Headshot of David Gresham.

David Gresham

Vice dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
New York University

David Gresham is professor of biology and vice dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at New York University. His lab focuses on genome evolution and plasticity, post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression and control of cell growth.

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