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Molecular Genetics
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Interests/Specialties:
- The basis of complex genetic disease using molecular genomics and computational methods
- Identifying Breast Cancer susceptible genes using population based whole genome microarray data
- Identifying the genetics causes of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) of children using genome wide copy number variation.
Education:
- M.Sc. degree in Ecology and Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel (Summa cum laude)
Awards and Honors:
- Triennial Lev-Zion Scholarship for outstanding Ph.D student given by the Council for Higher Education (Israel)
- Minerva Foundation (Germany) Short-Term Research Grant
- The UJA -- Federation of New York, Salim and Rachel Banin Scholarship for excellence in studies
Interests/Specialties:
- Physiological mechanisms controlling tong term regulation of body weight.
- Changes in systemic energetic, CNS structure, and skeletal muscle biology
- The Physiology, Eco-physiology, Behavior and Foraging ecology of desert rodents as animal models for better understanding the role of inter specific competition and predation in foraging ecology and for better understanding mechanisms controlling energy homeostasis.
Education:
Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2006.
Postgraduate Training: - Fellowship, NY Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital.
Interests/Specialties:
- Genetic susceptibility to the development of type 2 diabetes
- Elucidating the mechanisms by which Lish- like (LL) regulates cholesterol metabolism and beta cell replication/function.
Post-Doctoral Training:
- Residency, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
- Fellowship, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Interests/Specialties:
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Studying the genetics of atherosclerosis and heart development using mouse models and using SNPs to study hypertension in humans
- Characterizing the genetic causes of cardiomyopathy, inherited arrhythmias, and congenital heart disease
Students
Jill Carmody, M.A.
Ms. Carmody is a predoctoral graduate student in the Institute of Human Nutrition. She is working on the development of mouse models for maternal insulin resistance.
Aliki Kosteli, M.S., M.Phil.
Ms. Kosteli is a pre-doctoral graduate student in the Institute of Human Nutrition. She is working on obesity-induced inflammation.
John Overton, B.S., M.A., M. Phil.
Mr. Overton is a pre-doctoral graduate student in the Institute of Human Nutrition. He is working on the molecular pathogenesis of obesity in mice. Mechanisms regulating body fat and metabolic disorders related to obesity such as insulin resistance. Molecular physiology of Mahogunin Ring Finger-1 (Mgrn1), which has been linked to melanocortin function in the mouse.
Stephanie Padilla, M.A.
Ms. Padilla is a predoctoral graduate student in the Institute of Human Nutrition. She is working on project to define lineage markers for functionally distinct neuronal populations in the hypothalamic feeding circuit.
Yann Ravussin, B.S.
Mr. Ravussin is a predoctoral graduate student in the Integrate Program. He is undertaking studies aimed at understanding molecular changes in skeletal muscle underlying metabolic adaptation that occurs during weight perturbation.
Nao Wakae, M.S.
Ms. Wakae is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Genetics and Development. Her work is focused on the molecular genetics of pancreatic beta cell proliferation and type 2 diabetes.
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