Science @ York College
York College, founded in 1966 and located on a 50-acre campus in Jamaica–Queens, is newly-committed to CUNY’s Ph.D. program in the Sciences. Research is concentrated in three Departments – Chemistry, Biology, and Earth and Physical Sciences. Chemistry currently contributes eight Graduate Faculty to its Doctoral Program, with a variety of research interests. Major scientific themes are spectroscopy, synthesis and modeling. Biology provides a further four Graduate Faculty to its Doctoral program, with emphasis at the cellular and molecular level. There is also considerable overlap between Chemistry and Biology through the Biochemistry program. As a result, York can offer a broad yet complementary range of research interests, all well suited to pursuit of a Ph.D. degree. The College itself is very well equipped with a full complement of major research instrumentation to support these efforts. Furthermore, York continues to receive extensive external support from a number of agencies (e.g. NIH, NSF, DOD). Incoming graduate students will therefore find themselves working in modern laboratories alongside dedicated faculty, experienced post-doctorals, full-time technicians and gifted undergraduates.
Subprograms Emphasized:
Biology: Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; Neuroscience
Chemistry: Analytical; Organic; Physical; Theoretical; Molecular Biophysics
Biochemistry: Enzymology & Protein Biochemistry; Physical Biochemistry/Biophysical Chemistry
Areas of Faculty Research Include:
Developmental genetics • enzyme mechanistic studies • kinase activation/inhibition • mass spectrometry of proteins • murine lymphocyte development • natural products synthesis • photoactive dendrimers • protein folding • quantum dots • retinal neuroanatomy • RNA-protein interactions• solid-state NMR of biomaterials
Research Centers
Food & Drug Administration –Northeast Regional Laboratory
Core Facilities
• NMR Facility – 3 high-field instruments
• Imaging Suite – SEM, TEM, laser-scanning confocal microscopy
• Cell Biology/Tissue Culture Suite – Typhoon, FACS, Flow Cytometers
• Molecular Spectroscopy – Raman, UV-vis-NIR, FTIRs, Fluorimeters, CD, lasers
• Mass Spectrometry – QTOF, GC-MS, LC-MS, MALDI- Linear Ion Trap,
• Animal Quarters & Greenhouse
