California State University Fullerton, Department of Biological Sciences Faculty

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

The study of genetics, molecular biology, and biotechnology and their applications to medicine, agriculture and the environment (e.g., cancer, infectious diseases, gene therapy, crop improvement, and bioremediation).

Faculty

	Esther Chen, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Teaches: General Microbiology
	Research: Molecular biology of microbe-host interactions; genes and signals in the symbiosis between Sinorhizobium meliloti and its host, Medicago sativa
	Office: MH 207C, Phone: 278-2543, Email:echen@fullerton.edu
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	Amybeth Cohen, Associate Professor, Ph.D., U.C. Riverside, Director, MARC Scholars Program
	Teaches: Genetics and Molecular Biology, Principles of Gene Manipulation, Plant Cell Physiology
	Research: Regulation of photosynthetic gene expression in plant cells, nuclear-chloroplast interactions, expression of foreign therapeutic proteins in the unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
	Office: MH 301A, Phone: 278-2178, Email:acohen@fullerton.edu
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	Hope A. Johnson, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stanford University
	Teaches: Genetics and Molecular Biology, Microbiology
	Research:Microbial metal oxidation and reduction – the formation and dissolution of rocks. Identifying the function of bacterial proteins with no known function. Water quality and bioremediation.
	Office: MH 207F, Phone: 278-4529, Email:hajohnson@fullerton.edu
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	Nikolas Nikolaidis, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
	Teaches: Genetics and Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics
	Research:Comparative genomics; bioinformatics; phylogenetics; molecular evolution and biochemistry of proteins involved in the innate and adaptive immune systems and stress response
	Office: MH 317A, Phone:TBA, Email:nnikolaidis@fullerton.edu
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	Nilay Patel, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
	Teaches: Genetics and Molecular Biology, Intermediate Cell Biology
	Research: Gene regulation of apolipoportein E (apoE), role of apoE in Alzheimer's Disease
	Office: DBH 111A, Phone: 278-2583, Email: nilaypatel@fullerton.edu
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	Melanie A. Sacco, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of London
	Teaches:Intermediate Molecular Biology
	Research:Molecular biology of plant-pathogen interactions, protein-protein interactions and signaling in disease resistance
	Office: MH 207H, Phone: 278-2539, Email:msacco@fullerton.edu
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	Marcelo E. Tolmasky, Professor, Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires, Associate Director for Research Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies (CABS)
	Teaches: General Microbiology, Advances in Biotechnology Laboratory
	Research: Molecular genetics of mechanisms that contribute to the virulence pathogenic bacteria
	Office: MH 382, Phone: 278-5263, Email: mtolmasky@fullerton.edu
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