Faculty Directory

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

Signal transduction, trafficking of TGFß, microRNAs in cancer, developmental biology, C. elegans and Drosophila

Zhiping Pang - Assistant Professor- Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology - UMDNJ

Mechanisms of synaptic regulation: From stem cell to the brain

Kenneth Paradiso -Assistant Professor- Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience - Rutgers

Pre- and postsynaptic physiology at the calyx of Held

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

Calcium signaling in apoptosis and muscle functions

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

Andrzej Z. Pietrzykowski - Assistant Professor- Department of Animal Sciences - Rutgers

MicroRNA, non-coding RNA in adaptation and addiction

Daniel Pilch - Professor- Department of Pharmacology - UMDNJ

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

Sharon R. Pine - Assistant Professor - Department of Medicine - UMDNJ

Asymmetric cell division; self-renewal; Notch signaling pathway; tumor-microenvironment 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

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  

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