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Derek W. Abbott, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Regulation of innate immunity via non-traditional ubiquitin linkages
Karl Mark Ansel, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School / CBR Institute for Biomedical Research
Endogenous RNA interference and gene silencing in T cell differentiation
Thomas G. Bernhardt, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Coordinating cell division and chromosome segregation in Escherichia coli
Michael D. Blower, Ph.D.
University of California-Berkeley
Analysis of the role of RNA in spindle assembly
Leah E. Cowen, Ph.D.
MIT / Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Hsp90 and the evolution of pathogens and their hosts
Justin L. Gardner, Ph.D.
New York University Faculty of Arts and Science
Flexible sensory representations in human visual cortex
Levi A. Garraway, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Linking genetic alterations to tumor dependencies in human melanoma
Matthew C. Gibson, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Design principles in metazoan epithelia: the molecular control of growth and form
Ira M. Hall, Ph.D.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Investigation of DNA copy-number fluctuation and epigenetic inheritance using genomic microarrays
Mondira Kundu, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Role of Ulk1 and autophagy in erythroid maturation
Cheng-Yu Lee, Ph.D.
University of Oregon
Genetic regulation of neural stem cell self-renewal
Anthony Leonardo, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Neuronal population dynamics underlying the retinal code for motion
Stephen B. Long, Ph.D.
Rockefeller University
Atomic structures of open and closed voltage-dependent potassium channels and other eukaryotic membrane proteins
Aaron W. McGee, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
Inhibition of plasticity in the adult central nervous system by Nogo-66 receptor signaling
Kakoli Mitra, Ph.D.
State University of New York-Albany
Probing the dynamics of protein integration into and translocation across membranes using fluorescence spectroscopy and cryo-electron microscopy
Lev Z. Osherovich, Ph.D.
University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine
Insulin signaling in neurodegenerative protein misfolding diseases
Stephanie A. Pangas, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Defining the role of TGFb superfamily in ovarian cancer through mouse models
Margot E. Quinlan, Ph.D.
University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine
Collaboration between two actin nucleators - Spir and Capu
Oliver J. Rando, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard University
Time scales of epigenetic inheritance: how and why
Antonina I. Roll-Mecak, Ph.D.
University of California-San Francisco
Molecular anatomy and physiology of a microtubule severing enzyme defective in hereditary spastic paraplegia
Pardis C. Sabeti, M.D., D.Phil.
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Evolutionary genomics and its applications to human disease
Sara L. Sawyer, Ph.D.
University of Washington / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Using rapid evolution to identify intracellular proteins interacting with retrotransposons in yeast
Benjamin P. Tu, Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
Logic of the yeast metabolic cycle
David M. Weinstock, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Defining individual DNA double-strand break repair capacity using zinc-finger nucleases
2005
Diana M. Bautista, Ph.D.
University of California-San Francisco
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of mechanotransduction in mammalian
sensory neurons
Ben E. Black, Ph.D.
University of California-San Diego School of Medicine
Epigenetic mechanisms for centromere specification
David L. Brody, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
Amyloid-beta and apolipoprotein E in traumatic brain injury
Mark M. Churchland, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Experimental study of settling neural processes in the primate brain
William M. Clemons, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Structural studies of complexes involved in protein translocation and
synthesis
Daniela M. Dinulescu, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Role of endometriosis in fertility and ovarian cancer pathogenesis
Alla Y. Karpova, Ph.D.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Using molecular inactivators of synaptic transmission to study cortical
function and its modulation by subcortical systems in health and disease
Leslie S. Kean, M.D., Ph.D.
Emory University School of Medicine
Innate immunity and transplantation tolerance: Defining the role of
natural killer (NK) cells in allograft rejection
Tobias R. Kollmann, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington School of Medicine
Induction of protective immunity to listeria in neonates
Steven T. Kosak, Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
The genomic organization of hematopoietic differentiation
Yaping J. Liao, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
Neurophysiological dysfunction in calcium channelopathies
Feroz R. Papa, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine
The connection between endoplasmic reticulum stress and type 2 diabetes
Michael G. Poirier, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
A study of DNA accessibility within nucleosome arrays
Jeremy F. Reiter, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California-San Francisco
Tectonic: discovery of novel signal directing mammalian development
Kyu Y. Rhee, M.D., Ph.D.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Enzymes of intermediary metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis:
Anti-mycobacterial targets of nitric oxide
Alan Saghatelian, Ph.D.
Scripps Research Institute
Identifying functional connections between the proteome and metabolome
by global metabolite profiling
Annette E. Salmeen, D.Phil.
Stanford University School of Medicine
Reactive oxygen species as temporal coordinators of cell signaling pathways
Michael D. Shapiro, Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
Genetic and developmental basis of skeletal diversity in ninespine sticklebacks
Helen C. Su, M.D., Ph.D.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Molecular function of caspase-8 for lymphocyte activation
Sinisa Urban, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Exploring the role of rhomboid signalling in development and disease
Loren D. Walensky, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Targeting protein interactions in vivo using chemically reinforced
helical peptides
Hong Zhang, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Role of RNA and nuclear bodies in PcG-mediated epigenetic gene silencing
2004
Geoffrey K. Aguirre, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Discipline: Neuroscience
Title of research plan: fMRI studies of the process architecture of
face perception
Bradley E. Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Cell biology & regulation
Title of research plan: Proteomic studies of post-translational histone
modifications
Nika N. Danial, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Discipline: Cell biology & regulation
Title of research plan: Integration of glycosis and apoptosis by the
pro-apoptotic protein BAD
Jeremy S. Dasen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Columbia University
Discipline: Neuroscience
Title of research plan: The role of Hox proteins in sensory-motor neuronal
connectivity and identity
Seth J. Field, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Discipline: Cell biology & regulation
Title of research plan: Comprehensive analysis of phosphoinositide function
Ruben L. Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Discipline: Biophysics
Title of research plan: Single-molecule fluorescence studies of eukaryotic
translational initiation and regulation
Chyi-Song Hsieh, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington
Discipline: Immunology
Title of research plan: Determining the antigen specificity of CD25+CD4+
regulatory T cells
Eric C. Lai, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Discipline: Developmental biology
Title of research plan: A genomewide analysis of microRNA function in
Drosophila
George Y. Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Diego School
of Medicine
Discipline: Infectious diseases
Title of research plan: Role of Group B Streptococcal hemolysin/cytolysin
and pigment in the pathogenesis of invasive neonatal infections
Marc D. Meneghini, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco
Discipline: Genetics
Title of research plan: Regulating chromatin domains in yeast and during
animal development
Vamsi K. Mootha, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discipline: Genomics
Title of research plan: Genomic approaches to mitochondrial biogenesis
Suzanne M. Noble, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco School
of Medicine
Discipline: Infectious diseases
Title of research plan: Identification of virulence in Candida albicans,
a diploid, commensal human fungal pathogen
Bijan Pesaran, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: California Institute of Technology
Discipline: Neuroscience
Title of research plan: Cortical mechanisms for hand-eye coordination
Noah A. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Southern California
Discipline: Genetics
Title of research plan: Efficient genome-based inference of ancestry
for use in genetic association studies
Alvaro Sagasti, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: New York University School of Medicine
Discipline: Developmental biology
Title of research plan: The development of morphological diversity in
trigeminal sensory neurons
Michele M. Solis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington School of Medicine
Discipline: Neuroscience
Title of research plan: A telencephalic pattern generator for song
2003
Kaveh Ashrafi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: University of California-San Francisco
Comprehensive analysis of regulatory mechanisms of fat biology
Aaron P. Batista, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Neural gating within the cerebral cortex during sensory-motor behavior
Or P. Gozani, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Regulation of chromatin remodeling events by nuclear phosphoinositides
Christina M. Hull, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Duke University Medical Center
Cell identity, sexual development, and virulence in the human fungal
pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
Susan M. Kaech, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Emory University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Yale University
Investigation of the mechanisms that regulate memory CD8 T cell development
Dennis H. Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Genetic analysis of innate immunity in C. elegans
Anna K. Majewska, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Imaging rapid plasticity in the visual cortex
David E. Reich, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Faculty Institution: Harvard University
Applying population genetics to find genes in common disease
Erica O. Saphire, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Scripps Research Institute
Faculty Institution: Scripps Research Institute
Structural studies of Ebola virus pathogenesis
Shu-ou Shan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco School
of Medicine
Mechanism of signal recognition particle-mediated protein targeting
Collin M. Stultz, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
The conformational free energy landscape of collagen and its relationship
to atherosclerotic plaque rupture
Kevin B. Urdahl, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington
The role of MHC class I molecules in immunity against tuberculosis
Amy J. Wagers, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Dynamic circulation of hematopoietic stem cells: implication for stem
cell function
2002
Suzanne J. Admiraal, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Biosynthesis of hybrid natural products
Vahe Bandarian, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Faculty Institution: University of Arizona
Biosynthesis of deazapurine metabolites
Cornelius F. Boerkoel, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
A Drosophila model for dissection of SMARCAL1 function
Richard K. Bruick, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
Faculty Institution: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
Investigation of hypoxia sensing and signaling pathways
Erin C. Gaynor, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of British Columbia
Molecular basis of colonization and invasion in the foodborne enteric
pathogen Campylobacter jejuni
Brian C. Lewis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Faculty Institution: University of Massachusetts
Modeling tumor initiation, progression and metastasis using tissue-specific
somatic gene transfer
Minmin Luo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Duke University
Integration of pheromonal signals and hormonal cues in mammalian reproduction
Margaret E. McLaughlin, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Effects of heterotypic cell interactions and blood-born signals on tumors
of the nervous system
Catherine L. Peichel, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
The genetic and molecular basis of reproductive isolation of threespine
sticklebacks
Matthew H. Porteus, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: California Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: University of Texas Southweatern Medical Center-Dallas
The regulation of gene targeting in vertebrate somatic cells
Stephen W. Santoro, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Scripps Research Institute
Directed evolution of natural and unnatural proteins and oligomers for
gene manipulation, drug discovery, and biochemical investigation
Bradley L. Schlaggar, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Development of cognition: fNMR studies
Kristin E. Scott, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons
Faculty Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Taste representation in the Drosophila brain
Donald C. Sheppard, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Los Angeles School
of Medicine
Isolation and characterization of genes involved in morphogenesis and
virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus
John B. Wallingford, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Faculty Institution: University of Texas-Austin
Molecular control of cell motility during vertebrate gastrulation
Jennifer A. Zallen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Princeton University
Molecular analysis of dynamic cell rearrangements in Drosophila
Karen M. Zito, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Regulation of synapse formation in the mammalian cortex
2001
Matthew L. Albert, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Rockefeller University
Tumor immunity versus tumor-mediated immunosuppression: characterizing
the cellular and molecular mechanism of cross-priming and cross-tolerance
David Bilder, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Faculty Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Genetic analysis of epithelial cell architecture
Carrie B. Brachmann, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of California-Irvine
Using Drosophila as a tool for the study of apoptotic regulation
Kathleen M. I. Caron, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School
of Medicine
Reproductive and cardiovascular effects of the adrenomedullin system
Ricardo E. Dolmetsch, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: Stanford University
Voltage-gated calcium channel signaling to the nucleus
Charles G. Eberhart, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Analysis of medulloblastoma pathobiology and response to novel therapies
using murine transgenic models
Peter J. Espenshade, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Texas Southweatern Medical Center-Dallas
Faculty Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Molecular mechanism of cholesterol homeostasis in mammalian cells
Miguel Estevez, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Faculty Institution: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Investigation of a calcium channel related to migraine and epilepsy
in both invertebrate and a mouse model
Kathryn M. Ferguson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Structural basis for erbB receptor activation by epidermal growth factor
agonists and neuregulin
Nicholas R. Gaiano, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: New York University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Neural stem cells in the mammalian forebrain: the roles of Notch and
FGF signaling
Joshua I. Gold, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington
Faculty Institution: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Neural basis of perceptual-decision formation
Karen J. Guillemin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Oregon
Genetic and cellular basis of Helicobacter pylori-associated malignancies
Victoria G. Herman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Los Angeles School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Oregon
Defining the molecular code for synaptic target selection
Joel N. Hirschhorn, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: Harvard Medical School
Genetic analysis of complex endocrine disorders
Jennifer S. Hovis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University
Faculty Institution: Perdue University
Understanding lipid and protein interactions at the molecular level
in model cell membranes
James D. Jontes, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Role of protocadherins in neural development, studied in living zebrafish
embryos
William R. Kobertz, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Brandeis University
Faculty Institution: University of Massachusetts
Molecular interactions of the lipid-exposed surfaces of integral membrane
proteins
Bernardo L. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Cold Spring Harbor
Faculty Institution: Harvard Medical School
Role of localized biochemical signaling in the regulation of synaptic
function and spine morphogenesis
Douglas E. Smith, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Single molecular studies of viral DNA packaging
Xin Sun, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Wisconsin
Understanding the endoderm in organogenesis and regeneration
Heidi A. Tissenbaum, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: University of Massachusetts
Genetic and molecular analysis of genes controlling longevity in Caenorhabditis
elegans
Stephen H. Tsang, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Los Angeles School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Columbia University
Unraveling genetic pathways leading to cell death in mice lacking the
gamma subunit of the cGMP phosphodiesterase
Anthony P. West, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: California Institute of Technology
Identification of the natural ligand of Methuselah, a Drosophila G protein-coupled
receptor associated with extended lifespan
2000
Matthew P. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: Harvard Medical School
Role of T-type calcium channels in thalamic and hippocampal rhythmic
activity
Jody L. Baron, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of California-San Francisco School of
Medicine
The role of the innate immune system in acute and chronic hepatitis
B: studies in a novel transgenic mouse model of primary HBV infection
Greg J. Bashaw, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Faculty Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Molecular mechanisms of attractive and repulsive axon guidance at the
midline of Drosophila
Leonardo Belluscio, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Duke University Medical Center
Learning and memory in the mouse olfactory bulb
Guoqiang Bi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Diego
Faculty Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Spatio-temporal specificity of synaptic plasticity at single synaptic
contacts
Chester W. Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
Understanding the reproductive roles of the activins using an activin
beta B knock-in model
Michael D. Bulger, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Rochester
The relationship between organization and function at the mammalian
beta-globin locus
Walter R. Burack, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Analysis of the immunological synapse: a membrane-associated machine
John D. Crispino, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: University of Chicago
Abby F. Dernburg, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Chromosome architecture and the fidelity of meiotic segregation
Kelly S. Doran, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Diego
Faculty Institution: University of California-San Diego
Penetration of the blood-brain barrier in GBS meningitis
Jay T. Groves, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Faculty Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Studies of cell recognition and signaling with micropatterned lipid
membranes
Michael D. Hogarty, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
BIN1: a MYCN interacting neuroblastoma suppressor
Lora V. Hooper, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
Molecular analysis of commensal host-microbial interactions in the intestine
Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: National Institutes of Health
Faculty Institution: Yale University
Defining the mechanism of immune induction and effector function in
the female genital mucosa
Ursula H. Jakob, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Michigan
Faculty Institution: University of Michigan
Structural and functional characterization of new heat shock proteins
Benhur Lee, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of California-Los Angeles
HIV-1 coreceptors and their role in HIV-associated hematopoietic dysfunction
Karen L. Mohlke, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: National Institutes of Health
Faculty Institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Genetic analysis of type 2 diabetes susceptibility
Samuel J. Pleasure, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of California-San Francisco School of
Medicine
Molecular control of cell fate in the dentate gyrus
Douglas N. Robinson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Studies of the mechanisms of cytokinesis using Dictyostelium
Julia A. Segre, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Chicago
Epidermal barrier function
Nirao M. Shah, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons
Faculty Institution: University of California-San Francisco
Genetic analysis of neural circuits mediating sexually dimorphic behaviors
in mammals
Roger B. Sutton, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Yale University
Faculty Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston
Biophysical and structural investigation of Ca+2 in neurotransmitter
release
Suzanne J. Szabo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard School of Public Health
T-bet, a novel t-box transcription factor that directs T-helper cell
type 1 lineage commitment
Michael M. Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Michigan
Estrogen receptors and neuroprotection against excitotoxic injury
Yangping Zhang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: MD Anderson Cancer Center
The ARF-MDM-p53 tumor suppression pathway
1999
Ravi Allada, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Brandeis University
Faculty Institution: Northwestern University
Molecular and genetic analysis of the circadian rhythm gene, Clock,
in Drosophila
Oscar M. Aparicio, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: University of Southern California
Understanding the relationship of DNA replication to cell cycle control
of cellular proliferation and chromosomal organization
Nenad Ban, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Yale University
Determination of the high resolution structure of the large ribosomal
subunit
Azad Bonni, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: Harvard Medical School
Regulation of glial fate specification in the central nervous system
Thomas R. Clandinin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Los Angeles School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Stanford University
Dissecting neuronal target selection in the Drosophila visual system
Michael K. Cooper, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Vanderbilt University
Modulation of sonic hedgehog signal transduction by cholesterol homeostasis
Paul De Koninck, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University
Faculty Institution: University of Laval
Decoding rhythms in the nervous system
Elizabeth A. Finch, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Duke University Medical Center
Faculty Institution: Emory University
Postsynaptic calcium signaling by inositol trisphosphate in neuronal
dendrites
Robert C. Flaumenhaft, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: Harvard Medical School
SNARE proteins in platelet alpha-granule secretion
Timothy P. Galitski, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: Institute for Systems Research
Genetic networks
Patrick A. Grant, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Faculty Institution: University of Virginia
Analysis of histone acetyltransferase/transcriptional adaptor complexes
in the regulation of gene expression
Michael Graziano, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Princeton University
Faculty Institution: Princeton University
From eye to hand: sensory-motor integration in the primate brain
Matthias Gromeier, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: State University of New York-Stony Brook
Faculty Institution: Duke University
Principles of polio neuropathogenesis: exploiting poliovirus for the
treatment of brain cancer
Zhigang He, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Harvard Medical School
Signaling mechanisms mediating the repulsive effects on developing and
regenerating axons
Laura J. Knoll, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University
Faculty Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Molecular genetic approaches to investigate developmental regulation
in Toxoplasma gondii
Bruce T. Lahn, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: University of Chicago
Systematic investigation of mammalian spermatogenesis
Thomas Perkins, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Princeton University
Faculty Institution: University of Colorado-Boulder
Measurements of single DNA-based molecular motors
Jill Rafael, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Oxford
Faculty Institution: Ohio State University
The role of muscle proteins in synaptic structure and neuromuscular
disease
Matthew Redinbo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington
Faculty Institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Structural and functional characterization of human topoisomerase I
and the Werner syndrome helicase
Maria A. Schumacher, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Oregon Health Sciences University
Faculty Institution: Oregon Health Sciences University
Structural biology of cell growth, development, and regulation
Krishna V. Shenoy, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: California Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: Stanford University
Early reach plans in posterior parietal cortex
Theodore S. Steiner, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Faculty Institution: University of British Columbia
Isolation and characterization of an interleukin 8 releasing protein
from enteroaggregative Escherichia coli
Michael Yaffe, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scaffolding and chaperone proteins in signal transduction: 14-3-3 regulation
of mitosis and programmed cell death
Deborah L. Yelon, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: New York University
Patterning during organogenesis: genetic analysis of cardiac chamber
formation
1998
Edward S. Brodkin, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Genetic analysis of anxiety-related behaviors in mice
David C. Chan, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: California Institute of Technology
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Structural and mechanistic studies of virus-mediated membrane fusion
Jeffrey S. Diamond, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Oregon Health Sciences University
Mechanisms underlying silent synapses: implications for synaptic plasticity
in the hippocampus
Aaron DiAntonio, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Faculty Institution: Washington University
Genetic analysis of glutamate receptors in Drosophila reveals a retrograde
signal regulating presynaptic transmitter release
Guowei Fang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: Stanford University
Mechanism of the spindle assembly checkpoint control
Reiko Maki Fitzsimonds, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Diego
Faculty Institution: Yale University
Distributed properties of synaptic plasticity in neural networks
Jeffrey S. Glenn, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Prenylation and viral assembly
Carrie Haskell-Luevano, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Oregon Health Sciences University
Faculty Institution: University of Florida
Determination of the physiological and pharmacological role of the brain
specific agouti-related transcript
Xianxin Hua, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Identification and characterization of novel components in the TGF-ß
signaling pathway
David K. R. Karaolis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Pathogenicity islands in the emergence of epidemic and pandemic cholera
William L. Kraus, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Diego
Faculty Institution: Cornell University
Biochemical analysis of estrogen receptor activity with chromatin templates
Peter D. Kwong, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons
An atomic-level investigation of the structure and associated biology
of the HIV-coat protein, gp120
Hiten D. Madhani, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: University of California-San Francisco
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Specificity of signal transduction during dimorphic development of yeast
Chandra Mohan, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Florida College of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
B-cell tolerance and humoral autoimmunity
Kelle H. Moley, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Glucose transport and apoptosis in blastocysts from diabetic mice
Karen Ottemann, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Faculty Institution: University of California-Santa Cruz
Chemotaxis in Helicobacter pylori, and its role in pathogenesis
Salman T. Qureshi, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Faculty Institution: McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Genetic analysis of innate resistance to bacterial pathogens
David J. Robbins, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco
Faculty Institution: University of Cincinnati
Dissecting the hedgehog signal transduction pathway
Aimee K. Ryan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Diego
Faculty Institution: McGill University
Analysis of inductive events responsible for specification and differentiation
of the anterior pituitary gland
Elaine K. Sia, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Faculty Institution: University of Rochester
Analysis of yeast mutants with altered simple repeat stability
Upinder Singh, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Faculty Institution: Stanford University
Transcriptional control of Entamoeba histolytica
Leonidas Stefanis, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons
Faculty Institution: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Proteases in neuronal cell death
Surachai Supattapone, M.D., D.Phil.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco
Faculty Institution: Dartmouth University
The structure and biology of a soluble prion
Sarah A. Tishkoff, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Faculty Institution: University of Maryland
Molecular sequence variation in G6PD and its role in malarial resistance
Johannes Walter, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Diego
Faculty Institution: Harvard University
Characterization of eukaryotic replication initiation factors using
a soluble, cell-free system
1997
Mark Bix, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Washington
Effector CD4+ T-cell development: evidence for the stochastic generation
and clonal distribution of a combinatorial cytokine repertoire
Brendon Patrick Cormack, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Virulence determinants of Candida glabrata
David E. Cummings, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Washington School of Medicine
Studies of spermatogenesis metabolism using mutant mice
Gregory C. DeAngelis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Neural mechanisms underlying perceptual feature binding
Joseph A. Gogos, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons
Faculty Institution: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Genetic analysis of connectivity in mammalian olfactory system
Alan J. Hunt, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Colorado
Faculty Institution: University of Michigan
The role of microtubule dynamics in mitotic chromosome movement
Raymond H. Jacobson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Faculty Institution: MD Anderson Cancer Center
TBP-related factor and selectivity factor I; probing TBP function in
alternative contexts
Suzanne Lee Kirby, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School
of Medicine
Proliferative advantage for therapeutic bone marrow
Scott Charles Kogan, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco School
of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of California-San Francisco School of
Medicine
Use of transgenic mouse model of acute promyelocytic leukemia to elucidate
disease pathogenesis and to improve therapy
Margarethe Joanna Kuehn, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Faculty Institution: Duke University
Secretory protein sorting in yeast and bacteria
Mala S. Mahendroo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
Faculty Institution: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
Characterization of fecundity and parturition defects in mice deficient
in steroid 5 alpha-reductase type 1
Zachary F. Mainen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Cold Spring Harbor
Faculty Institution: Cold Spring Harbor
Optical studies of synaptic plasticity mechanisms
Kelsey C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons
Faculty Institution: University of California-Los Angeles
Communications between the synapse and the nucleus during long-lasting
synaptic plasticity
Robert Menard, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: New York University Medical Center
Faculty Institution: New York University Medical Center
Genetic analysis of malaria sporozoite virulence
James Olson, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Washington School of Medicine
NeuroD abrogation in neuroblastoma
Martin S. Pavelka, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Rochester
Biosynthesis of the mycobacterial cell wall
Martin R. Pollak, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: Harvard Medical School
Mouse molecular genetic studies of the extracellular Ca2+ sensing receptor
David J. Sullivan Jr., M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Iron metabolism in Plasmodium falciparum
Carmen J. Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Signal transduction mechanisms during mouse egg activation
1996
Paul Buckmaster, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Colorado State University
Faculty Institution: Stanford University
Mechanisms of temporal lobe epilepsy
Anita H. Corbett, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: Emory University
Components of the nuclear transport system
George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Whitehead Institute
Faculty Institution: Harvard Medical School
Probing the pathogenesis of chronic myelogenous leukemia
Jeanine D’Armiento, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Columbia University
Faculty Institution: Columbia University
The role of matrix metalloproteinases in disease
Tamara L. Doering, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Faculty Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
GPIs in fungi: biosynthesis and function
Catherine Anne Fox, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Faculty Institution: University of Wisconsin
On the formation of domains of gene expression in eukaryotic chromosomes
David H. Fremont, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Columbia University
Faculty Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Structural studies of antigen presentation and T-cell activation
Rachel Green, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Santa Cruz
Faculty Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Defining the peptidyl transferase center of the ribosome
Gyrogy Hajnoczky, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Thomas Jefferson University
Faculty Institution: Thomas Jefferson University
Control of cellular function by calcium oscillations
Jeffry S. Isaacson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington
Faculty Institution: University of California-San Diego
Biophysical properties of presynaptic terminals in the central nervous
system
Andrea Irene McClatchey, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: Harvard Medical School
The roles of the NF2 tumor suppressor gene product in embryogenesis
and tumorigenesis
Konstantin V. Severinov, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Rockefeller University
Faculty Institution: Rutgers University
RNA polymerase and its subunits: structure and function
Judith A. Shizuru, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Faculty Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine
Transplantation of purified allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells: applications
for transplantation tolerance induction & the treatment of autoimmune
disease
Barry P. Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Lineage specific regulation of T-cell receptor beta rearrangement
Katharine S. Ullman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Diego
Faculty Institution: University of Utah
Biochemical dissection of RNA export using in vitro nuclear reconstitution
Peter C. Van Buren, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Vermont
Faculty Institution: University of Vermont
Assessing the role of the thin filament in the altered contractility
of heart failure
James Anthony Waddle, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Washington University
Faculty Institution: University of California-San Francisco
Generation of markers and methods to study asymmetric cell divisions
in living Caenorhabditis elegans embryos
William A. Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco
Faculty Institution: University of California-San Francisco
A transgenic model for neuroblastoma
Ding Xue, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Institution: University of Colorado-Boulder
Biochemical analysis of CED-3/ICE cysteine proteases and their roles
in apoptosis
1995
Greg Beitel, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University
Faculty Institution: Northwestern University
Mechanisms that control and execute the cell movements and shape changes
underlying metazoan morphogenesis
Michael Eck, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: Harvard Medical School
Structural analysis of protein interactions in signal transduction
Steven Fiering, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington
Faculty Institution: Dartmouth University
Mutational analysis of the beta-globin locus control region by homologous
recombination
Todd R. Golub, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard University
Faculty Institution: Harvard University
Models for the molecular pathogenesis of human leukemia
Jeh-Ping Liu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Columbia University
Faculty Institution: University of Virginia
Molecular mechanisms in neural crest specification
Louis J. Muglia, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Harvard Medical School
Faculty Institution: Washington University School of Medicine
Adrenal and behavioral responses to stress
Charles E. Murry, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington
Faculty Institution: University of Washington
Muscle regeneration after myocardial infarction via gene therapy with
MyoD
Inke Nathke, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Stanford University
Faculty Institution: University of Dundee
Role of APC/catenin complexes in colon cancer
George A. Oyler, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Faculty Institution: University of Maryland
Signalling pathways of neuronal apoptosis
Ilaria Rebay, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-Berkeley
Faculty Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Techology
Investigation of yan function in Ras1-mediated signal transduction
Sylvia Lynne Sanders, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of California-San Francisco
Faculty Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Analysis of cell-type differences in bud-site selection in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
Michael J. Thirman, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Chicago
Faculty Institution: University of Chicago
Functional analyses of the MLL-ELL fusion transcript in acute leukemia
Cassian Yee, M.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: University of Washington
Faculty Institution: University of Washington
Adoptive immunotherapy of melanoma using T-cells specific for potential
tumor rejection antigens
John York, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Institution: Washington University
Faculty Institution: Duke University
Nuclear signal transduction: structure and function
