Biological Sciences

 

 

Ralph Alcendor

Cell survival and longevity factors, stress resistant mechanisms and cell signaling molecules.

ralcendor@citytech.cuny.edu

A-302

 

Christopher Blair

Molecular Systematics, Phylogenomics and Historical Biogeography, Landscape Genomics, eDNA Metabarcoding

CBlair@citytech.cuny.edu

A-501

 

Mercer R. Brugler

Deep-sea evolutionary biology; diversity and evolution of marine invertebrates; molecular systematics and evolutionary history of sea anemones and black corals (phylum Cnidaria); effects of dispersal and gene flow on the genetic structure of shallow and deep-water populations; evolution of mitochondrial gene order, gene content and genome architecture in basal metazoans.

mbrugler@citytech.cuny.edu

A-502

 

Eugenia Giannopoulou

Research interest includes Next-generation Sequencing, Computational Genomics, Epigenomics Data Analysis, ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, DNA methylation. Cancer genomics, Data analysis of epigenomics mechanisms in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and other autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Programming/Web interfaces for genomics/proteomics, Information Visualization in Bioinformatics.

egiannopoulou@citytech.cuny.edu

A-302

 

Laina Karthikeyan

Molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases like Dystonia, and Parkinson’s

lkarthikeyan@citytech.cuny.edu

A-301

 

Jeremy Seto

Neuropsychoimmunology – The interface of immunology, infection and inflammation with psychiatric disorders and neurodevelopment; urban ecology – the unique interaction of human populations in the urban space on the enviroment and ecosystems

jseto@citytech.cuny.edu

A-501

 

Armando D. Solis

I am interested in how natural protein molecules fold into their exact three-dimensional structure, and how protein molecules achieve specific interactions with DNA.  I use bioinformatics tools and other computational approaches to discover how folding information is encoded in amino acid sequences, and how interaction information is encoded in protein-DNA interfaces.

asolis@citytech.cuny.edu

A-502

 

Liana Tsenova

Current research interests lie in collaborative interdisciplinary projects with undergraduates, combining microbiology and infectious diseases with mathematics, to address epidemiological, ecologic and health care problems

ltsenova@citytech.cuny.edu

A-501

 

Tatiana Voza

My research focuses on the malaria parasites and more particularly on the fisrt stage on the infection in the mammal host. I am currently interested in 1) testing drugs on malaria parasites in vivo, 2)the imaging of these parasites in the skin and 3) evaluating the efficacy of different route of injection in the context of immunizations. I am also setting up an artificial pond for teaching purposes and many studies could be related to this project.

tvoza@citytech.cuny.edu

A-502

 

 

Mai Zahran

Research focuses on exploring the structure and dynamics of biological systems and linking them to function. Rationally design new biological molecules, such as drugs using computational methods such as molecular dynamics tools, docking, and homology modeling approaches.

mzahran@citytech.cuny.edu

A-502

 

Andleeb Zameer

My broad area of interest is nervous system and immune system interactions. More specifically I am interested in how immune system can alter the functioning of nervous system in autoimmune disorders like Multiple Sclerosis and similar neurodegenerative disorders.

azameer@citytech.cuny.edu

A-301