About the School Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology -
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Faculty

Chairman

Sidney Pestka, M.D.
Chairman and Professor
(732) 235-4567
pestka@umdnj.edu

Interferons, cytokines, receptors and signal transduction - from basic science to therapy of cancer, viral diseases, multiple sclerosis and other maladies.

All Faculty

Gary Brewer, Ph.D.
Professor
(732) 235-3379
brewerga@umdnj.edu

Identification and analyses of cis- and trans-acting factors controlling mRNA decay in cancer, heart disease and immune responses.

Paul R. Copeland, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
(732) 235-4670
paul.copeland@umdnj.edu

Regulation of gene expression at the translational level, incorporation and utilization of selenocysteine.

Joseph Dougherty, Ph.D.
Professor
(732) 235-4588
doughejp@umdnj.edu

Retroviral replication and the design and use of retroviral vectors for somatic cell gene therapy.

Terri Goss Kinzy, Ph.D.
Professor
(732) 235-5450
kinzytg@umdnj.edu

Analysis of protein synthesis mechanisms and regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Jerome A. Langer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(732) 235-5224
langer@umdnj.edu

Ligand specificity of the Type I interferon receptor in terms of interactions between various interferons and the subunits of the receptor.

Michael Leibowitz, M.D.
Professor
(732) 235-4795
michael.leibowitz@umdnj.edu

Prion-like element that regulates viral gene expression in yeast; inhibitors of splicing by group I intron ribozymes.

Honghua Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(732) 235-7330
holi@umdnj.edu

Genetic basis of breast cancer by microdissecting individual invasive carcinoma components and human immunoglobulin VH gene complex diversification.

Lab Website

Michael Newlon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
(732) 235-5448
mnewlon@umdnj.edu

Academic curriculum development and instruction. Director of Medical Genetics Course.

Course Website

Arnold B. Rabson, M.D.
Professor
(732) 235-5368
rabson@mbcl.rutgers.edu

Role of NF-[kappa]B transcription factors in humane cancer. Gene regulation of human retroviral infection.

Yacov Ron, Ph.D.
Professor
(732) 235-5284
yron@umdnj.edu

Prevention and treatment of autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) by the induction of clonal anergy to encephalitogenic determinants of myelin basic protein (MBP).

Aaron Shatkin, Ph.D.
Professor
(732) 235-5311
shatkin@cabm.rutgers.edu

mRNA 5'-capping and its effects on eukaryotic cellular and viral gene expression.

Yufang Shi, Ph.D.
Professor
(732) 235-4501
shiyu@umdnj.edu

Apoptosis and immune responses.

Victor Stollar, M.D.
Vice-Chairman, Professor
(732) 235-4596
stollar@umdnj.edu

Replication of mosquito-transmitted RNA viruses in the families Togaviridae and Flavividae; viral genetics, host-range viral mutants; expression and characterization of virus-coded methyltransferases.

Nancy Woychik, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(732) 235-4534
nancy.woychik@umdnj.edu

Lab website

RNA polymerases and transcription regulation in cancer and other diseases; Alterations in host cell transcription upon smallpox virus infection; Chlamydia infection and heart disease.

Emeritus Faculty

Donald T. Dubin, M.D
Emeritus Professor

William A. Strohl, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor

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