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Born, July 28, 1947, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Married, two children.

Present Position and Address:  Professor, Department of Genetics & Development and Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Center for Reproductive Sciences, and The Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.  Email: djw3@columbia.edu

Education:

• B.A. cum laude, Departmental Honors in Biology, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA (1965-1969)
• M.A., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Department of Biology (1969-1971)
• Post-graduate studies, Chelsea College, University of London, England, Department of History and Philosophy of Science (1972)
• M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, NY, Department of Human Genetics and Development (1973-1977)
• Post-doctoral, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Rye, NY, Laboratory of RNA Synthesis and Regulation (1978)
• Post-doctoral, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, Department of Molecular Cell Biology (1978-1980)

Research and Professional Experience:

• Research Associate in Reproductive Physiology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (1971-1972)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Development, The Center for Reproductive Sciences, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY (1981-1988)
• Associate Professor, Tenure, above (1988-1993) and of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1991-1993)
• Professor, above (1993-present)
• Director, Developmental Biology and Genetics Division, Columbia Cancer Center (1993-present)
• Member of Doctoral Sub-Committee, Institute of Human Nutrition (1994-present)
• Professor, Institute of Human Nutrition (1998-present)

• Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Fund Post-doctoral Fellowship (1978-1980)
• American Cancer Society Post-doctoral Fellowship--declined
• Irma T. Hirschl Research Career Development Award (1981-1986)
• Distinguished Speakers Symposium, American Society for Human Genetics (1986)
• International Human Frontiers of Science Program, Principal Investigator (1991-1994)
• Distinguished Alumna Award, Gettysburg College (1999)
• Mayent Rothschild Visiting Scholar, Institut Curie, Paris (Jan.-June, 2000)
• Board of Trustees, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA (2000-2006)

•  American Society for Cell Biology
•  American Association for the Advancement of Science
•  Society for Developmental Biology
•  International Society of Developmental Biologists
•  International Society of Differentiation
•  American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology
•  American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• American Cancer Society, Cell and Developmental Biology Review Panel, Ad-hoc (1985, 1989)
• NIH Senior Fellowships Review Panel, Biomedical Sciences Study Section, Ad-hoc (1989)Co-organizer of New York City Area Mouse Workshop (1981-86)
• NASA Committee on Developmental Biology (1986-88)
• Correspondent in Gravitational Physiology, American Physiological Society
• American Institute of Biological Sciences, Committee on Development of Shuttle Mid-deck Flight Equipment for Life Sciences Experiments (1986)
• American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology, Education Committee (1989-91)
• Scientific Program Chairman, American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology Annual Meeting, (1988)
• Editorial Board, DNA (1987-1995)
• Associate Editor, Growth, Development and Aging (1989-present)
• Editorial Board, J. Andrology (1990-1993)
• Editorial Board, Molecular Reproduction and Development (1991-present)
• Editorial Board, Molecular Cell Biology Research (1993-1995)
• NASA Research Associate Review Panel (1992-1995)
• American Cancer Society Review Panel (1990-1993)
• NASA PARE .04 Mission Review Panel, Chairman (1993)
• Governing Board, American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology (1987-90; 1995-1998)
• NIH Human Embryology and Development Review Panel (Ad-hoc, 1992-1994; permanent member (1995-1998)
• Institute of Medicine, Advisory Panel on Contraception Research (1994)
• International Advisory Panel, Reviews of Reproduction (1995-1999)
• External Reviewer, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati, Graduate Program in Developmental Biology (1995)
• Editorial Board, Developmental Biology (1995-present)
• NASA Developmental Biology Peer Review Panel, Chairman (1996)
• Steering Committee, NICHD/Burroughs Wellcome Foundation Reproductive Sciences Advanced Training Course (1996-present)
• Board of Directors, International Society of Differentiation (1996-present)
• National Academy of Sciences Advisory Panel on Developmental Biology in Space Life Sciences (1996)
• National Cancer Institute, Jonnson Comprehensive Cancer Center Review Panel (1997)
• Department of Defense, Prostate Cancer Research Program, Molecular Biology 2 Review Panel (1997); Molecular Biology 1 (1999, 2000, 2001)
• Department of Defense, Breast Cancer Research Program, Molecular Genetics 3 Review Panel (1998)
• Editorial Board, The New Anatomist (1998-2000)
• National Institute of Health, NICHD Special Emphasis Panel (1999)
• Contraceptive Research and Development Program (CONRAD) Review Panel (1999, 2000)
• National Institute of Health, NICHD Population Research Subcommittee (1999-2003)

Additional Professional Responsibilities [Journal and Grant Review]:

National Science Foundation, Developmental Biology and Biochemistry Sections
 Centre National des Recherches Scientifiques (in French)
 United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
 American Institute of Biological Sciences
 Alberta Heritage Foundation
 March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
 International Human Frontiers of Science Program

Journal American Medical Association; Gamete Research; DNA; Cancer Research; Proceedings National Academy of Sciences; Experimental Cell Research; Developmental Biology; Journal of Reproduction and Fertility; Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Trends in Genetics; Molecular Reproduction and Development; Molecular Cellular Biology; Biology of Reproduction; Nucleic Acids Research; Journal of Cell Biology; Molecular Endocrinology; Genes and Development; Science; Nature; Development; Nature Genetics; Gene; Gastroenterology; Endocrinology; Cell Growth and Differentiation; Mechanisms of    Development.

Academic Responsibilities [Teaching]:

•  Lecturer, Eukaryotic Molecular Biology (1981-1991)
•  Lecturer, Mammalian Developmental Genetics (1989-1995)
•  Guest lecturer, Department of Pathology Elective Series (1984)
•  M.D. Ph.D. Student Seminar Series (1981, 1986, 1997)
•  Director, Frontiers in Cell Biology Series (1983-1998)
•  Co-Course Director, Mammalian Developmental Biology (1984, 1986, 1988)
•  Director, Principles of Developmental Biology (1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)

Academic Responsibilities [Departmental, Interdepartmental, University]:

• Department of Genetics and Development Training Committee (1983-1987; 1990-present);
• Acting Chair (1999)
• Representative to Faculty Council (1985-1988)
• Steering Committee Member, Interdepartmental Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular Biophysics (1983-1998)
• Nominating Committee for Faculty Council Executive Committee (1986, 1987)
• Member, Comprehensive Cancer Center (1986-present)
• Committee on Sexual Harassment (1989-present)
• Committee for the Five Year Review of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology (1992)
• Dean's Committee on Awards and Honors (1991-1997), Chairman (1995-1997)
• Health Sciences Representative to University Senate (1993-present)
• Co-Associate Director, Center for Reproductive Sciences (1988-1995)
• Steering Committee, Sub-committee, Sub-committee for the Ph.D. Program, Institute of Human Nutrition (1998-present)
• Executive Committee of the University Senate (1997-1999; 1999-present)
• University Senate Committee on Honors and Prizes (1996-present; Chairman, 1998-present)

1992

• Canadian Society for Cell Biology Symposium, Banff, Canada
• University of Texas Medical Center, Department of Pharmacology
• Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Molecular Biology
• 7th European Workshop on Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology of the Testis, Castle Elmau, Germany
• EMBO Workshop on The Homeobox and the Regulation of Development, Ascona, Switzerland
• New York University Medical School, Department of Pediatrics
• 5th International Congress of Cell Biology, Workshop on Spermatogenesis, Madrid, Spain
• University of Arizona, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
• The XIIth International Symposium on Stress Proteins, Kitakyushu, Japan.
• Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences, Machida, Japan, Department of Cell Biology
• National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan, Department of Reproductive Biology
• Symposium on Gene Expression During Embryonic Development, University of Kansas Medical Center
• Thomas Jefferson University Medical School, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

• Texas Tech University Health Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• National Institute for Basic Biology Symposium on Vertebrate Germ Line:  Its Development and Maturation, Okazaki, Japan
• National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
• 10th IFCC, European Congress of Clinical Chemistry, Nice, France
• University of Nice, France, Department of Biochemistry
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Temple University College of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
• INSERM, University of Lyon, France, Laboratory for Biochemistry

• New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
• The Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Department of Cell Biology
• NIH Conference on "Male Infertility and Impotence: Current Perspectives and New Directions for Basic and Clinical Research", University of Virginia, Charlottesville
• Oncogenes, Growth Factors, and Their Receptors in the Gonad; Annual Meeting of the French Society for the Study of Fertility, Paris, France
• 7th International Symposium on Spermatology, Cairns, Australia
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
• NIH Workshop on "The Germ Line", Bethesda, MD
• National Institute of Medicine, Workshop on "New Approaches to Contraception"

• New York Endocrine Journal Club, The Rockefeller University
• La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology
• The Hebrew University, Elisabeth Goldschmidt Memorial Symposium On Mechanisms of Meiosis
• University of Virginia, Department of Cell Biology
• The Jackson Laboratory, Mini-symposium on Meiosis
• FASEB Summer Research Conference on the Gastrointestinal Tract, Session on the "Development of the Gut in Model Organisms"
• EMBO Conference on Homeotic Genes, Ascona, Switzerland
• Cornell University Medical School, Department of Cell Biology

1996

• National Yang Ming University, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, Taipei, Taiwan
• Veterans General Hospital, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Taipei, Taiwan
• Seoul National University, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Seoul, Korea
• National Institute for Research, Okazaki, Japan, Dept. Reproductive Biology & Development
• Population Council, The Rockefeller University
• American Gastroenterological Society Annual Meeting, Symposium Speaker
• Minisymposium on Molecular Regulators of Meiosis, Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting, London, Ontario
• First Ames Research Center Conference on Astrobiology, Session on Vertebrate Development. Symposium on Genetics in Development, Evolution, and Disease.  Wayne State School of Medicine.
• Halstead Symposium, American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.

• Univeristy of Milan, Department of Biology
• University of Lausanne, Department of Molecular Biology
• XIVth Annual Testis Workshop, Germ Cell Development, Division, Disruption and Death, Baltimore, MD
• Harvard University Medical School, Department of Pathology
• Hong Kong University, Department of Biochemistry
• 11th Annual Sullang Summer Research Conference on Developmental Biology, Chungju, Korea
• CHA General Hospital of Seoul, Infertility Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
• American Society of Urology, Summer Course, Houston, Texas

1998

• Research Triangle Reproductive Sciences Symposium, Plenary Speaker, Chapel Hill, NC
• Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology
• SFB271 Symposium:  Molecular Genetics of Morphoregulatory Processes, Gottingen Germany
• Instructor, “Frontiers in Reproduction:  Molecular and Cellular Concepts and Applications, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
• University of Budapest, Hungary, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
• Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Gametogenesis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, NY
• SFB271 Symposium:  Molecular Genetics of Morphoregulatory Processes, Gottingen, Germany
• Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology/Reproductive Sciences Group

• Hungarian Society for Cell and Developmental Biology, Plenary Speaker, Budapest, Hungary
• SOTE Medical School, Dept. of Human Morphology and Developmental Biology, Budapest, Hungary
• Gene Expression Programme, European Molecular Biology Organization, Heidelberg, Germany
• Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Department of Dermatology
• NIH Workshop on “Male Contraception: Views to the 21st Century”, Bethesda, MD
• International Space Life Sciences Working Group Workshop on Developmental Biology, MBL, Woods Hole, MA
• INSERM Meeting on "Meiosis and Differentiation of the Germ Line," Roscoff, France
• Texas Tech University, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Lubbock, TX

• Institute Curie, Mayent-Rothshild All-Institute Seminar (series of 4 lectures), Paris, France
• Dept. Cell Biology, The Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
• Dept. Genetics, University of Nice, France
• Dept. Human Genetics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Gordon Research Conference, Reproductive Tract Biology, Connecticut College, New London, CT
• Symposium on “Genes to Functions in Recombination: from Yeast to Humans”, Institute Curie, Paris, France
• Unitat de Recerca Biomedica-Hospital, Materno-Infantil Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
• Symposium on “Gametes, Gametes, and Gigabytes”, C.N.R.S. sponsored, Institutes Curie and Pasteur, Paris, France

• INSERM Unité 435, University of Rennes I, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes, France
• Plenary Speaker, Faculty Day Symposium, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
• Joint seminar in Dept. of Genetics and Biochemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
• INSERM Unité U418 Communications Cellulaires et Differenciation, Hopital Debrousse, University of Lyon, France
• Conférences Jacques Monod, “Meiosis and Germ Line Differentiation”, Roscoff Marine Station, France
• Plenary Speaker, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea
• Dept. Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
• Dept. Genetics, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
• Dept. Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
• American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology Annual Meeting, Session on Development, Arlington, VA
• Institut Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, Strasbourg, France

• Joint Seminar in Dept. Physiology and Biochemistry, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
• Section of Histology and Embryology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
• Keynote Speaker, 12th European Testis Workshop, Doowerth, The Netherlands
• Société Génétique Française, “Reproduction and Germline:  Genetics and Pathologies”, Paris, France
• Dept. of Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Post-doctoral:

David M. Wood, Ph.D. (1981-82)  Project: Chromatin structure of mature mammalian spermatozoa. Status upon leaving lab: Senior Research Scientist, U.C.S.F. Medical School, San Francisco, CA.

Carola Ponzetto, Ph.D. (1982-84)  Project: DNA methylation during mammalian spermatogenesis;  Expression of c-abl proto-oncogenes during mouse germ cell development.  Status:  Assistant Professor, University of Turin, Department of Biochemistry, Turin, Italy

Hiroshi Matsuda, M.D. (1986-1987)  Project: Localization of c-abl transcripts in the male reproductive system.  Status:  Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.

Zahra Zakeri, Ph.D. (1984-1989)  Project: Expression of the c-abl proto-oncogene and heat shock genes during mammalian germ cell development.  Status:  Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Queens College

Rita N. Duggal, Ph.D. (1985-1987)  Project: Organization of the homeo box-containing gene Hox-1.4 in the mouse genome.  Status: Consultant in Product Development, Immunomedics, Inc.

George L. Mutter, M.D. (1985-1988)  Project: Expression of the c-mos proto-oncogene during mammalian germ cell and embryonic development. Status:  Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Brigham Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Yasuhisa Iwaoki, M.D. (1987-1988) Project:  Differential expression of specific c-abl transcripts in germinal versus somatic cell lineages.  Status:  Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Hiroshima Medical School.

Steven Lewis, M.D. (1987-1989).  Project: Expresssion of genes in the Hox-1 locus during development of the male mammalian reproductive system.  Status: Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons; Currently in private practice.

Axel G. Wadewitz, Ph.D. (1987-1990)  Project: Expression of c-abl and c-mos in germ cells and examination of the phosphorylating activity of c-abl and c-mos proteins in the male germ line. Status: Associate Research Scientist, Center for Reproductive Sciences, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Vida Vambutas, Ph.D. (1988-1990)  Project: Molecular analysis of c-abl transcripts in the male germ line; cloning of murine phosphodiesterase genes.  Status: Staff Associate, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Regina Raz, Ph.D. (1991-1992) Project: Expression of Hox genes in transgenic mice.  Status:  Post-doctoral Fellow, NYU School of Medicine.

Jeremy Don, Ph.D. (1989-1992) Project: Identification of mammalian meiosis regulating genes. Status: Assistant Professor, Bar Ilan University, Gamat Gan, Israel.

Martin A. Winer, Ph.D. (1989-1993) Project: Role of phosphotyrosine protein kinases in male germ cell development and function; expression of the raf family of proto-oncogenes in the testis. Status:  Staff Scientist, Specialty Systems, Inc.

Ke Wu, Ph.D. (1992-1994) Project: Evolutionary conservation of expression and function of Hox genes in vertebrates. Status: Return to China for family emergency.

Daniel Lasser, M.D. (1993-1995) Project: Molecular and developmental genetics of ovarian teratomas.  Status: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University of College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Stuart Ravnik, Ph.D. (1991-1995) Project: Expression of cyclins A and D in the germ line.  Status: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Texas Tech University.

Donna Weymann-Session, M.D. (1990-1996) Project: Structure and function of the murine PL10 gene, a putative ATP-dependent RNA helicase in mouse germ cells; Role of cyclin E in human ovarian cancer.  Status: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic Research Foundation.

Michele Brunori, Ph.D. (1994-1996) Project: Role of inhibitors of the Cdk family of kinases in gametogenesis. Status: Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Lausanne.

Gilles Herrada, Ph.D. (1994-1996) Project: Characterization of the molecular structure and potential target sites of the zinc finger gene Zfp-37. Status: Associate Research Scientist, Biological Sciences, Harvard University.

Alexander Murashov, M.D., Ph.D. (1992-1996) Project: Regulation of expression of heat shock genes during gametogenesis and embryogenesis. Status: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, East Carolina State University.

Kunsoo Rhee, Ph.D. (1993-1998) Project: Expression and function of Cdc2 and Cdk's during mammalian meiosis.  Status: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Seoul National University.

Qi Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. (1994-1998) Project: Expression and function of cyclin D's in normal and abnormal mitosis and meiosis.  Status:  Resident in Pathology, Queens County Hospital, NY.

Weiping Yu, M.D. (1997-1998) Project: Function of 9 cis-retinol dehydrogenase in normal and tumorigenic breast cells.  Status:  Associate Professor, Dept. Pathophysiology, Nanjing Railway Medical College.

Alan Packer, Ph.D. (1994-2000) Project: Regulation of expression and function of HoxA genes.  Status: Assistant Editor, Nature Genetics.

Valerie Bessett, Ph.D. (1995-1998) Project: Expression and function of the novel Cdk Pftaire in the reproductive system.  Status:  Post-doctoral Fellow, Karolinska Institute.

Dwight Cordero, M.D. (1997-1999) Project: Regulation of expression of Hoxa-4 during mid-gestation development.  Status:  Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCSF.

Ching Liao, Ph.D. (1998-2000) Project: Role of Cyclin A1 in the etiology of myeloid leukemias.  Status:  Assistant Professor, University of Lund, Sweden.

Manabu Yoshida, M.D. (2000-2001) Role of the Fsrg family in normal and tumorigeneic development of the female reproductive tract. Status: Post-doc. Dept. Pathology, Columbia University.

Hongquan Wei, M.D. (2000-2001) Role of A-type cyclins in hematopoiesis and heart development. Status: Assistant Professor, Hospital of China Medical University.

Hina Chaudhry, M.D. (1999-present) Role of cell cycle genes in cardiomyocyte differentiation.

Sanny Chung, Ph.D. (1999-present) Functions of retinoid signaling during spermatogenesis.

Dongmei Cheng, M.D. (2001-present) Control and regulation of the cell cycle in acute leukemia.

Vaidehi Jobanputra, Ph.D. (2001-present) Functional redundancy between the two mouse A-type cyclins.

Fengwei Wang, Ph.D. M.D. (2001-present) Identifying target genes for retinoic acid in spermatogenesis and development of Mullerian duct.

Pili Zhang, Ph.D. (2001-present) Role of vitamin A on the development and degeneration of Mullerian duct and identification of retinoic acid target genes during these processes.

Mylene Yao, Ph. D. M.D. (2002-present) Function of Cyclin A2 in the developing oocyte.

Pre-doctoral:

Elena Gizang-Ginsberg, Ph.D. (1982-1987)  Department Genetics & Development. Project: Expression of the pro-opiomelanocortin gene in the male mouse reproductive system.  Status:  Ph.D. March, 1987;  Post-doctoral fellow, N.Y.U. Medical School, Department of Biochemistry (Dr. Ed Ziff)

Emily Blake, M.D. (1980-1985) Department of Genetics & Department. Project: Chromatin structure changes of the male gamete genome. Status:  M.D., 1989; Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY

Carolyn M. Viviano, Ph.D. (1985-1991) Department Genetics & Development.  Project: Transcription and translation of Hox-1.4, a homeobox-containing gene expressed during mouse spermatogenesis.  Status: Post-doctoral Fellow, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, England (Dr. Jeremy Brockes)

Francoise Watrin, Ph.D. (1986-1990) University of Paris, Paris 6°.  Project: Expression of homeo box-containing genes in the germ line of normal and transgenic mice.  Status: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Immunology, Marseille Luminy, France. (Dr. Pierre Ferrier)

Carol M. Gruppi, Ph.D. (1986-1992)  Department Genetics and Development, Project: Expression of the HSP 90 gene family during mammalian germ cell differentiation. Status:  Scientific Advisor, Morgan and Finnegan, New York, NY.

Ke Wu, Ph.D. (1990-1992)  Department of Biochemistry, Project:  Molecular dissection of the Hox-1.4 regulatory elements. Status: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (Dr. Debra Wolgemuth).

Deborah L. Chapman, Ph.D. (1989-1993)  Department of Genetics and Development, Project:  Cyclin gene expression and function during spermatogenesis.  Status: Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (Dr. Virginia Papaioannou).

Patrick S.Burke, Ph.D. (1987-1994)  Department of Genetics and Development, Project: Expression of murine zinc-finger containing genes in the testis and during embryogenesis.   Status: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Dr. Kathy Barton).

David A. Crotty, Ph.D. (1988-1994)  Department of Genetics and Development, Project: Expression of homeobox-containing genes in the developing mesodermal lineage in transgenic mice overexpressing Hoxa-4.  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Caltech (Dr. Scott Fraser).

Shuang Wu, Ph.D. (1992-1996)  Department of Genetics and Development, Project: Identification of cdc25 homologues expressed in mammalian germ cell development. Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Metabolic Diseases, University of Pennsylvania Medical School (Dr. G. Berry).

Jinghong Huang (1991-1998)  Integrated Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular Biophysics. Project: Structure and function of the Hoxa-10 gene.  Computer programmer, Bloomberg, Inc.

Dong Liu (1994-1999) Integrated Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular Biophysics.  Project: Expression and function of the cyclin A1 during germ cell development.  Post-doctoral Fellow; University of California San Francisco (Dr. Rik Derynck).

Karen Lele (1997-present)  Institute of Human Nutrition. Project: Regulation of expression of the germ cell-specific cyclin A1 gene.

Enyuan Shang (2000-present) Institute of Human Nutrition. Project: Role of the Fsrg family in the germ line.

Masters Students:

Lorette Ambrozecwicz (1997)  Institute of Human Nutrition.  Project: Function of Hoxa-4 in the developing lung.

Mikie Tajima (1997-1998)  Institute of Human Nutrition.  Expression of retinoic acid receptors in the mouse testis.

Samantha Muhlrad (1999-2000)  Institute of Human Nutrition. Project: Cyclin A2 Function during Oogenesis.

Ana Maria Araujo Pereira (2000) University de Aix-Marseilles II. Project: Hox genes and patterning in the embryonic lung.

Naotake Yanagisawa (2001) Institute of Human Nutrition.  Project:  Role of retinoic acid in acute myeloid leukemia in cyclin A1-transgenic mice.

Special Research:

Enyuan Shang (1996-1999)  Project: Expression and function of the putative Hox target gene MYAK and function of 9 cis retinol dehydrogenase in the mouse. Status: current Ph.D. student.

Rhonda Trousdale, M.D. (1997)  Alpha Omega Alpha Research Fellowship. Project: Expression and function of Fsrg-1 in the reproductive system.  Status: Resident, Dept. of Medicine, Boston University Medical School.

Anindita Nandi, M.D. (1997-1998)  Project: Role of Fsrg-1 in the etiology of breast and ovarian cancers.  Status: Resident, Dept. of Medicine, Yale University Medical School.

Roel van Lanen (1999) Project: Role of Fsrg genes during differentiation.  Status: medical student, University of Amsterdam Medical School.

Glicella Salazar Castro (2001-present) Function of cyclin A1 in the etiology of myeloid leukemia in a mouse model system, with particular emphasis on its regulation at the transcriptional level. Status: Visiting Scientist.
 

Academic Responsibilities:  Thesis Defense Committees
Eleanor Miele, Department of Genetics and Development
Connie Gee, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Lisa Brunet, Department of Genetics and Development
Elliot Epner, Department of Genetics and Development
Wen-Luan Wendy Hsiao, Department of Genetics and Development
Streamson Chua, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Christine Priano, Department of Genetics and Development
Todd Evans, Department of Genetics and Development
Jeffrey Roth, Department of Genetics and Development
Jeanne Magram, Department of Genetics and Development
Gerard Housey, Department of Genetics and Development
Dina Markowitz, Department of Genetics and Development
Brian Gallay, Department of Genetics and Development
Robert Collum, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Ruth Wager, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
James Lundblad, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Carlos Moraes, Department of Genetics and Development
Thomas Guadagno, Integrated Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular Biophysics
Christopher Perkins, Department of Genetics and Development
Anita Schuchardt, Department of Genetics & Development and Department of Pharmacology
Ping Zhou, Department of Pharmacology
Todd B. Linden, Integrated Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular Biophysics
Chyuan-Sheng Lin, Department of Genetics and Development
Yonghui Zhang, Department of Pathology
Kimberly Kegel, Department of Pathology
Yao Yao, Integrated Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular Biophysics
Yan Zhang Dong, Department of Microbiology
Ann Tighe, Institute of Human Nutrition
Tong Zhang, Department of Genetics & Development
Meghan Sinclair, Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medical College

References:  Furnished upon request