Institution name

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Contact address for international enquiries

Belfer Building
Room 1201
BRONX 10461

Venue / office name

Department of Molecular Pharmacology

Address

Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus 1300 Morris Park Avenue
Forchheimer Room 251
Bronx
New York
10461

Venue description

Molecular Pharmacology offers unique training in signal transduction and the molecular basis of drug action. Research in the Department is broad, and includes programs focused on cell and gene regulation, hormone action and biogenesis, caveolae, protein and phosphoinositide kinases and phosphatases, glycoproteins and lectins, drug resistance and the development of activators, inhibitors and drugs. The Department has specialized research facilities including: 1) A Chemical – Biology Laboratory that performs high throughput screens for novel drugs and specific inhibitors (activators) of signal transduction pathways and 2) A Biodefense Proteomics Research Center whose goal is to identify and validate chemotherapeutic targets in protozoal parasites. All students have access to institutional research cores such as, state-of-the-art mass spectrometry, image analysis, and transgenic and knock-out mouse technologies. Target diseases studied in Molecular Pharmacology include: cancer, cardiac and thyroid pathogenesis, diabetes and muscular dystrophy. Research programs in the department train Ph.D. students for independent research careers as well as other options. Students will present their research at national meetings, conferences and symposia. The department has 17 faculty members and a cadre of 70 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, Instructors and Associates, who participate in departmental activities. Numerous scientific collaborations are in process within the Department. This provides students with interactions with multiple faculty members, thus creating a diverse, dynamic scientific environment.

Telephone number

+1 718 430 2911

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

Housing at Einstein is among the best you’ll find at any medical school in the country. Apartments are large. Rents are low. Security is excellent. Every M.D. and Ph.D. student is guaranteed an apartment, and we are able to provide an on-campus apartment for most postdocs who want one as well. Located near the Westchester border in the northeast Bronx, the environment around Einstein combines the best of two worlds: small-town living with its special sense of “community”-and lower cost of living-and easy access to big city excitement in Manhattan. The College of Medicine owns two housing complexes: the Eastchester Road Residence (for M.D. and Ph.D. students), which is located right on the Einstein campus, and the Rhinelander Apartments , located two short blocks from the medical school. Together, the two complexes contain 765 apartments. And we mean apartments, not dorm rooms. You’ll be living in either a full-sized studio, one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartment containing such amenities as air-conditioning, fully equipped eat-in-kitchens and lots of closet space. Each complex has laundry facilities on the premises. The Eastchester Road Residence consists of three 27-story towers, with 634 air-conditioned apartments, a large underground garage, and an extensive landscaped sitting/playing area. The monthly rent, which includes all utilities, is about $449 for a studio, $627 for a one-bedroom, and $806 for two-bedroom apartments. With two or three students sharing a one-or two-bedroom apartment, the monthly cost is significantly reduced, averaging about $250 per student. An active list of students seeking roommates is available. The monthly rent at the Rhinelander Residence varies from about $460 for a studio to $747 for a two-bedroom apartment. Here also, the cost can be reduced significantly through sharing.