Dr. Alexander Kofman

Education:

Ph.D. 2003, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Postdoctoral fellow, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, 2003-2006

Postdoctoral fellow, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, 2006-2009

Research Interests:

Human population and medical genetics

Genetic polymorphisms of microRNAs and their binding sites, predisposition to cancer

Time-lapse microscopy, cancer cells evolution and their genetic heterogeneity