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Department: Biochemistry

Executive Officer: Professor Sebastien Poget

The Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10016

Email: Biochemistry@gc.cuny.edu

https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Biochemistry

FACULTY

Alejandra Alonso, Jesus Angulo, Cesar Arenas-Mena, Undieh Ashiwel, Pinar Ayata, Probal Banerjee, Jill Bargonetti-Chavarria, Diana Bratu, Adam Braunschweig, Derrick Brazill, Zimei Bu, David Calhoun, Avrom Caplan, Patrizia Casaccia, Jorge Caviglia, Murat Cevher, Emmanuel Chang, Hai-Ping Cheng, Shu-Yuan Cheng, Jun Yong Choi, Maria Contel, Aneta Czajkowska, Lesley Davenport, Columba de la Parra, Melissa Deri, Amedee des Georges, Ruel Desamero, Terry Dowd, Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle, Mark Emerson, Robert Engel, Jimmie Fata, Karl Fath, Paul Feinstein, Maria Figueiredo-Pereira, David Foster, Eitan Friedman, Julio Gallego-Delgado, Emilio Gallicchio, Kevin Gardner, Guillermo Gerona-Navarro, Ranajeet Ghose, Brian Gibney, Mitchell Goldfarb, Dixie Goss, Paul Gottlieb, Shubha Govind, Sanna Goyert, Nancy Greenbaum, Alexander Greer, Marilyn Gunner, Rupal Gupta, Wayne Harding, Mandё Holford, Karen Hubbard, Amy Ikui, Ankit Jain, Anuradha Janakiraman, David Jeruzalmi, Xinyin Jiang, Andrei Jitianu, George John, Laura Juszczak, Akira Kawamura, Daniel Keedy, Edward Kennelly, Reza Khayat, Frida Kleiman, Lawrence Kobilinsky, Ronald Koder, Sanjai Kumar, Tom Kurtzman, William L’Amoreaux, Themis Lazaridis, Louis Levinger, Christine Li, Peter Lipke, Diego Loayza, Gustavo Lopez, Sharon Loverde, Richard Magliozzo, Shahana Mahajan, Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Itzhak Mano, Hiroshi Matsui, Gerard McNeil, Alicia Meléndez, Carmen Melendez-Vasquez, David Mootoo, Ryan Murelli, Fred Naider, Stephen O'Brien, Naphtali O'Connor, Olorunseun Ogunwobi, Benjamin Ortiz, Sebastien Poget, Stefan Pukatzki, Baofu Qiao, Luis Quadri, Krishnaswami Raja, Jayne Raper, Stephen Redenti, Patricia Rockwell, Susan Rotenberg, Andrey Rudenko, Kevin Ryan, Shireen Saleque, Uri Samuni, Renuka Sankaran, Moira Sauane, Cathy Savage-Dunn, Anjana Saxena, Mara Schvarzstein, Chang-Hui Shen, Shaneen Singh, Yolanda Small, Ruth Stark, Mark Steinberg, Barbara Studamire, Ming Tang, Mariana Torrente, Rein Ulijn, Maribel Vázquez, Bao Vuong, Daniel Weinstein, Andrew Wolfe, Eleanore Wurtzel, Lei Xie, Yujia Xu, Zahra Zakeri, Brian Zeglis, Zhi-Liang Zheng, Shuiqin Zhou, Zhu Zhou

THE PROGRAM

Graduate work in biochemistry, an interdisciplinary science that draws on fundamental chemical theory and research techniques as the basis for explorations into the problems of biology, requires a firm grounding in chemistry as well as a sophisticated knowledge of biology. The Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry is designed to provide students with the research techniques and knowledge they will need for careers as biochemists in government and industry or as researchers and teachers in colleges and universities.

Students in the Biochemistry Program are expected to participate in research early in their graduate work, usually in the first year of study, and to engage actively in a broadly based seminar and colloquium program designed to introduce them to the important problems and current research methods of biochemistry.

Areas of faculty research specialization in the Biochemistry Ph.D. Program:

Biochemical Pharmacology; Bioenergetics; Bioinformatics; Bioinorganic Chemistry; Bioorganic Chemistry; Biotechnology/Biomaterials; Enzymology and Protein Biochemistry; Immunochemistry; Lipid Biochemistry; Membrane: Structure, Function, and Transport; Metabolism and Regulation; Molecular Biology; Neurochemistry; Organelle Biochemistry; Physical Biochemistry/Biophysical Chemistry; Structural Biology Research work may be done at Brooklyn, City, Hunter, Lehman, York, and Queens colleges and at the College of Staten Island. Nonlaboratory courses in biochemistry are usually given at the Graduate Center.

Resources for Training and Research

The doctoral faculty, which is drawn from the biology and chemistry faculties of the various colleges of CUNY, is often supplemented by outstanding visiting scientists, who serve either as guest lecturers or as visiting professors.

En-route M.A.

Upon completing 45 credits with an average grade of B, passing the First Examination, and satisfactorily completing a major research paper, the student may apply for an M.A. degree. The degree is awarded formally by one of the participating senior CUNY colleges.