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Astrof, Sophie |
Molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways in cardiovascular development and remodeling. |
Bell, Samantha |
Innate immune detection and control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; cell biology and bacterial genetics of macrophage-Mtb interactions |
Bellofatto, Vivian |
Analysis of gene expression in eukaryotic organisms that include pathogens. |
Benevenia, Joseph |
Our department provides exposure to a myriad of musculoskeletal investigations including molecular signaling, tissue engineering, enhancement of bone healing, m |
Berlin, Joshua |
P-type active ion transporters: ion transport mechanism and roles in disease processes. Cellular mechanisms underlying acute traumatic brain injury. |
Bhanot, Purnima |
We study the molecular mechanisms in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium and its mammalian host that regulate the parasite's development in the host liver. |
Birge, Raymond |
We are interested in the signaling pathways by which normal cells become malignant through the activation of oncogenes. |
Christakos, Sylvia |
The object of research in the Christakos lab is to obtain a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of action of vitamin D |
Diehl, Scott |
We study millions of genetic polymorphisms from arrays or next generation sequencing to reveal the causes of individual differences in disease risk and response |
Douglas, Nataki |
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Dubnau, David |
We work on the control of developmental processes in bacteria, including competence, sporulation and biofilm formation and on DNA transport for transformation. |
Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Patricia |
Our lab focuses on innate immune responses to human viral pathogens. Current work is centered on the basic and clinical biology of plasmacytoid dendritic cells, |
Fraidenraich, Diego |
We study pluripotent stem cell based repair of cardiac and skeletal muscle defects using mouse models of human disease. |
Freundlich, Joel |
We study with chemical tools how pathogens, such as M. tuberculosis, adapt to life within the host and, in turn, how the host responds to the infection. |
Gennaro, Maria |
(1) Remodeling of M. tuberculosis transcriptome during infection. (2) Mutual signaling between macrophage and pathogen. (3) Immune biomarkers of tuberculosis. |
Goldman, Emanuel |
With PI Wlodek Mandecki , our research has shifted to using genetically engineered EF-Tu to identify a new sub-class of antibiotics. |
Herbig, Utz |
My laboratory studies telomere dysfunction, cellular senescence, and the role of cellular senescence in cancer and aging. |
Hilfiker, Sabine |
Molecular mechanisms underlying Parkinson´s disease, determination of pathological cell biologial events and signaling cascades to uncover disease-modifying targets and strategies. |
Hou, Pingping |
Understand the resistance mechanisms of anti-KRAS therapy and develop cell therapy in pancreatic cancer. |
Kaback, David |
The Kaback Lab investigates chromosome structure and function using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We are most interested in how chromosomes function during meiosis |
Kim, Hee-Sook |
My lab studies how Trypanosoma brucei, the causative parasite of African sleeping sickness, escapes the host immune response by switching its surface coat protein." |
Kotenko, Sergei |
Research is focused on cytokine-mediated regulation of the immune response to infections and pathologies such as cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases |
Kramer, Fred |
Our laboratory has designed novel nucleic acid molecules and developed experimental techniques for extremely sensitive and specific molecular diagnostic assays. |
Lambert, Muriel |
Genomic instability and cancer predisposition diseases; the hematological disorder, Fanconi anemia, and the role defective DNA repair plays in this disorder |
Liu, Dongfang |
Immunobiology of NK and CTLs, with a focus on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) cells, CAR immunotherapy, and HIV-specific CTLs in chronic HIV and its related malignancies |
Li, Hong |
My lab aims to develop mass spectrometry technologies to study the role of protein post-translational modifications and protein-protein interactions in regulation. |
Lukac, David |
Regulation of reactivation of oncogenic herpesviruses. Signal transduction and transcriptional responses. Host-virus interactions. |
Lutz, Carol |
We are interested in how eukaryotic gene expression regulation (e.g.COX-2) can be accomplished by RNA processing, alt polyadenylation, miRNAs & stability |
Mathews, Michael |
Regulation of gene expression - transcription and translation; viruses (especially HIV) and cancer; drug therapy; molecular and bioinformatic approaches. |
Mitrofanova, Antonina |
My laboratory develops computational algorithms to elucidate genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in oncology and to identify optimal treatment strategies for cancer patients. Our goal is to build a panel of markers to predict patients at risk of treatment resistance, with further advice on their optimal therapeutic course. |
Neiditch, Matthew |
X-ray crystallographic, biochemical, and genetic studies of bacterial signaling. Rational design of antimicrobial compounds. |
O'Connor, James |
We study how inflammation and the innate immune response regulate tissue regeneration with a particular emphasis on lipid mediators and bone regeneration. |
Olarerin-George, Anthony |
Discovering the function and regulation of RNA chemical modifications in the cell using biochemical, molecular and computational biology approaches. |
Park, Yongkyu |
Regulation of longevity by Imd and Loco signaling pathways in fruitflies |
Parveen, Nikhat |
To understand the molecular basis of pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lyme disease causing Borrelia burgdorferi and syphilis causing Treponema pallidum. |
Perlin, David |
The Perlin lab is interested in mechanisms of antifungal drug resistance, rapid detection of drug resistant bloodstream and respiratory pathogens in high-risk p |
Petrou, Vasileios |
Structural studies of membrane enzymes and receptors relevant to antibiotic resistance or human physiology and pathology using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. |
Rogers, Melissa |
Studies of transcriptional & post-transcriptional Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 gene regulation as relevant to embryogenesis, cancer, & vascular calcification. |
Rohacs, Tibor |
Structure and function studies on Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) and mechanically activated Piezo ion channels. |
Routh, Vanessa |
Mechanisms by which the brain senses and responds to peripheral nutrient homeostasis and associated dysfunction during obesity, diabetes and disease anorexia |
Suzuki, Carolyn |
Mitochondrial biogenesis and apoptosis Mitochondrial ATP-dependent proteases & chaperones Inhibitors to these proteases & chaperones to treat human disease |
Tsiagbe, Vincent |
Endogenous retrovirus superantigen in B cell lymphoma; Human endogenous retroviruses in human cancer; Immunologic basis of periodontal disease & bone resorption |
Tyagi, Sanjay |
We study the intracellular dynamics of mRNA synthesis and localization. |
Whitehead, Ian |
My laboratory is investigating new treatment modalities for CML. This is a hematopoietic stem cell disorder that accounts for about 25% of all leukemias. |
Wieder, Robert |
Our laboratory studies the mechanisms of dormancy and resistance to chemotherapy in breast cancer cells that metastasize to the bone marrow. |
Wood, Teresa |
Signaling pathways regulating neural and mammary epithelial stem/progenitor cells in normal development, diseases and injury. |
Yang, Jason |
Molecular mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and treatment efficacy for chronic and infectious diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, heart failure) using systems biology approaches |
Zhao, Xilin |
Bacterial stress response network, a novel, gas-based therapy for tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance in general, and quinolone mechanisms of action and resi |
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Abdellatif, Maha |
Alternations of bioenergetics and genome-wide transcriptional factors in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. |
Ahn, Hyung Jin |
Cerebrovascular dysfunction is one of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Our lab is interested in the crosstalk between the cerebrovascular system and the nervous system in AD pathogenesis. |
Astrof, Sophie |
Molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways in cardiovascular development and remodeling. |
Babu, Gopal |
Research interests are studying (1) the abnormal Ca2+ handling in the pathogenesis of atrial arrhythmias and (2) the proteasome activation in cardiac pathology. |
Bartlett, Paula |
Mechanisms which elicit and maintain hormone-induced Ca2+ oscillations in the liver, and the role Ca2+ dysfunction plays in the pathogenesis of disease states such as alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. |
Beck, Kevin |
Stress/anxiety vulnerability, neuroendocrinology of sex differences in stress responsiveness and learning, neural basis of avoidance behavior. |
Berlin, Joshua |
P-type active ion transporters: ion transport mechanism and roles in disease processes. Cellular mechanisms underlying acute traumatic brain injury. |
Beuve, Annie |
NO-cGMP signaling with biochemistry and integrative physiology tools. This pathway is critical for synaptic plasticity and regulation of blood pressure. |
Bocarsly, Miriam |
Brain circuitry underlying naturally rewarding behaviors, such as food consumption, and how it is affected in instances of obesity. |
Boukrina, Olga |
Behavioral and physiological research to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of stroke-related impairments in reading and spatial processing. |
Carcea, Ioana |
How mammals process social information, and the neuronal mechanisms by which this information impacts brain states, neuronal plasticity and behavior. |
Chitravanshi, Vineet |
Central control of cardiovascular and respiratory functions, identification of neurotransmitters in different cardiovascular and respiratory reflex mechanisms. |
Christakos, Sylvia |
The object of research in the Christakos lab is to obtain a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of action of vitamin D. |
Citron, Bruce |
Health of neurons in the CNS, dysregulation tipping the status to neurodegeneration in traumatic brain injury and Gulf War illness, and transcription factors that can be targeted to achieve neuroprotection. |
D'Adamio, Luciano |
Molecular mechanisms causing neurodegenerative disorders, characterization of new drug targets and development of lead compounds showing disease modifying activity. |
De Lorenzo, Mariana |
Effects of energy balance on aging, tumor microenvironment and progression. |
Del Re, Dominic |
Novel signaling pathways mediating heart injury following ischemic stress. HIPPO signaling in multiple cardiac cell types. |
Delic, Vedad |
Mechanisms of progressive neuronal loss in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries (r-mTBI). Determining the biological link between r-mTBI and increased risk for PD. |
Diehl, Scott |
Genetic polymorphisms from arrays or next generation sequencing to reveal the causes of individual differences in disease risk and response. |
Duran, Walter |
Signaling mechanisms that regulate microvascular transport in health and disease. Signaling cascades associated with eNOS-derived nitric oxide. |
Elkabes, Stella |
The molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal degeneration and protection in animal models of multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury are investigated. |
Ferraris, Ronaldo |
The role of epithelial cell differentiation in modulating sensing of nutrients and gut microbiota; intestinal responses to probiotics; oxidative stress from sugars |
Falvo, Michael |
Dyspnea, Exercise intolerance, Clinical exercise physiology, Cardiopulmonary function and assessment, Environmental and occupational exposure |
Fraidenraich, Diego |
Pluripotent stem cell based repair of cardiac and skeletal muscle defects using mouse models of human disease. |
Gaspers, Lawrence |
Role of Ca2+ signaling in regulating mitochondrial physiology and pathophysiology, and how adaptations in Ca2+ homeostasis may contribute to the onset and development of liver diseases. |
Gunal, Ozlem |
Molecular mechanisms affecting neuronal function and plasticity in rodent models of neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism, intellectual disability, and addiction behavior. |
Harris, Andrew |
Structure-function of connexin channels and the roles they play in physiology & pathology, utilizing biophysical, biochemical, genetic and cellular approaches. |
Hilfiker, Sabine |
Molecular mechanisms underlying Parkinson´s disease, determination of pathological cell biologial events and signaling cascades to uncover disease-modifying targets and strategies. |
Hu, Huijuan |
Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels in nociception, peripheral and central mechanisms of pain sensitization. |
Levison, Steven |
Regeneration of the CNS after pediatric stroke and traumatic injuries by understanding how to expand resident neural stem cells and coordinate a regenerative response to injury. |
Li, Hong |
Development of mass spectrometry technologies to study the role of protein post-translational modifications and protein-protein interactions in regulation. |
Lin, Sheldon |
Ortho bone regeneration medicine: focus on stem cell, growth factor and systems in several models (long bone, fracture, fusion) of normal/impaired Diabetes mellitus. |
Liu, Dongfang |
Immunobiology of NK and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-NK, focusing on immunological synapse, CAR immunotherapy, and HIV-specific CTLs in chronic HIV and its related malignancies |
Muresan, Virgil |
Molecular mechanisms that operate in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and ALS, with a focus on abnormalities in axonal transport |
Myers, Catherine |
Our lab conducts research on learning and memory, and how it is disrupted following injury or disease. |
Olarerin-George, Anthony |
Discovering the function and regulation of RNA chemical modifications in the cell using biochemical, molecular and computational biology approaches. |
Pan, Ying-Xian |
Understand molecular and cellular mechanisms of mu opioid receptor actions and development of novel opioid analgesics |
Parveen, Nikhat |
Molecular basis of pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lyme disease causing Borrelia burgdorferi and syphilis causing Treponema pallidum. |
Petrou, Vasileios |
Structural studies of membrane enzymes and receptors relevant to antibiotic resistance or human physiology and pathology using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. |
Rogers, Melissa |
Studies of transcriptional & post-transcriptional Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 gene regulation as relevant to embryogenesis, cancer, & vascular calcification. |
Rohacs, Tibor |
Regulation of heat- and cold-activated TRP and mechanically-activated Piezo ion channels in sensory neurons, and their roles in somatosensory touch, pain and itch. |
Rohowsky-Kochan, Christine |
Mechanisms that regulate immune responses and strategies to manipulate these responses in autoimmunity and neurological diseases. |
Routh, Vanessa |
Mechanisms by which the brain senses and responds to peripheral nutrient homeostasis and associated dysfunction during obesity, diabetes and disease anorexia |
Sadoshima, Junichi |
Cardiovascular biology; signal transduction mechanisms in the cardiovascular system; stem cells. |
Saleh, Soha |
Dr. Saleh studies underlying mechanisms of neuromuscular function, specifically neural networks involved in motor learning and control, and neuroplasticity after injury and in response to rehabilitation interventions. |
Sayed, Danish |
Molecular cardiology; transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms of gene regulation in cardiovascular systems. |
Serrador, Jorge |
Cerebral blood flow regulation and the role of the vestibular system in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular control. Enhancing neural systems using stochastic resonance. Sex differences in human physiology. |
Shimizu, Emi |
Molecular and physiological mechanisms regulating tertiary dentin formation, as well as pulp regeneration technology using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) and oral stem cells. |
Shirokov, Roman |
To understand how ion channels sense transmembrane voltage, we analyze structure-function relationships in sodium and calcium channels. We also develop novel bioinformatics algorithms to predict effects of site-directed mutations and naturally occurring variants. |
Siracusa, Mark |
Early cellular and molecular events that promote inflammation in the context of protective immunity to helminths and allergic disease. |
Stephens, Robin |
Systemic Inflammation and the Neuro-Glial-Vascular unit. Mechanisms of neuroinflammation and sickness behavior in Cerebral Malaria including glial surveillance and neuroprotection and the roles of vascular congestion, neural hyperexcitability and seizure susceptibility in cerebral malaria pathogenesis. |
Sugimoto, Katsunori |
Cellular DNA damage response, telomere maintenance, cell senescence and transcriptional control. |
Tambini, Marc D. |
The Tambini Lab is focused on understanding the normal function of the Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP), the effect of Alzheimer's Disease-associated APP mutations on the function of APP as it relates to the content, target, and function of APP-containing extracellular vesicles. To accomplish this research goals, we use cellular and knock-in rat models of AD, combined with biochemical, cell biological, and histological approaches. |
Tao, Yuan-Xiang |
Molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie chronic pain and opioid-induced analgesic tolerance and hyperalgesia. |
Thomas, Andrew |
Endocrine regulation of metabolism; calcium signal transduction in liver, heart & brain; mitochondria and cell injury; signaling in malaria; live cell imaging |
Tyagi, Sanjay |
Intracellular dynamics of mRNA synthesis and localization. |
Vatner, Dorothy |
Cellular and molecular signal transduction mechanisms in the cardiovascular system |
Whitehead, Ian |
New treatment modalities for CML. This is a hematopoietic stem cell disorder that accounts for about 25% of all leukemias. |
Wood, Teresa |
Signaling pathways regulating neural and mammary epithelial stem/progenitor cells in normal development, diseases and injury. |
Xie, Lai-hua |
Electrophysiology and Calcium handling in the heart; Cardiac remodeling and mechanisms of arrhythmias in experimental and natural animal models. |
Xu, Ying |
Molecular mechanisms by which epigenetics, environmental and lifestyle factors affect risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and neuropsychiatric disorders. Specific research interests include the role of epigenetic modification and mitochondrial phosphodiesterases (PDEs) in AD and dementias. |
Yang, Jason |
Systems and syntheteic biology of chronic and infectious disease. Computational modeling, machine learning, quantitative microscopy, genetic engineering. |
Zarbin, Marco |
Developing cell-based therapy for degenerative retinal disease, including age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness |
Zhai, Peiyong |
Signaling mechanisms of cardiac myocyte growth and death; and establishing and characterizing animal models of cardiovascular diseases. |
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Alland, David |
We have been working to develop a "molecular blood culture" to rapidly identify all common medical pathogens from blood samples, without the need for conventional culture methods. |
Beaulieu, Aimee |
NK cell development and function in viral infection. |
Bell, Samantha |
Innate immune detection and control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; cell biology and bacterial genetics of macrophage-Mtb interactions |
Bellofatto, Vivian |
Analysis of gene expression in eukaryotic organisms that include pathogens. |
Benevenia, Joseph |
Our department provides exposure to a myriad of musculoskeletal investigations including molecular signaling, tissue engineering, and enhancement of bone healing. |
| Bergsbaken, Tessa Assistant Professor tb553@njms.rutgers.edu |
Tissue-resident memory lymphocyte differentiation and function during infection and malignancy. |
| Bessman, Nicholas Assistant Professor & Chancellor Scholar nb757@connect.rutgers.edu |
Molecular interactions between the microbiota and the immune system, particularly in the context of inflammatory diseases like IBD and cancer. |
Bhanot, Purnima |
We study the molecular mechanisms in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium and its mammalian host that regulate the parasite's development in the host liver. |
Birge, Raymond |
We are interested in the signaling pathways by which normal cells become malignant through the activation of oncogenes. |
Chan, John |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: immunity, immune evasion, latency and reactivation. |
| Chang, Li Yun Associate Professor changth@njms.rutgers.edu |
The role of innate immunity in HIV transmission in the setting of sexually transmitted infection; HIV-human peritoneal macrophage interaction. |
Christakos, Sylvia |
The object of research in the Christakos lab is to obtain a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of action of vitamin D. |
Cugini, Carla |
Molecular mechanisms that govern the in vivo inter- and intra-species interactions within the oral cavity and impact on the host response. |
Dartois, Veronique |
Research activities focus on the pharmacokinetics, efficacy, tissue distribution and imaging of TB drugs, in animal models and in new in vitro assays. |
Diehl, Scott |
We study millions of genetic polymorphisms from arrays or next generation sequencing to reveal the causes of individual differences in disease risk and response |
Douglas, Nataki |
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Dubnau, David |
We work on the control of developmental processes in bacteria, including competence, sporulation and biofilm formation and on DNA transport for transformation. |
Edelblum, Karen |
Immune/epithelial interactions in gastrointestinal infection and inflammation. |
Elkabes, Stella |
The molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal degeneration and protection in animal models of multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury are investigated. |
Falvo, Michael |
Human cardiopulmonary and bioenergetic responses to environmental stressors |
Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Patricia |
Our lab focuses on innate immune responses to human viral pathogens. Current work is centered on the basic and clinical biology of plasmacytoid dendritic cells, |
Fraidenraich, Diego |
We study pluripotent stem cell based repair of cardiac and skeletal muscle defects using mouse models of human disease. |
Freundlich, Joel |
We study with chemical tools how pathogens, such as M. tuberculosis, adapt to life within the host and, in turn, how the host responds to the infection. |
Gause, William |
Macrophage function during the type 2 immune response and its role in controlling inflammation and mediating resistance. |
Gennaro, Maria |
(1) Remodeling of M. tuberculosis transcriptome during infection. (2) Mutual signaling between macrophage and pathogen. (3) Immune biomarkers of tuberculosis. |
Goldman, Emanuel |
With PI Wlodek Mandecki , our research has shifted to using genetically engineered EF-Tu to identify a new sub-class of antibiotics. |
Hou, Pingping |
Understand the resistance mechanisms of anti-KRAS therapy and develop cell therapy in pancreatic cancer. |
Humayun, M. Zafri |
Fidelity of DNA replication |
Kaback, David |
The Kaback Lab investigates chromosome structure and function using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We are most interested in how chromosomes function during meiosis |
Kachlany, Scott |
Our research focuses on the use of a bacterial protein for the treatment of white blood cell diseases. |
Kadouri, Daniel |
Interaction of biofilms and predatory prokaryotes. |
Kim, Hee-Sook |
My lab studies how Trypanosoma brucei, the causative parasite of African sleeping sickness, escapes the host immune response by switching its surface coat protein." |
Kotenko, Sergei |
Research is focused on cytokine-mediated regulation of the immune response to infections and pathologies such as cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases |
Kotsakis , Georgios |
The Translational Periodontal Research Lab focuses on human-centered oral mucosal immunity research using traditional and cutting edge multi-omics modes of investigation to identify how host-microbiome interactions affect healthy tissue homeostasis. |
Kramer, Fred |
Our laboratory has designed novel nucleic acid molecules and developed experimental techniques for extremely sensitive and specific molecular diagnostic assays. |
Kumamoto, Yosuke |
We study the role of dendritic cells and macrophages in inflammation and immunity. |
Levison, Steven |
Effects of maternal inflammation on the resident neural stem cells and progenitors of the developing brain. |
Liu, Dongfang |
Immunobiology of NK and CTLs, with a focus on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) cells, CAR immunotherapy, and HIV-specific CTLs in chronic HIV and its related malignancies |
Lukac, David |
Regulation of reactivation of oncogenic herpesviruses. Signal transduction and transcriptional responses. Host-virus interactions. |
Lunsford, Keri E. |
We are evaluating the cellular basis for immune dysfunction in cirrhotic patients and how if affects mortality and the development of infections following liver transplant. |
Lutz, Carol |
We are interested in how eukaryotic gene expression regulation (e.g.COX-2) can be accomplished by RNA processing, alt polyadenylation, miRNAs & stability |
Mathews, Michael |
Regulation of gene expression - transcription and translation; viruses (especially HIV) and cancer; drug therapy; molecular and bioinformatic approaches. |
Neiditch, Matthew |
X-ray crystallographic, biochemical, and genetic studies of bacterial signaling. Rational design of antimicrobial compounds. |
O'Connor, James |
We study how inflammation and the innate immune response regulate tissue regeneration with a particular emphasis on lipid mediators and bone regeneration. |
Parker, Dane |
We study host-pathogen interactions between Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii and the host innate immune pathways that they activate. |
Parveen, Nikhat |
To understand the molecular basis of pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lyme disease causing Borrelia burgdorferi and syphilis causing Treponema pallidum. |
Petrou, Vasileios |
Structural studies of membrane enzymes and receptors relevant to antibiotic resistance or human physiology and pathology using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. |
Pinter, Abraham |
Understanding the basis for the inability of the immune system to control HIV and identifying new targets and approaches to an effective vaccine. |
Rajsbaum, Ricardo |
Host-virus interactions and innate immunity. We focus on the regulation of innate immune pathways and virus replication by ubiquitination, with special interest on Influenza, SARS-CoV-2, Zika and Ebola |
Ramasubbu, Narayanan |
Structural biology of proteins involved in oral diseases and biofilm degradation |
Rivera-Medina, Amariliz |
Our research interest is centered in understanding the development of CD4 T cell responses to the opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. |
Rodriguez, Gloria |
M. tuberculosis (Mtb) iron acquisition, adaptive response of Mtb to iron-deficiency, development of anti-Mtb therapies. |
Rohowsky-Kochan, Christine |
Cytokines; IL-17/IL-23 axis: T regulatory cells; neuroscience; neuroimmunology; multiple sclerosis; autism |
Routh, Vanessa |
Mechanisms by which the brain senses and responds to peripheral nutrient homeostasis and associated dysfunction during obesity, diabetes and disease anorexia |
Salgame, Padmini |
Unraveling immune protective mechanisms against Tuberculosis is axial to the research projects of the Salgame laboratory. |
Shimizu, Emi |
Effect of diabetes on dental stem cell machinery to heal tooth injury. Tooth regeneration using iPS cells or oral mucosa stem cells. |
Siracusa, Mark |
My lab investigates the early cellular and molecular events that promote inflammation in the context of protective immunity to helminths and allergic disease. |
Spolarics, Zoltan |
We study the effect of genetic variability on the inflammatory response focusing on X-linked genes and the role of cellular X chromosome mosaicism. |
Stephens, Robin |
Adaptive Immunity and Immunopathology. Immunology: T cell activation, function: cytokines and B cell help, and memory differentiation. Cytokine-induced pathology of Brain: neuro-glial-vascular unit in cerebral malaria, and Lungs: immunoregulation in COVID-19. |
Studzinski, George |
Cancer therapy translational studies of signaling networks that integrate control of cell cycle, apoptosis and vitamin D-induced leukemia cell differentiation. |
Subbian, Selvakumar |
Dr. Subbian’s lab investigates the host immune responses in tuberculosis using mouse, guinea pig and rabbit models as well as in vitro systems. |
Sugimoto, Katsunori |
Our laboratory studies cellular DNA damage response, telomere maintenance, cell senescence and transcriptional control. |
Thomas, Andrew |
Endocrine regulation of metabolism; calcium signal transduction in liver, heart & brain; mitochondria and cell injury; signaling in malaria; live cell imaging |
Tsiagbe, Vincent |
Endogenous retrovirus superantigen in B cell lymphoma; Human endogenous retroviruses in human cancer; Immunologic basis of periodontal disease & bone resorption |
Weinstein, Jason |
Examination of how different T cells and B cells are regulated in autoimmunity compared to infections; understanding the factor(s) that promote and maintain pathogenic T and B cells in autoimmunity. |
Wiesner, Darin |
The Wiesner lab investigates how stromal tissues in the lung provide "context" to inflammation, thereby shaping and sustaining CD4+ T cell responses to fungal allergens and pathogens. |
Wong, Lok-Yin Roy |
Coronavirus biology, immunology and pathogenesis. |
Xie, Yingda |
We develop and evaluate molecular technologies and radiologic imaging-based tools for active case finding, diagnosis, and personalized treatment of tuberculosis. |
Xue, Chaoyang |
Our research aims to understand the mechanism of fungal infections by using Cryptococcus neoformans as a model organism. The goal is to develop better approache |
Yang, Jason |
Molecular mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and treatment efficacy for chronic and infectious diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, heart failure) using systems biology approaches |
Yap, George |
Regulation of Effector and Memory T cell differentiation by Cytokines, Regulation of the Immune Response by IL-10, Autophagy and Innate Immunity to Toxoplasma gondii. |
Zhao, Xilin |
Bacterial stress response network, a novel, gas-based therapy for tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance in general, and quinolone mechanisms of action and resistance |
Zhu, Hua |
Our laboratory studies two herpesviruses, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV). Our goal is to understand HCMV and VZV pathogenesis. |
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Benevenia, Joseph |
I have clinical expertise and perform investigations in the field of limb preservation. Specifically, my lab studies allografts and endoprosthetic reconstructions to treat musculoskeletal tumors. |
Berlin, Joshua |
P-type active ion transporters: ion transport mechanism and roles in disease processes. Cellular mechanisms underlying acute traumatic brain injury. |
Chu, Alice |
Her specialty interests include pediatric upper extremity disorders and more specifically, conditions such as arthrogryposis, brachial plexus injury and cerebral palsy. |
| Cugini, Carla Assistant Professor cc1337@sdm.rutgers.edu |
Molecular mechanisms that govern the in vivo inter- and intra-species interactions within the oral cavity and impact on the host response. |
Daneault, Jean-Francois |
His research focuses on better understanding motor behavior in health and disease using technology in order to improve/optimize movements of individuals with chronic diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, dystonia, cerebral palsy, and stroke, through physical therapy and exercise. |
| Del Re, Dominic Assistant Professor delredo@njms.rutgers.edu |
Novel signaling pathways mediating heart injury following ischemic stress. HIPPO signaling in multiple cardiac cell types. |
Esopenko, Carrie |
Neurocognitive and psychosocial assessment of concussion in collegiate and professional athletes. Psychiatric comorbidities, cognitive impairment, and neuronal signatures of brain trauma in survivors of intimate partner violence. |
Fluet, Gerard |
I have studied upper extremity rehabilitation interventions in persons with hemiparesis for the past 10 years. Our lab has produced several systems utilizing haptically rendered virtual environments that present intensive motor training interventions designed to normalize arm and hand function. We have designed and tested lab-based, hospital based and now home based equipment. |
Freundlich, Joel |
We study with chemical tools how pathogens, such as M. tuberculosis, adapt to life within the host and, in turn, how the host responds to the infection. |
Gohel, Suril |
The neuroinformatics lab at Rutgers focuses on understanding human brain function during resting state and in task conditions, and how that is disrupted by cognitive challenges and in neuro-clinical populations. Specifically, we use multiband, neuroimaging data to understand and quantify frequency-specific changes in functional brain integration. |
Guarrera, James |
I am an active clinical transplant surgeon with extensive experience in abdominal organ transplantation. I am recognized for my novel contributions to the field of organ preservation and liver machine perfusion. In addition I direct a lab effort focusing on molecular investigation of transplant ischemia/reperfusion injury. |
Gunal, Ozlem |
Molecular mechanisms affecting neuronal function and plasticity in rodent models of neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism, intellectual disability, and addiction behavior. |
Howell, Roger |
Dr. Howell explores an expanded therapeutic role for radium-223 and alpha particle emitting radionuclides in general. Our proposed studies are in direct response to recent statements that the potential role of bystander effects in radionuclide therapies is underexplored. |
Kannurpatti, Sridhar |
Biomedical and functional imaging in physiology and disease. Specializes in the development and application of multi-modal structural and functional imaging of the brain in vivo in combination with preclinical behavioral, histochemical and neurochemical approaches. |
Lemenze, Alex |
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Levison, Steven |
We are working to enhance regeneration of the CNS after pediatric stroke and traumatic injuries by understanding how to expand resident neural stem cells and coordinate a regenerative response to injury. |
Lin, Sheldon |
Our lab, Ortho bone regeneration medicine, focuses on stem cell, growth factor and systems in several models (long bone, fracture, fusion) of normal/impaired DM. |
Liu, Dongfang |
Immunobiology of NK and CTLs, with a focus on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) cells, CAR immunotherapy, and HIV-specific CTLs in chronic HIV and its related malignancies |
Mitrofanova, Antonina |
My laboratory develops computational algorithms to elucidate genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in oncology and to identify optimal treatment strategies for cancer patients. Our goal is to build a panel of markers to predict patients at risk of treatment resistance, with further advice on their optimal therapeutic course. |
Nolan, Karen |
Dr. Nolan specializes in the study of new technologies with potential applications in rehabilitation research for deficits in gait and balance that impair mobility. |
O'Connor, James |
We study how inflammation and the innate immune response regulate tissue regeneration with a particular emphasis on lipid mediators and bone regeneration. |
Petrou, Vasileios |
Structural studies of membrane enzymes and receptors relevant to antibiotic resistance or human physiology and pathology using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. |
Rameshwar, Pranela |
The lab studies hematopoietic stem cell, cancer stem cell and mesenchymal stem cells. Research studies are conducted for breast cancer and glioblastoma. |
Rohacs, Tibor |
Regulation of ion channels in sensory neurons: temperature sensors and nociceptors. Structure and function studies on TRPV6, an intestinal calcium transporting. |
| Toosizadeh, Nima Associate Professor nima.toosizadeh@rutgers.edu |
Dr. Toosizadeh achieved his PhD in Industrial and System Engineering Department at Virginia Tech in 2013 with a Human Factor focus. Before joining Rutgers, he continued as a post-doc and then as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at the University of Arizona. Dr. Toosizadeh’s research focus is computational modeling of human movement, sensor-based assessment of physiological system performance (ECG, EMG, EEG, and fNIRS), and machine learning tools to diagnose and treat older adults with aging-related conditions, especially frailty and cognitive impairment assessment and fall rehabilitation. |
Saleh, Soha |
Dr. Saleh studies underlying mechanisms of neuromuscular function, specifically neural networks involved in motor learning and control, and neuroplasticity after injury and in response to rehabilitation interventions. |
Santhakumar, Vijayalakshmi |
My lab uses electrophysiology and computational modeling to examine how plasticity and modulation of inhibitory circuit connectivity contributes to epilepsy. |
Serrador, Jorge |
Cerebral blood flow regulation and the role of the vestibular system in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular control. Enhancing neural systems using stochastic resonance. Sex differences in human physiology. |
Shimizu, Emi |
Effect of diabetes on dental stem cell machinery to heal tooth injury. Tooth regeneration using iPS cells or oral mucosa stem cells. |
Tyagi, Sanjay |
We study the intracellular dynamics of mRNA synthesis and localization. |
Wood, Teresa |
Signaling pathways regulating neural and mammary epithelial stem/progenitor cells in normal development, diseases and injury. |
Yang, Jason |
Systems and syntheteic biology of chronic and infectious disease. Computational modeling, machine learning, quantitative microscopy, genetic engineering |
Zeni, Joseph |
His research focuses on improving the quality of life for patients with arthritis of the hip and knee joints. Specifically, Dr. Zeni is investigating ways to restore normal movement patterns after hip and knee replacement. He has a particular interest in developing methods to work with patients outside of the laboratory or clinical setting. |