Biography
Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan received his MD from the University of Buenos Aires. After three years training in Biophysics, he moved to New York University with an International Fogarty Award. At NYU, he trained as a Cell Biologist and, with his mentor from Argentina, Marcelino Cereijido, they co-developed the main tissue culture model to study epithelial polarity, based on the kidney cell line MDCK. He is internationally known for his studies on mechanisms involved in the establishment and maintenance of epithelial polarity. His retinal research deals with the establishment of polarized structure and function in Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) and with retinal diseases (e.g. Age Related Macular Degeneration) that are caused by disruption of RPE's support function for photoreceptors. He has published over 170 papers and received many awards. He was Joseph Hinsey Professor of Cell Biology (1989-1995) and Jules and Doris Stein Professor of Cell Biology in Ophthalmology (1996-2003). His laboratory has been funded by NIH grants for over 25 years.
