Alejandra Alonso
Associate Professor
6S-316
982-3905
My research focuses on the brain-specific microtubule-associated protein tau. In particular, I am interested in how the levels of phosphorylation are either required for normal function or, in the case of hyperphosphorylation, causes the formation of neurofibrillary tangles.
Frank Burbrink
Professor
6S-131
982-3861
My research revolves around the following subjects: Evolution, phylogenetics, systematics, taxonomy, and herpetology. More specifically, we use and produce DNA sequences and morphological data to address questions relating to population evolution, genomics, and higher level phylogenetics in reptiles.
For more information visit my home page.
Rebecca Chamberlain
Lecturer
6S-126A
982-4160
Biology and paleobiology of freshwater bivalves, Nautilus and other cephalopods; sharks; and bony fish.
Gregory Cheplick
Professor
6S-319
982-3931
The ecology of plant populations in coastal ecosystems; plant competition; effects of endophytic fungi on growth of grasses.
For more information, visit my home page.
Robert Corin
Associate Professor
6S-110
982-3865
Mechanisms of reversible and irreversible growth regulation for cancer cells in vitro e.g. the role of histone acetylation during transition of immortal transformed cells to a mortal non-transformed phenotype.
Regulation of mast cell differentiation in vitro
Role of neuroinflammation in pathology of ALS: in vitro role of inflammatory-related mediators in progression of the disease phenotypes in neurons from a mouse model; inflammatory mediators in progression of disease in vivo in a mouse model system.
Abdeslem El Idrissi
Professor
6S-320A
982-3863
Neuronal plasticity and mechanisms of epileptogenesis
Roles of taurine on neurotransmission
Margaret Dooley
5S-201
982-3844
Jimmie Fata
Assistant Professor
6S-129
982-3862
I have been researching breast cancer for more than 10 years now. It has been a frustrating passion as there are still many unresolved important questions about this disease. I will continue to approach this area of research at an angle that addresses the normal biology of the mammary gland. By researching the signals needed for this tissue to form a branched ductal network during development, to synthesize copious amounts of milk during lactation, and to undergo massive tissue turnover and cell death during milk cessation (involution), I believe we better understand the very signals that invariably become deregulated during mammary tumor formation. My model of choice has often been the mouse mammary gland, which has allowed me to combine in vivo studies with organotypic 3-dimensional cell culture assays. Imaging, at many different levels, will remain an important tool for my research and the College of Staten Island is well equipped with state of the art imaging equipment. If you are interested in joining a lab and possess a passion for the sciences and the willingness to work hard toward your goals please come and see me.
Jianying Gu
Assistant Professor
6S-126B
982-4123
My research interests include comparative genomics, functional genomics, and molecular evolution. I am currently doing research on gene expression (microarray) analysis, developing bioinformatic and statistical methods for detecting functional divergence in important human gene families, and applying evolutionary algorithms to sequence analysis. The targets I am particularly interested include: Kinases, G-protein Coupled Receptors, Transcription factors, and Proteases etc.
- Gene Expression Analysis - Statistical analysis of gene expressions in primate evolution and detecting differential gene expression by different statistical testing methods;
- Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics - Developing statistical framework for gene family evolution and application in functional divergence analysis in protein kinase superfamily and TGF-b signaling pathway.
- Vertebrate genome duplication & Origin of human gene family hierarchy
Charles Kramer
Professor
6S-318
982-3873
Reproductive endocrinology of fish; neuroendocrine control of sex change in a protogynous (female to male) marine fish, Thalassoma bifasciatum. Investigation of the putative role of the rodlet cell in the fish's immune system.
William L’Amoreaux
Associate Professor
6S-111
982-3864
Director, Advanced Imaging Facility
Signal transduction pathways related to phagocytosis of photoreceptor outer segments by retinal pigment epithelium. Glycosylation of extracellular matrix components and their relation to retinopathies. Generation of novel nanostructures using extracellular matrix proteins as templates.
For more information, visit my home page.
Jacqueline LeBlanc
Professor
6S-302
982-3872
| Embryonic cell determination and the mechanisms involved in the cell movements of gastrulation that result in the primary axis of vertebrate embryos. |
Lisa Manne
Assistant Professor
6S-117
982-3855
Mathematical modeling in conservation biology.
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982-3969
My research interests fall into three broad categories: theoretical ecology, conservation biology and agroecology, with theoretical research currently predominant. My current research focuses on developing and testing spatially-explicit reaction-diffusion models of population growth and dispersal and on modeling trophic cascades. Both of these projects include testing of models in the field; all of my current field research is conducted in the tropics
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Elena McCoy
Associate Professor
6S-112
982-3860
Microbial metabolism and the detection of damaging environmental agents using microbial systems
Shaibal Mitra
Assistant Professor
6S-135
982-3855
Avian ecology, evolution, and conservation; specifically migration, host-parasite interactions, and mating systems.
Eugenia Naro-Maciel
Assistant Professor
(Dr. Naro-Maciel will join the faculty in February, 2010)
Conservation biology.
John Oppenheimer
Associate Professor
6S-132
982-3921
Ecology of animals and of wetlands as well as pollutants in air, water and soil and their impacts on human health.
Chang-Hui Shen
Associate Professor
6S-130
982-3998
Deputy Chair, Department of Biology
Mechanism of gene expression:
- The role of chromatin structure in gene activation
- Functional analysis of chromatin remodeling complex
- Computational analysis to decipher the nucleosome positioning code
Richard Veit
Professor and Chair
6S-143
982-3853
Chair, Department of Biology
Foraging ecology and behavior of seabirds especially in the Antarctic. Conservation, ecology and behavior of vertebrate animals. Most all research is done in the field, not in the lab.
William Wallace
Professor
6S-304
982-3876
The goal of our research is to link chemical and physiological interactions within metal contaminated aquatic ecosystems to alterations at several levels of biological organization. As such, our research draws on the fields of chemistry, toxicology, physiology, cellular/molecular biology and ecology to understand the fate and effects of pollutants in aquatic ecosystems. In our work, we try to determine which are the key factors controlling the accumulation and detoxification of metals in invertebrate prey and how these factors relate to metal toxicity in the organism and how they control metal trophic transfer to its predators. Current activities are aimed at understanding patterns in metal accumulation and toxicity in aquatic invertebrates inhabiting the waterways surrounding Staten Island. Future studies may address similar questions with terrestrial invertebrates.
For more information, see my home page.
Andrzej Wieraszko
Professor
6S-324A
982-3941
The mechanisms responsible for modulation of nerve cell activity.