Graduate Program in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Rongo, Christopher
- Christopher Rongo
- Professor
- Department: Department of Genetics
- Graduate Program(s): Cell & Developmental Biology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Aging, Apoptosis / autophagy, Gene regulation, Neuroscience, Organelle biology
- Research Techniques: Cell Biology, Fluorescent and super resolution microscopy, Genetics, Imaging, Transcriptomics
- Research Organism(s): C. elegans
- Phone: 1.8484450955
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- School of Arts and Sciences
- Division of Life Sciences
- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Room 124
- 190 Frelinghuysen Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020
- Key Words: C. elegans, mitochondria, neurons, synapses, hypoxia, ischemia, aging, ubiquitination, proteasome, proteostasis, autophagy, mitophagy
- Lab Site URL
- News Items: Five Rutgers Professors Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Schindler, Karen
- Karen Schindler
- Professor
- Department: Department of Genetics
- Graduate Program(s): Cell & Developmental Biology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Aging, Cell division / Cell cycle, Chromosome Biology, Cytoskeleton, Reproduction and Gametogenesis
- Research Techniques: Cell Biology, Fluorescent and super resolution microscopy, Genetics, Imaging
- Research Organism(s): Mice
- Rotation Faculty
- Phone: 1.8484452563
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- School of Arts and Sciences
- Division of Life Sciences
- Life Sciences Building, Room 222
- 145 Bevier Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: oocyte, aneuploidy, infertility, meiosis, mouse, aging
- Lab Site URL
- News Items: Rutgers M.D.-Ph.D. Candidate Wins American Medical Association’s National Research Competition, Why Do So Many Pregnancies and In Vitro Fertilization Attempts Fail?
Shen, Zhiyuan
- Zhiyuan Shen
- Professor
- Department: Department of Radiation Oncology
- Graduate Program(s): Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Cancer Biology, Cell division / Cell cycle, Chromosome Biology, DNA replication and repair, RNA / ribosome biology
- Research Techniques: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Cell culture, Genomics, Transcriptomics
- Research Organism(s): Cell lines, Humans, Mice
- Phone: 1.7322356101
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- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey CINJ
- 195 Little Albany Street
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1998
- Key Words: DNA repair, cancer biology, genomics, radiation biology
- Lab Site URL
Shumyatsky, Gleb
- Gleb Shumyatsky
- Professor
- Department: Department of Genetics
- Graduate Program(s): Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Behavior, Cytoskeleton, Gene regulation, Learning / memory, Neuroscience
- Research Techniques: Biochemistry, Genetic engineering, Imaging, Single Cell RNA Techniques, Transcriptomics
- Research Organism(s): Mice
- Phone: 1.8484451223
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- School of Arts and Sciences
- Division of Life Sciences
- Life Sciences Building, Room 322
- 145 Bevier Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: Genetics of fear memory, fear extinction and social/maternal behavior
- Lab Site URL
Singson, Andrew
- Andrew Singson
- Professor
- Department: Department of Genetics
- Graduate Program(s): Cell & Developmental Biology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Developmental Biology, Disease genetics, Reproduction and Gametogenesis, Signaling
- Research Techniques: Cell Biology, Fluorescent and super resolution microscopy, Genetic engineering, Genetics, Genomics
- Research Organism(s): C. elegans, Yeast
- Phone: 1.8484450836
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- School of Arts and Sciences
- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Room 123
- 190 Frelinghuysen Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020
- Key Words: Reproductive biology and Fertility Gene Discovery with the C. elegans model system
- Lab Site URL
- News Items: Twelve Rutgers Professors Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Two DLS Professors Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Soto, Martha C.
- Martha C. Soto
- Professor
- Department: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Graduate Program(s): Cell & Developmental Biology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Cytoskeleton, Developmental Biology, Disease genetics
- Research Techniques: Biophysics, Cell Biology, Fluorescent and super resolution microscopy, Genetics, Imaging
- Research Organism(s): C. elegans
- Phone: 1.7322354424
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- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- RWJMS Research Tower, Room 231
- 675 Hoes Lane West
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-8021
- Key Words: Cell Polarity, Embryonic Morphogenesis, Developmental Genetics, C. elegans
- Lab Site URL
Sun, Jennifer
- Jennifer Sun
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
- Graduate Program(s): Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Behavior, Developmental Biology, Microbiome, Neuroscience
- Research Techniques: Biochemistry, Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics
- Research Organism(s): Bacteria, Cell lines, Drosophila
- Rotation Faculty
- Phone: 1.8489325638
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- School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
- Lipman Hall, Room 218
- 76 Lipman Drive
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901-0231
- Key Words: Microbial symbiosis; Insect behavior; Chemosensation; Interkingdom communication
- Lab Site URL
Thamatrakoln, Kim
- Kim Thamatrakoln
- Associate Professor
- Department: Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
- Graduate Program(s): Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Cell stress / Cell death, Virology
- Research Techniques: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetic engineering, Imaging, Transcriptomics
- Research Organism(s): Bacteria, Viruses
- Phone: 1.8489323464
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- School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
- Marine and Coastal Sciences Building
- 71 Dudley Road
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8521
- Key Words: marine microbiology, oceanography, molecular ecophysiology
- Lab Site URL
Tischfield, Max
- 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
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- School of Arts and Sciences
- 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
Tumer, Nilgun
- Nilgun Tumer
- Distinguished Professor
- Department: Department of Plant Biology
- Graduate Program(s): Cell & Developmental Biology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Drug Discovery, Pathogenesis, RNA / ribosome biology, Structural Biology
- Research Techniques: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Cell culture, Genetics, Imaging
- Research Organism(s): Cell lines, in vitro, Yeast
- Phone: 1.8489326359
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- School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
- Foran Hall, Room 208B
- 59 Dudley Road
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520
- Key Words: toxin, ribosome inactivating protein, ricin, Shiga toxin, small molecule inhibitor, peptide inhibitor
- Lab Site URL
Verzi, Michael
- 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
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- School of Arts and Sciences
- 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
Welsh, William J
- William J. Welsh
- Distinguished Professor
- Department: Department of Pharmacology
- Graduate Program(s): Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology
- Major Research Interest(s): Drug Discovery
- Research Techniques: Bioinformatics / Computational, Biophysics, Protein Structure / Crystallography
- Research Organism(s): Humans, in silico, in vitro, Mice
- Phone: 1.6095774413
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- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- RWJMS Research Tower, Room R517
- 675 Hoes Lane West
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-8021
- Key Words: Computer-aided drug discovery, protein modeling, artificial intelligence, machine learning, drugs for treatment of pain, addiction and weight management
- News Items: Rutgers Advances Non-Opioid Solutions for Chronic Pain, Rutgers Researchers Receive Inaugural HealthAdvance™ Award To Develop First-in-Class Anti-Cancer Therapeutics
Woychik, Nancy
- Nancy Woychik
- 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): Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Pathogenesis, RNA / ribosome biology, Structural Biology
- Research Techniques: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics / Computational, Genomics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics
- Research Organism(s): Bacteria, Cell lines, Humans, in silico, in vitro
- Rotation Faculty
- Phone: 1.7322354534
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- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- RWJMS Research Building and School of Public Health, Room 282
- 683 Hoes Lane West
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-8021
- Key Words: Bacterial pathogenesis, antibiotic resistance, antibiotic development, non-coding RNAs, bacterial infectious diseases
- Lab Site URL
Xie, Ping
- Ping Xie
- Associate Professor
- Department: Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
- Graduate Program(s): Cell & Developmental Biology | Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Cancer Biology, Drug Discovery, Immunology, Microbiome, Pathogenesis
- Research Techniques: Bioinformatics / Computational, Genetic engineering, Metabolomics, Proteomics, Single Cell RNA Techniques
- Research Organism(s): Bacteria, Cell lines, Humans, Mice, Viruses
- Rotation Faculty
- Phone: 1.8484450802
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- School of Arts and Sciences
- Division of Life Sciences
- Nelson Biology Laboratories, Room B336
- 604 Allison Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-8000
- Key Words: Molecular mechanisms of immune regulation and cancer pathogenesis
- Lab Site URL
- News Items: Rutgers Scientists Reveal New Evidence of Key Mechanism in Alzheimer’s
Xing, Jinchuan
- Jinchuan Xing
- Professor
- Department: Department of Genetics
- Graduate Program(s): Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Computational Biology, Disease genetics, Reproduction and Gametogenesis
- Research Techniques: Bioinformatics / Computational, Genomics
- Research Organism(s): Humans, in silico
- Phone: 1.8484459663
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- School of Arts and Sciences
- Division of Life Sciences
- Life Sciences Building, Room 225
- 145 Bevier Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: Human genomics, mobile element biology, evolutionary and population genetics
- Lab Site URL
- News Items: Why Do So Many Pregnancies and In Vitro Fertilization Attempts Fail?
Yang, Jiekun (Jackie)
- Jiekun (Jackie) Yang
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Department of Genetics
- Graduate Program(s): Biochemistry | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Epigenetics/ Chromatin, Gene regulation, Immunology
- Research Techniques: Bioinformatics / Computational, Cell culture, Genomics, Single Cell RNA Techniques, Transcriptomics
- Research Organism(s): Cell lines, Humans, in silico, in vitro, Mice
- Rotation Faculty
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- School of Arts and Sciences
- Division of Life Sciences
- Life Sciences Building, Room 326
- 145 Bevier Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- Key Words: Computational Biology, Single-Cell & Spatial Genomics, Functional Genomics, Cancer Immunology, Neurodegeneration
- Lab Site URL
Zaratiegui Biurrun, Miguel (Mikel)
- 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
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- School of Arts and Sciences
- Division of Life Sciences
- Nelson Biology Laboratories, Room A139
- 604 Allison Road
- Piscataway, NJ 08854-8000
- Key Words: Transposons, RNAi, Heterochromatin, Mitochondria
Zhang, Xiyuan
- Xiyuan Zhang
- Assistant Professor
- Department: Department of Pediatrics
- Graduate Program(s): Cell & Developmental Biology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Epigenetics/ Chromatin, Gene regulation
- Research Techniques: Bioinformatics / Computational, Genetic engineering, Genomics, Single Cell RNA Techniques, Transcriptomics
- Research Organism(s): Cell lines, Humans, in vitro, Mice
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- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Rutgers Cancer Institute RCI, Room 3554
- 195 Little Albany Street
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1998
- Lab Site URL
Zheng, Steven X.F.
- X.F. Steven Zheng
- Professor
- Department: Department of Pharmacology
- Graduate Program(s): Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
- Major Research Interest(s): Cancer Biology, Drug Discovery, Signaling, Virology
- Research Organism(s): Cell lines
- Phone: 1.7322356879
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- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey CINJ, Room 3549
- 195 Little Albany Street
- New Brunswick, NJ 08903
- Key Words: Cancer Biology, Metabolic Stress, Nutrient Signaling, Targeted Therapy
- Lab Site URL

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