The Department of Molecular Cellular and Biomedical Sciences is a dynamic hub of research and discovery, with faculty members leading active, NIH-funded investigations in cutting-edge areas. Their research spans critical topics such as behavioral neuropharmacology, psychopharmacology, neuronal plasticity, motor learning, spinal cord injury and recovery, and neurodegenerative diseases. The department also delves into immunology, wound healing, experimental pathology, and cancer and cardiovascular biology.

Committed to both research and mentorship, faculty guide doctoral students in the CUNY Graduate Center programs in neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular and developmental biology, chemistry and biochemistry. Graduate and medical students are deeply involved in research, gaining invaluable hands-on experience in the department’s laboratories located on CUNY Medicine’s Harlem campus, where they are mentored in pushing the boundaries of scientific knowledge.

Labs

  • John (Jack) Martin, PhD

    Department Chair for MCBS
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Martin Lab, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research

  • Maria Felice Ghilardi

    Medical Professor
    Phone: 212-650-8310
    Office: H-08 / H-07
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Ghilardi Lab, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research

  • Paul Gottlieb

    Associate Medical Professor
    Phone: 13130 Office / 5814/7487 Lab
    Office: MR-603
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Gottlieb Lab, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research

  • Sanna Goyert

    Medical Professor
    Phone: 212-650-7709 / 8564
    Office: MR-921
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Goyert Lab, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research

  • Khosrow Kashfi

    Associate Medical Professor
    Phone: 212-650-6834
    Office: MR-1329
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Kashfi Lab, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research

  • Junghoon Kim

    Assistant Medical Professor
    Phone: 212-650-6641 / 7795
    Office: H-202
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Kim Lab, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research

  • Andreas Kottmann, Ph.D.

    Associate Medical Professor
    Phone: 212-650-8644
    Office: CDI-3/141
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Kottmann Lab, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research

  • Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

    Medical Professor
    Phone: 212-650-5896
    Office: HH205I
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Mallikaratchy Lab, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research

  • Itzhak Mano

    Assistant Medical Professor
    Phone: 212-650-7748
    Office: CDI-3/221
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Mano Lab, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research

  • Linda Spatz

    Associate Medical Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
    Phone: 212-650-8921
    Office: MR-611
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research, Spatz Lab

  • Ashiwel Undieh

    Medical Professor
    Phone: 212-650-6861
    Office: MR918
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research, Undieh Lab

  • Jun Yoshioka

    Medical Professor
    Phone: 212-650-7876
    Office: HH205M Lab: MR907, MR909
    Unit: Academic Departments & Programs
    Department: Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Department, Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences Research, Yoshioka Lab

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