Faculty Directory

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Richard W. Padgett- Professor- Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry- Rutgers

Signal transductions, microRNAs in cancer, developmental biology, Drosophila and C. elegans -- Visit Dr. Padgett's Lab!

Zui Pan -Assistant Professor- Department of Physiology & Biophysics - UMDNJ

Calcium signaling in apoptosis and muscle functions

Nicola Partridge - Professor- Department of Physiology & Biophysics - UMDNJ

Signal transduction, molecular endocrinology, transcriptional regulation, metalloproteinases

Smita Patel - Professor- Department of Biochemistry- UMDNJ

Dynamics of molecular motors in genome replication and transcription

Henrik Pedersen- Professor- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering- Rutgers

Plant cell culture, chemical and biochemical fiber optic sensors, applications of biophotonics in bioprocess technology

Sidney Pestka- Professor- Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology & Immunology- UMDNJ

Receptors, signal transduction, interferons and cytokines, protein expression

George Pieczenik- Associate Professor- Department of Biochemistry- Rutgers

Theory of genotypic selection, nucleotide sequence analysis, combinatorial phage display, identification and characterization of non-pathogenic strains of HIV, temporal analysis of the land color phenomena

Daniel Pilch - Associate Professor- Department of Pharmacology - UMDNJ

Development of topoisomerase I-directed anticancer drugs, investigations of the structure and energetics of drug-RNA interactions

John E. Pintar- Professor- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology- UMDNJ

Insulin-like growth factors in early mammalian development, development of the pituitary gland

Vincenzo Pirrotta- Professor- Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry - Rutgers

Chromatin structure and dynamics, Polycomb silencing mechanisms, epigenetic mechanisms, developmental gene regulation, genomic programming, Drosophila genetics

Mark R. Plummer-  Professor- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience- Rutgers

Regulation of synaptic transmission


Arnold B. Rabson - Professor- Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology & Immunology - UMDNJ

Gene regulation in cancer, human retroviral infections

Mladen-Roko Rasin - Assistant Professor- Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology - UMDNJ

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neocortical circuit formation

Cordelia Rauskolb- Assistant Research Professor - Waksman Institute

Developmental biology, segmentation of growing tissues, molecular genetics of Drosophila leg development

Michael Reiss - Professor- Department of Medicine - UMDNJ

Role of transforming growth factor-ß(TGFß) in human cancer, targeting TGFß signaling as cancer therapy

Yacov Ron-  Professor- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology- UMDNJ

Cellular mechanism of autoimmunity and gene transfer approaches for treatment of autoimmune diseases

Christopher Rongo - Associate Professor- Department of Genetics- Rutgers

Synapse formation,glutamate receptors, cell polarity, PDZ proteins, CaM kinase II, learning and memory, C. elegans

Charles Roth- Associate Professor - Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering - Rutgers

Gene-based therapeutics; bioinformatics and systems biology; hepatocyte differentiation; novel strategies for treatment of brain tumors

Monica Roth - Professor - Department of Biochemistry - UMDNJ

Retroviruses: integration, reverse transcriptase, envelope proteins, gene therapy, targeted entry, structural studies

Hong Ruan - Assistant Professor - Department of Physiology & Biophysics - UMDNJ

Adipose tissue-secreted cytokines, adipocyte gene transcription, obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes

Loren W. Runnels - Assistant Professor-Department of Pharmacology- UMDNJ

Signal transduction, role of the channel-kinase TRPM7 in cell adhesion and motility, live cell imaging, confocal microscopy, biochemistry, electrophysiology - Visit Dr. Runnels' Homepage

Alexy G. Ryazanov -  Professor-Department of Pharmacology- UMDNJ

Novel protein kinases and signal transduction