, toxin mechanism of action, global responses to toxins

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