Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
St. Albert Hall 264
Office: (718) 990-5558
Lab: (718) 990- 5392
schramml@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
BS, 1991, SUNY at Stony Brook, Biochemistry
MS, 1996, St. John’s University, Toxicology
PhD, 2001, SUNY at Stony Brook, Molecular and Cellular
Pharmacology
Howard Hughes Medical Associate, 2002, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Areas of Specialization:
eukaryotic gene expression, RNA polymerase III transcription,
cancer biology, phytochemicals and chemoprevention.
Research
Regulation of RNA polymerase III
transcription in breast and prostate cancer by the polyphenols EGCG
(green tea), resveratrol (red wine) and genistein (soy)
Research Support
1R15CA133842-01A1 Schramm (PI) 1/1/2009-12/31/11
Title: Inhibition of RNA polymerase III by EGCG.
Role: PI. Co Investigators: None.
Professional Experience
2012-Present
Associate Dean
2009-Present
Associate professor, Department of Biological Sciences, St. John’s
University
2003-2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, St. John’s
University
2002-2003
Research Scientist/Asst. Professor Radiation/Oncology Department of
Radiation/Oncology, The Long Island Campus for the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine (LIJMC), Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New
Hyde Park
Honors and Awards
2003-2008 - Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, Department of
Biological Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY
Former Students
Jayne Martin, PhD student, Columbia University
Victoria Ruiz, PhD student, Brown University
Stephanie Cabarcas, postdoctoral fellow, National Cancer
Institute