The Cellular and Molecular Biology program was licensed by the State of Connecticut Department of Higher Education in January of 1995. We have about 30 full-time students and 15 part-time students enrolled in the program with about 50% being international students from a variety of countries. People employed in the New Haven area's biotechnical and pharmaceutical industries make up most of our part-time enrollment. The students attending part-time take advantage of the "evening only" class schedule which allows them to continue their full-time employment in the field. The entire graduate program at the University of New Haven is on an accelerated schedule with three full trimesters a year. This allows full-time students to complete the Cellular and Molecular Biology program in about 16 months and part-time students to complete the degree in three years. For more information on the M.S. program, check our program page at http://www.newhaven.edu/4724/.

My research students and I are currently examining the role of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in in vitro models of metastasis. We are getting cell lines to progress through the epithelial to mesenchymal  transition to mimic metastasis and looking for changes in gene and protein expression related to cell adhesion.

I also enjoy microscopy and developmental biology. As a result, I have been creating an animated atlas of frog embryo serial sections. The 4 mm embryo can be viewed here. After I finish with the frogs, I am hoping to continue with similar projects looking at serial sections of the chick and the pig.