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FACULTY

The Genetics program offers students the opportunity to conduct doctoral dissertation research on the Stony Brook University campus, at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory or at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The research interests of our faculty may be categorized into the broad topics of:

  • Cancer Biology
  • Cell cycle, DNA replication, recombination and repair
  • Development
  • Eukaryotic cell biology and cell signaling
  • Genomics, computational and structural biology
  • Human Genetics and Gene Therapy
  • Microbial pathogenesis and gene therapy
  • Neurobiology and behavior
  • Population genetics and evolution
  • Regulation of gene expression
  • Plant Biology

Faculty Listed by Name

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Acosta-Martinez, Maricedes Assistant Professor
Neuroendocrine regulation of the hupothalamus-pituitary-gonad (HPG) axis
  Physiology & Biophysics
Aguirre, Adan Assistant Professor
Using endogenous NG2-progenitor cells ("neural stem cells") for cell-based replacement for a variety of brain pathologies
  Pharmacology
Anderson, Carl W. Senior Geneticist Emeritus
Cell cycle control and the cellular response to DNA damage
  Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bahou, Wadie Professor
Genetic disorders of hemostasis & thrombosis.
  School of Medicine, Hematology
Bell, Michael Professor
Patterns of morphological variation in time and space in the threespine stickleback fish, Gasterosteus aculeatus
  Ecology & Evolution
Benach, Jorge Distinguished Professor, Director, Center for Infectious Diseases
Pathogenesis of bacterial infections
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Bingham, Paul Associate Professor
Novel approaches to cancer chemotherapy; the biological basis of human origins, evolution and history.
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Bliska, James B. Professor
Molecular and cellular basis of bacterial-host cell interactions; pathogenesis.
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Bogenhagen, Daniel Professor
Mitochondrial molecular biology
  Pharmacology
Brown, Deborah Professor
Function of Lipid Rafts; Endocytosis
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Canli, Turhan Associate Professor
BioPsychology
Genetics Program Director
  Psychology
Carpino, Nicholas Assistant Professor
Positive and negative regulation of T cell receptor signaling
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Carter, Carol A. Professor
Retroviral viral assembly and post-assembly events
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Chen, Wen-Tien Professor
Regulation of tissue repair, cell adhesion and metastasis
  Department of Medicine
Citovsky, Vitaly Professor
Genetic transformation, intercellular transport and chromatin remodeling in plants
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Colognato, Holly Associate Professor
CNS myelination and repair
  Pharmacology
Crawford, Howard Associate Professor
Pancreatic Cancer and Metalloproteinases
  Pharmacology
Czaplinski, Kevin Assistant Professor
mRNA Trafficking and Localized Translation in the Cytoplasm
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Davalos, Liliana Assistant Professor
Environmental change and its relationship to phylogeny, population genetics, and biodiversity conservation
  Ecology & Evolution
Dean, Neta Professor
Protein Glycosylation
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Demple, Bruce Professor
Mechanisms and roles of human enzymes that repair oxidative (free radical) damage in DNA
  Pharmacology
Deutsch, Dale Professor
Molecular Neurobiology of Endocannabinoid Transmitters
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Dubnau, Josh   Associate Professor
Learning & Memory
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dunn, John J. Microbiologist
Genome signature tags, affibody antigens, zoonotic pathogens, lyme disease
  Brookhaven National Laboratory
Eanes, Walter Professor
Population Genetics
  Ecology & Evolution
Egeblad, Mikala Assistant Professor
microenvironment of tumors; intravital imaging; tumor-associated myeloid cells and breast cancer
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Enikolopov, Grigori Associate Professor
Signal transduction in neurons; development; gene expression; nitric oxide, stem cells
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Freimuth, Paul Associate Chairman, Biology Dept.
Virus-Receptor Interaction
  Brookhaven National Laboratory
Frohman, Michael M.D., Ph.D., Professor and MSTP Director
Lipid signaling, vesicle trafficking and fusion, mitochondrial fusion, myogenesis
  Pharmacology
Fu, Dax Assistant Professor
Transporting zinc across biomembranes, structural analyses of the molecular design of heavy metal transporters
  Brookhaven National Laboratory
Furie, Martha B. Professor
Inflammatory Reactions to Bacterial Pathogens
  Pathology
Futcher, A. Bruce Associate Professor
Cancer, cell cycle, cyclins, microarrays, computational biology, yeast genetics
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Ge, Shaoyu Assistant Professor
Functional integration of new neurons into brain circuits using molecular, cellular, in vitro/in vivo imaging, physiology and behavioral approaches
  Neuroscience
Gergen, J. Peter Professor
Transcriptional regulation in Drosophila
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Ghebrehiwet, Berhane Professor
Structure-function of C1q receptors and their role in infection, inflammation and cancer
  Department of Medicine
Gingeras, Thomas Professor
Genome-wide organization of transcription and the functional roles of non-protein coding RNAs
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Grollman, Arthur Distinguished Professor
Molecular Toxicology and Chemical Carcinogenesis
  Pharmacology
Hadjiargyrou, Michael Associate Professor
Molecular mechanisms of bone development and regeneration
  Biomedical Engineering
Hannon, Gregory Professor
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Hearing, Patrick Professor
Adenovirus regulation of cellular proliferation and gene expression; adenovirus vectors for human gene therapy
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Henn, Fritz Professor
Major depression; human imaging; animal models of depression; astrocytic cell function; role of neurogenesis
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Holdener, Bernadette Associate Professor
Role of ER proteins in patterning and differentiation of the the pre and early post-implantation mouse embryo
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Hollingsworth, Nancy Professor
Chromosome behavior in meiosis
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Huang, Z. Josh Professor
Neuroscience; experience-dependent development of the neocortex; mouse genetics; neurotrophins
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Jackson, David Professor
Developmental Biology
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Joshua-Tor, Leemor Professor
RNAi; Protien- Nucleic Acid Interactions; Structural Biology
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Ju, Jingfang Assistant Professor
Co-director of Translational Research Laboratory
Cancer genomics, translational control mediated by MiRNAs, Investigation of miRNAs as biomarkers in cancer diagnosis and prognosis
  Stony Brook University
Karzai, Wali Associate Professor
Structure and function of RNA-binding proteins and biochemical studies of the SmpB-SsrA quality control system
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Kaushansky, Kenneth, MD Dean, School of Medicine
Gene Expression, Growth Control, Hematopoesis, Megakaryocyte Development, Molecular Biology, Stem Cell Transplantation, Transplantation
  Stony Brook University
Kernan, Maurice Associate Professor
Mechanical senses in Drosophila; ciliary signaling
  Neurobiology & Behavior
Konopka, James Professor
Cell growth and development in yeast; G protein signal transduction
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Krainer, Adrian R. Professor
Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Kritzer, Mary Professor
Effects of the gonadal hormones on the structure, biochemistry, and function of the cerebral cortex.
  Neuroscience
Krug, Laurie Assistant Professor
Virus-host interactions during chronic gammaherpesvirus infection
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Lazebnik, Yuri Professor
Cancer, Apoptosis, Cell Fusion Viruses; Molecular mechanism of apoptosis
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Leatherwood, Janet Associate Professor
Cell cycle control of replication and gene expression, Control of Meiotic differentiation by pre-mRNA processing
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Lennarz, William J. Distinguished Professor
Biosynthesis and degradation of glycoproteins
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Li, Bo Assistant Professor
Neuroscience; glutamatergic synapse; synaptic plasticity; schizophrenia; depression; rodent models of psychiatric disorders
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Lin, Richard Z. Professor
Intracellular signaling molecules that regulate cell growth;
the physiological consequences of PI 3-kinase down regulation.
  Medicine and Physiology & Biophysics
Lowe, Scott Professor
Modulation of apoptosis; chemosensitivity; senescence by cancer genes
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Lucito, Robert Assistant Professor
Genome microarrays; copy number fluctuation; cancer genomics; amplification; deletion; oncogene; tumor suppressor
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
MacCarthy, Thomas Assistant Professor
Computational immunology, modeling somatic hypermutation in B cells. Evolutionary Systems Biology of gene regulatory networks.
  Applied Math & Statistics
Mackow, Erich Professor
Rotavirus and Hantavirus Genetics and Pathogenesis
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Malbon, Craig Professor
Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation in Differentiation and Development: Roles of G-Proteins
  Pharmacology
Marcu, Kenneth B. Professor
Roles of the NF-κB activating IKKs in innate and adaptive immunity and cancer; Mechanisms of action of AID in antibody class switching
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Martienssen, Robert Professor
Plant genetics; transposons; development; gene regulation; DNA methylation
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Martin, Benjamin Assistant Professor
The molecular basis of stem cell development and cancer pathogenesis
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
McCombie, Richard Professor
Genome structure; DNA sequencing; computational molecular biology; Human Genome Project
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Mendell, Nancy Professor
Biostatistics; statistical genetics
  Applied Math & Statistics
Mills, Alea Professor
Cancer Genetics: Functional genomics; tumorigenesis; development
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Moll, Ute Professor
Function and regulation of the p53 gene family in normal cells and cancer cells
  Pathology
Neiman, Aaron Associate Professor
Molecular Mechanisms of Spore Formation
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Powers, Scott Associate Professor
Cancer gene discovery; cancer diagnostics and therapeutics; cancer biology
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Reich, Nancy Professor
Signal Transduction and Activation of Gene Expression by Cytokines & Cellular Defense Responses to Viral Infection
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Rest, Joshua Assistant Professor
Computational, comparative, and experimental approaches to study how components of genotype and phenotype are linked together
  Ecology & Evolution
Rubin, Clinton Professor and Chair
Biophysical stimuli - (i.e., mechanical, electrical, temperature, magnetic, pressure) mediated growth, healing, and homeostasis of bone
  Biomedical Engineering
Schatz, Michael Assistant Professor
computational biology: Genomics; genome assembly & validation; sequence alignment; high performance and multicore computing; parallel algorithms; and cloud computing
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Seeliger, Markus Assistant Professor
Structural and Mechanistic studies of protein tyrosine kinases and ubiquitin ligases
  Pharmacology
Shroyer, Kenneth Professor, Chair of Pathology
Cancer biomarkers as diagnostic adjuncts in surgical pathology and cytopathology.
  Pathology
Sirotkin, Howard Associate Professor
Specification and patterning of the neural plate, vertebrate developmental genetics
  Neurobiology & Behavior
Smith, Steven O. Professor and Director of Structural Biology
Structure and Function of Membrane Proteins
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Sordella, Rafaella Assistant Professor
Molecular therapeutics; signal transduction
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Spector, David Professor
Cell biology; gene expression; nuclear structure; microscopy
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Stenlund, Arne Associate Professor
Papillomavirus; cancer; DNA replication
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Sternglanz, Rolf Distinguished Professor
Proteins and Enzymes Affecting Chromatin
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Stillman, Bruce President, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DNA replication; chromatin assembly; biochemistry; yeast genetics; cancer; cell cycle
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Takemaru, Ken-Ichi Associate Professor
Wnt Signaling in Development and Disease
  Pharmacology
Thanassi, David Professor
Secretion of bacterial virulence factors and their roles in pathogenesis
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Thomsen, Gerald Professor
The Transforming Growth Factor-ß (TGFß) Family in Embryonic Development.
  Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Timmermans, Marja Professor
Small RNA regulation, pattern formation, stem cell function, plant development
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Tonks, Nicholas Professor
Posttranslational modification; phosphorylation; phosphatases; signal transduction; protein structure and function
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Trotman, Lloyd Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of tumor suppression; cancer modeling and treatment; molecular cancer visualization; PTEN regulation
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
True, John Associate Professor
Evolutionary genetics in Drosophila
  Ecology & Evolution
Tsirka, Stella Professor
Neuronal-microglial interactions in health and disease

Tissue plasminogen activator in the mammalian hippocampus; Neuronal-microglial interactions in the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system

  Pharmacology
Van Aelst, Linda Professor
Signal transduction; Ras and Rho proteins; tumorigenesis; neuronal development
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Van der Velden, Ando Assistant Professor
The mammalian T cell response to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
White, Thomas Professor
Gap junctions in human genetic diseases
  Physiology & Biophysics
Wigler, Michael H. Professor
Genomics; cancer genes; signal transduction; yeast genetics; bioinformatics
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Wimmer, Eckard Distinguished Professor
Molecular biology of poliovirus replication and basis of picornaviral pathogenesis.
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Zachar, Zuzana Assistant Professor
Transposon biology, regulation of alternative splicing of mRNA and nuclear architecture, cancer chemotherapy
  Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Zhong, Yi Professor
Neurophysiology; Drosophila; learning and memory; neurofibromatosis; signal transduction
  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Zong, Wei-Xing Assistant Professor
Molecular regulation of apoptotic and necrotic cell death
  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

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