Cohen, Paula
Associate Professorresearch
research and scholarship focus
- Role of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) family in mammalian meiosis and recombination.
- Analysis of MMR mouse mutants and their subsequent meiotic phenotypes
- Identification of key protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions during mouse meiosis in order to understand how recombination events are regulated, monitored and resolved
- Human female meiosis at the molecular level
- Human oocytes after meiotic recombination events have been resolved
- Genetic/environmental influences on recombination proficiency in human oocytes
primary investigator of
- ELUCIDATING THE FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEK1 AND FKBP6 IN MAMMALIAN MEIOSIS | Research Grant
- MAMMALIAN DNA REPAIR PROTEINS IN MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION | Research Grant
- MECHANISMS OF MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN FUNCTION IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE: FELLOW: DR. JOANNA KIM HOLLOWAY | Research Grant
- THE MLH1-MLH3 HETERODIMER IN MAMMALIAN MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION AND GAMETOGENESIS | Research Grant
affiliations
head of
- Center for Reproductive Genomics (CRG) | research center
faculty appointment in
- Biomedical Sciences (VTBMS) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Comparative Biomedical Sciences | graduate field
- Genetics and Development | graduate field
- Molecular and Integrative Physiology | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Stem Cell Program (SCP) | research program
teaching
teaches
- BIOG 2990 - Introduction to Research Methods in Biology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BIOG 4990 - Independent Undergraduate Research in Biology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BIOG 2990 - Introduction to Research Methods in Biology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- BIOGD 6100 - Genomes as Chromosomes (TR 01:25:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2008 class
service
event host
background
featured in
- Center established to focus on genetics of infertility, combining strengths of Cornell's Ithaca campus with Weill medical college | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Eight receive Provost's Award for Distinguished Scholarship | Cornell Chronicle feature