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Hristo Houbaviy,   PhD, MS, BS


Assistant Professor

Cell Biology


Office Address:

2 Medical Center Drive
Science Center 211A

Stratford NJ -   08084

Contact:

Tel: 856-566-6979
Fax: 856-566-6195

houbavhr@umdnj.edu

Education

The Rockefeller University, NY
PhD (Molecular Biophysics) , 1999

The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
MS (Life Sciences) , 1993

"St. Kliment Ohridski" University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
BS (Biotechnology) , 1990

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Honors and Awards

2002,   Postdoctoral fellowship from the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research

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Publications

Houbaviy, H. B., Murray, M. F. and Sharp, P. A Embryonic stem cell-specific microRNAs. Developmental Cell. Vol. 5: 898 (2003 ) .

Houbaviy, H. B. Dennis, L. Jaenisch, R. Sharp, P. A. Characterization of a highly variable eutherian microRNA gene. RNA. Vol. 11: 1245 (2005 ) .

Houbaviy, H. B. microRNAs in the stem cells of the blastocyst. . In MicroRNAs: from basic science to disease biology. Vol. : (2005 ) .

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Research Areas

The functions of microRNAs and other related short RNAs in embryonic stem cells and during early mouse embryogenesis. :

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