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Research Administration
 
Stillman, Bruce, President; Professor
DNA replication; chromatin assembly; biochemistry; yeast genetics; cancer; cell cycle

Spector, David L., Director, Research; Professor
Cell biology; gene expression; nuclear structure; microscopy

Joshua-Tor, Leemor, Dean, Watson School of Biological Sciences; Professor
Structural biology; nucleic acid regulation; RNAi; molecular recognition; X-ray crystallography

Goldschmidts, Walter, Executive Director, Sponsored Programs

Gary, Sydney, Director, Research Operations

Grodzicker, Terri, Dean of Academic Affairs


Research Staff
 
PROFESSORS
 
Gingeras, Thomas
Genome-wide organization of transcription and the functional roles of non-protein coding RNAs

Hannon, Gregory
Growth control in mammalian cells; post-transcriptional gene silencing

Huang, Z. Josh
Neuroscience; experience-dependent development of the neocortex; mouse genetics; neurotrophins

Jackson, David
Plant development; genetics; cell-to-cell mRNA and protein trafficking

Joshua-Tor, Leemor
Structural biology; nucleic acid regulation; RNAi; molecular recognition; X-ray crystallography

Krainer, Adrian R.
Posttranscriptional control of gene expression; pre-mRNA splicing mechanisms, fidelity and genetic diseases; alternative splicing; RNA-protein interactions; cell-free systems

Lazebnik, Yuri
Cancer; apoptosis; caspases

Lowe, Scott
Modulation of apoptosis; chemosensitivity; senescence by cancer genes

Martienssen, Rob
Plant genetics; transposons; development; gene regulation; DNA methylation

McCombie, W. Richard
Genome structure; DNA sequencing; computational molecular biology; Human Genome Project

Mitra, Partha P.
Neuroinformatics; theoretical engineering; animal communications; neural prostheses; brain imaging; developmental linguistics

Stein, Lincoln
Genome informatics; bioinformatics; mapping; software; World Wide Web

Spector, David L.
Cell biology; gene expression; nuclear structure; microscopy

Stillman, Bruce W.
DNA replication; chromatin assembly; biochemistry; yeast genetics; cancer; cell cycle

Timmermans, Marja
Plant development; axis specification; miRNAs; stem cell function

Tonks, Nicholas
Posttranslational modification; phosphorylation; phosphatases; signal transduction; protein structure and function

Van Aelst, Linda
Signal transduction; Ras and Rho proteins; tumorigenesis; neuronal development

Wigler, Michael
Genomics; cancer genes; signal transduction; yeast genetics; bioinformatics

Zador, Anthony
Cortical mechanisms of auditory attention; autism

Zhang, Michael Q.
Computational genomics; statistical pattern recognition; gene expression and regulation

Zhong, Yi
Neurophysiology; Drosophila; learning and memory; neurofibromatosis; signal transduction


ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
 

Enikolopov, Grigori
Stem cell; neurogenesis; development; signal transduction

Koulakov, Alexei
Theoretical neurobiology; quantitative principles of cortical design; computer science; applied mathematics

Mills, Alea A.
Functional genomics; tumorigenesis; development

Muthuswamy, Senthil K.
Understanding cancer initiation using three-dimensional epithelial structures

Osten, Pavel
Neurobiology of autism and schizophrenia; gene expression-based mapping of brain activity; anatomical mapping of brain connectivity; high throughput microscopy

Pappin, Darryl
Proteomics, mass spectrometry, protein chemistry

Powers, Scott
Cancer gene discovery; cancer diagnostics and therapeutics; cancer biology

Stenlund, Arne
Papillomavirus; cancer; DNA replication

Ware, Doreen
Computational biology; comparative genomics; genome evolution; diversity; gene regulation; plant biology



ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
 
Atwal, Gurinder
Population genetics; bioinformatics; cancer; stochastic processes; statistical mechanics and information theory

Dubnau, Joshua
Learning; memory; genetics; behavior

Egeblad, Mikala
Tumor microenvironment; intravital imaging; tumor-associated myeloid cells; breast cancer

Furukawa, Hiro
Membrane proteins, X-ray crystallography, electrophysiology, neurodegenerative disease

Hammell, Christopher M.

Post-transcriptional gene regulation; control of animal developmental timing; RNA biology

Kepecs, Adam
Decision-making; neural circuits; behavioral electrophysiology; theoretical neuroscience; neuroeconomics

Krasnitz, Alexander
Genomics of cancer; machine learning for biology;statistical mechanics in and out of equilibrium; large-scale numerical computing

Li, Bo
Neuroscience; glutamatergic synapse; synaptic plasticity; schizophrenia; depression; rodent models of psychiatric disorders

Lippman, Zachary
Plant development, genetics; molecular mechanisms of phase transitions for flowering time and inflorescence branching; heterosis

Lucito, Robert
Genome microarrays; copy number fluctuation; cancer genomics; amplification; deletion; oncogene; tumor suppressor

Shea, Steven
Olfaction; audition; communication behaviors; in vivo electrophysiology; individual recognition

Sordella, Raffaella
Molecular therapeutics; signal transduction

Trotman, Lloyd
Molecular mechanisms of tumor suppression; cancer modeling and treatment; molecular cancer visualization; PTEN regulation

Turner, Glenn
Neural coding; learning and memory; sensory processing; Drosophila; electrophysiology


CSHL FELLOW
 
Albeanu, Dinu Florin
Neuronal circuits; sensory coding and synaptic plasticity; neuronal correlates of behavior; olfactory processing

Iossifov, Ivan
Computational biology; molecular networks; human genetics; human disease; applied statistical and machine learning; biomedical text-mining; molecular evolution

Vakoc, Chris
Chromatin; transcription; cancer; histone lysine methylation


RESEARCH PROFESSOR
 
Hicks, James


RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
 
Hammell, Molly

Vaughn, Matthew


SENIOR COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
 
Yamrom, Boris


RESEARCH INVESTIGATORS
 
Chang, Kenneth

Davis, Carrie

Esposito, Diane

Guo, Xuecui

Hua, Yimin


Lee, Yoon-Ha

Levy, Dan

McKay, Sheldon

Michurina, Tatyana

Park, Youngkyu

Peunova, Natalia

Regulski, Michael

Ronemus, Michael

Ruse, Cristian

Sawey, Eric

Sheu, Yi-Jun

Spector, Mona



ADJUNCT PROFESSORS
 
Tansey, Bill

Tully, Tim


ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
 
Mainen, Zachary

Malhotra, Anil

Sebat, Jonathan


ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
 
Muthuswamy, Lakshmi

Zender, Lars


VISITING PROFESSORS
 
Ridley, Matthew

Rockland, Kathleen


QB VISITING SCHOLAR
 

Mishra, Bud

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