Graduate Program in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Graduate Program in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
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Abraira, Victoria
- Victoria Abraira
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
- Program(s): Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program
- Research Organisims: Mice
- Phone: 1.8484451786
- Email: va221@dls.rutgers.edu
- W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
- Nelson Lab
- 604 Allison Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: The Neurons and Circuits of the Somatosensory System
- Lab Site URL
- News Items: Researcher Who Studies the Sense of Touch Named Rita Allen Foundation Scholar
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Ahmed, Zeeshan
- Zeeshan Ahmed
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Department of Medicine
- Phone: 1.8489325866
- Email: zahmed@ifh.rutgers.edu
- Rutgers University Institute for Health
- 112 Paterson Street
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- Key Words: Precision medicine, disease biomarkers, metabolomics
- Lab Site URL
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An, Steven S.
- Steven S. An
- Professor
- Department: Department of Pharmacology
- Program(s): Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Graduate Program, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program
- Rotating Faculty
- Phone: 1.7322359132
- Email: sa1510@rbhs.rutgers.edu
- Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine & Science
- The Child Health Institute of NJ, Suite 4275
- 89 French Street
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- Key Words: GPCR, mechanotransduction, single-cell analysis, biophysics, asthma, cancer
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Androulakis, Ioannis
- Ioannis Androulakis
- Professor
- Department: Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Phone: 1.8484456561
- Email: ioannis.androulakis@rutgers.edu
- Rutgers University
- 98 Brett Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: Systems biology
- Lab Site URL
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Arnold, Edward
- Edward Arnold
- Distinguished Professor
- Department: Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
- Program(s): Biochemistry Graduate Program, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program
- Phone: 1.8484459777
- Email: arnold@cabm.rutgers.edu
- Rutgers University
- Center for Advanced Biotechnology & Medicine
- 679 Hoes Lane
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: HIV, AIDS, drugs, vaccines, crystallography, structural biology
- News Items: How to Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts, Research Reveals Structure of a Human Endogenous Reverse Transcriptase , Understanding the Structure of HIV Protein May Lead to Novel Treatments
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Babwah, Andy V
- Andy V. Babwah
- Associate Professor
- Department: Department of Pediatrics
- Phone: 1.7322359206
- Email: avb58@rwjms.rutgers.edu
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Clinical Academic Bldg, Room 7107
- 125 Paterson St.
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- Key Words: Reproduction, fertility, pregnancy, brain, uterus, embryo implantation, placenta
- News Items: Kisspeptin: A New Drug to Treat Liver Disease?
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Barber, Annika
- Annika F. Barber
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
- Program(s): Biochemistry Graduate Program, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program
- Rotating Faculty
- Email: annika.barber@waksman.rutgers.edu
- Rutgers University
- Waksman Institute, Room 234
- 190 Frelinghuysen Rd Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Piscataway. NJ 08854-0759
- Key Words: Neural signal integration in Drosophila behavioral circuits
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Barbet, Gaetan
- Gaetan Barbet
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Department of Pediatrics
- Phone: 1.7322350608
- Email: gb503@rwjms.rutgers.edu
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- The Child Health Institute of NJ, Rm 4274
- 89 French Street, Room 4220
- New Brunswick, NJ 08903
- Key Words: Mucosal Immunity, Antibody production, Calcium signaling, Response to pathogens and cell death
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Barr, Maureen
- Maureen M. Barr
- Distinguished Professor
- Department: Department of Genetics
- Program(s): Biochemistry Graduate Program, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program
- Rotating Faculty
- Phone: 1.8484451639
- Email: mmbarr@hginj.rutgers.edu
- Rutgers University
- Life Sciences Building, Room 324
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: Cilia cell biology, sensory behaviors, and modeling human genetic diseases in C. elegans
- Lab Site URL
- News Items: Once Called Cellular Debris, Tiny Bubbles May Play Key Role in Understanding, Treating Diseases
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Belanger, Faith
- Faith Belanger
- Associate Professor
- Department: Department of Plant Biology
- Phone: 1.8489326389
- Email: belanger@sebs.rutgers.edu
- School of Environmental & Biological Sciences
- Foran Hall, Room 304
- New Brunswick, NJ 08903
- Key Words: Plant pathology/molecular biology/biotechnology: turfgrass molecular biology; endophyte interaction, fungal endophyte/grass interaction
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Bergey, Christina
- Christina Bergey
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Department of Genetics
- Program(s): Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program
- Phone: 1.8484459628
- Email: christina.bergey@rutgers.edu
- Rutgers University
- Nelson Lab, room B416
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: Evolutionary genomics, population genomics, human evolution, rainforest hunter-gatherers, primates, vector biology
- Lab Site URL
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Bhanot, Gyan
- Gyan Bhanot
- Professor
- Department: Department of Physics & Astronomy & Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
- Phone: 1.8483917508
- Email: gyanbhanot@gmail.com
- Rutgers University
- 136 Frelinghuysen Rd.
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: Translational Medicine, Computational Biology
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Bhattacharya, Debashish
- Debashish Bhattacharya
- Distinguished Professor
- Department: Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology
- Phone: 1.8489326218
- Email: d.bhattacharya@rutgers.edu
- Rutgers University
- School of Environmental & Biological Sciences
- Foran Hall, Room 102
- New Brunswick, NJ 08903
- Key Words: Endosymbiosis, algal evolution, coral genomics and conservation, stress monitoring devices, tree of life, multi-omics methods
- News Items: How Did Red Algae Survive in Extreme Environments?, How to Identify Heat-Stressed Corals, New Study Sheds Light on Evolution of Photosynthesis, Red Algae Steal Genes from Bacteria to Cope with Environmental Stresses, Red Algae Thrive Despite Ancestor’s Massive Loss of Genes, Rutgers Researcher Uses Genomics and Gene Editing to Help Save Coral Reefs , Surprising Coral Spawning Features Revealed
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Bidle, Kay D
- Kay D. Bidle
- Professor
- Department: Department of Marine Sciences
- Program(s): Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program
- Major Research Interest(s): Virology
- Phone: 1.8489323467
- Email: bidle@marine.rutgers.edu
- Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences
- School of Environmental & Biological Sciences
- New Brunswick, NJ 08903
- Key Words: Marine microbiology, molecular ecology, biogeochemistry
- Lab Site URL
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Blaser, Martin J
- Martin J. Blaser
- Professor
- Department: Departments of Medicine & Pathology
- Phone: 1.8484459834
- Email: martin.blaser@cabm.rutgers.edu
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Room 106A
- CABM - 679 Hoes Lane
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: Human microbiome, early-life effects and mechanisms on disease development
- News Items: “Microbial Noah’s Ark” Initiative Should Move to Next Phase, Study Finds, Antibiotic Exposure in Children Under Age 2 Associated with Chronic Conditions, Antibiotics in Early Life Could Affect Brain Development, Babies at Risk for Diabetes May Have Microbiota Restored, Black, Latinx People Confident in COVID-19 Safety Precautions but Skeptical About Vaccines, COVID-19 Testing Kits Also Can Measure Oral Microbiome in Saliva, Early Exposure to Antibiotics Can Cause Permanent Asthma and Allergies, Gut Check Time, Gut Microbes Disturbed by COVID-19 Infection, Especially with Antibiotics, Health Care Workers Most at Risk for COVID-19, How to Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts, Immune Response to COVID-19 May Be Proportional to Illness Severity, Duration, Inexpensive Saline Solution Can Improve Speed, Effectiveness of COVID-19 Testing, Infant Antibiotic Exposure Can Affect Future Immune Responses Toward Allergies, International Organization Honors Renowned Rutgers Microbiologist , Martin J. Blaser to Receive Robert Koch Gold Medal for Contribution to Medicine, Microorganisms in Tumors May Help Identify New Approaches for Treating Pancreatic Cancer , Rutgers Awarded $5 Million Grant from NIH to Improve Access to COVID-19 Testing within Underserved and Vulnerable Communities, Rutgers Microbiologists’ Research Subject of Feature-Length Documentary, Rutgers to Test Whether Probiotics Can Increase Immune Protection Against COVID-19, The Climate Change Within: Missing Microbes and the Evolution of the Microbiome, The Hidden Reason Children Born by C-Section Are More Likely to Develop Asthma, Why People Overuse Antibiotics
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Boyd, Jeff
- Jeff Boyd
- Associate Professor
- Department: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
- Program(s): Biochemistry Graduate Program, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program
- Rotating Faculty
- Phone: 1.8489325604
- Email: jeffboyd@sebs.rutgers.edu
- Rutgers University
- School of Environmental & Biological Sciences
- Lipman Hall, Room 329
- 76 Lipman Drive
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901-0231
- Key Words: Bacterial pathogenesis, antibiotic resistance, metal ion homeostasis, molecular microbiology, oxidative stress, environmental sensing
- News Items: Scientists Discover Genes that Help Harmful Bacteria Thwart Treatment
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Breslauer, Kenneth J
- Kenneth J. Breslauer
- Professor
- Department: Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
- Phone: 1.8484453956
- Email: kjbdna@rci.rutgers.edu
- Linus C. Pauling Distinguished Professor
- Dean, Life Sciences
- Vice President, Health Science Partnerships
- Wright Labs
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: Drug-DNA interactions, DNA polymorphism, macroscopic and microscopic characterizations of inter- and intramolecular forces, biothermodynamics, DNA lesions and mechanisms of mutagenesis and repair, ligand-biopolymer recognition, rational drug design, DNA-based diagnostics and therapeutics
- News Items: Genetic Code Evolution and Darwin’s Evolution Theory Should Consider DNA an ‘Energy Code’
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Breslin, Paul
- Paul Breslin
- Professor
- Department: Department of Nutritional Sciences
- Phone: 1.8489326081
- Email: breslin@sebs.rutgers.edu
- School of Environmental & Biological Sciences
- Food Sciences Building
- 65 Dudley Road, Room 305
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- Key Words: Genetic basis of human oral perception and its impact on nutrient intake
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Brewer, Gary
- Gary Brewer
- Professor
- Department: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Program(s): Biochemistry Graduate Program, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Graduate Program, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program
- Phone: 1.7322353473
- Email: brewerga@rutgers.edu
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- 675 Hoes Lane
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635
- Key Words: Post-transcriptional control of gene expression in cancer, immune responses, and congestive heart failure
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Brill, Steven J
- Steven J. Brill
- Professor
- Department: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
- Phone: 1.8484459863
- Email: brill@cabm.rutgers.edu
- Rutgers University
- CABM - 679 Hoes Lane
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: DNA replication, DNA repair, DNA helicase, genetic analysis, genome stability, protein purification, yeast
