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Barbara Brodsky
Research Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Education
1970, Ph.D., Harvard University, Biophysics
1964, B.A. Brandeis University, Physics
Honors and Awards
- Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship
- NIH Research Career Development Award
- Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award
- Richard Harvey Teaching Award
- Member, International Society of Matrix Biology Council
Research Interests
Barbara Brodsky’s research interests focus on collagen, an
extracellular matrix component critical for tissue structure
and mechanical properties, as well as cell adhesion and
receptor mediated cell signaling. Her laboratory
characterizes structural features of collagen using model
peptides and a recently developed recombinant bacterial
collagen. The recombinant molecules serve as an excellent
model system for defining collagen binding sites and the
effects of collagen mutations, while the peptides allow
definition of high resolution features at biologically
important sites. Research is currently underway to clarify
the pathway from human collagen mutations to hereditary bone
disorders, kidney disease, and vascular pathology. Studies
are being initiated to utilize the recombinant collagen
system as a scaffold to promote bone generation by human
stem cells and for the development of biomaterials.
Biography
Barbara Brodsky earned her B.A. in physics from Brandeis
University in 1964 and her Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard
University in 1970, after which she carried out postdoctoral
research as a Helen Hay Whitney Fellow at NIH and Oxford
University, UK. From 1975-2010, she served on the faculty of
the department of biochemistry at Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, affiliated with Rutgers University,
ultimately achieving the rank of Professor and position of
Deputy Chair while maintaining continuous NIH funding for
her collagen research.
Teaching
Barbara Brodsky still participates in teaching biochemistry
and nutrition to first-year medical students at Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School as an Adjunct Professor.
Professional Positions
| 1975 - 2010 |
Professor, UMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School, Biophysics,
New Jersey |
| 2004 - 2005 |
Visiting Researcher, European Bioinformatics
Institute, Hinxton, England |
| 1984 - 1985 |
Visiting Researcher, Brandeis University, Structural
Biology, Waltham, Massachusetts |
Service Memberships
- American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology
- American Chemical Society
- Biophysical Society
- Protein Society
- International Society of Matrix Biology
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