Life Sciences Research Foundation Alumni - 2005

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2005 Fellows

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Dr. Wenfeng An
Assistant Professor
Washington State University
School of Molecular Biolsciences
PO Box 644234, Heald 507
Pullman, WA 99164-4234
Email: wenfeng_an {at} wsu.edu
Affymetrix

Project Title: "Identification of tumor suppressor genes in a breast cancer mouse model through L1-mediated mutagenesis"

 
Dr. Julie M. Claycomb
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Biotech II, Suite 217
373 Plantation Street
Worchester, MA 01605
Email: julie.claycomb {at} umassmed.edu
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Project Title: "The roles of the Argonaute family protein F20 in RNAi, heterochromatin formation, and chromosome segregation"

 
Dr. Aaron D. Gitler
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
1109 Biomedical Research Building II/III
421 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: gitler {at} mail.med.upenn.edu
Lilly Research Labs

Project Title: "Identification of alpha-synuclein toxicity modifiers in a model of Parkinson's disease"

 
Dr. Matthew R. Hemm
Department of Biology
Towson University
8000 York Road
Towson, MD 21252-0001
Email: mhemm {at} towson.edu
Amgen

Project Title: "Characterization of small proteins in Escherichia Coli"

 
Dr. Katja A. Lamia
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
10010 North Torrey Pines Road
San Diego, CA 92186-5800
Email: klamia {at} salk.edu
Merck Research Labs

Project Title: "Do circadian clocks in peripheral tissues regulate energy homeostasis?"

 
Dr. Seung-Jae Lee
Assistant Professor
Department of Life Science
School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering
WCU IT Convergence Engineering
POSTECH, San-31, Hyoja-Dong, Nam-Gu
Pohang, Kyungbuk, 790-784, South Korea
Email: seungjaelee {at} postech.ac.kr
Ellison Medical Foundation

Project Title: "Systemic endocrine regulation of aging and dauer formation in Caenorhabditis elegans"

 
Dr. Jun-Li Luo
Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer Biology
Scripps Florida
130 Scripps Way, 2C1
Jupiter, FL 33458
Email: jlluo {at} scripps.edu
Biogen IDEC

Project Title: "Selective inhibition of IKKa activity suppresses breast cancer development"

 
Dr. Kenneth E. Murray
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Florida International University
HLS 319B
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
Email: kenneth.murray {at} fiu.edu
Schering-Plough

Project Title: "Translational regulation of gene expression from non polyadenylated viral RNAs: Implications for viral RNA replication and mRNA decapping and degradation"

 
Dr. Ali Nahvi
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Room 704 PCTB
725 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
Email: anahvi1 {at} jhmi.edu
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Project Title: "Biochemical insights into miRNA-mediated gene regulation"

 
Dr. Daniel J. Needleman
Assistant Professor
Applied Physics and Molecular & Cellular Biology
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
365.10 Northwest Labs
52 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: dneedle {at} seas.harvard.edu
Novartis

Project Title: "Self-organization and forces as determinates of spindle architecture and dynamics"

 
Dr. Todd Nystul
Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco
Center for Reproductive Sciences
513 Parnassus Ave, HSW 1464D
San Francisco, CA 94143-0452
Email: todd.nystul {at} ucsf.edu
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Project Title: "Characterization of the somatic stem cell in the Drosophila ovary and investigation of the role of these cells in ovarian cancer"

Dr. Jason M. Rihel
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
1019 Biological Laboratories
16 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: rihel {at} fas.harvard.edu
Bristol Myers Squibb

Project Title: "Genetic and neuronal regulation of sleep homeostasis In Zebrafish: Developing a model system for the genetic dissection of sleep"


Dr. Carrie M. Rosenberger
Institute for Systems Biology
Aderem Lab
1441 North 34th Street
Seattle, WA 98103
Email: crosenberger {at} systemsbiology.org
Broad Medical Research

Project Title: "Role of siderophore-binding proteins in innate immunity"


Dr. Chun-Li Zhang
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75390-9148
Email: chun-li.zhang {at} utsouthwestern.edu
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Project Title: "Genetically dissecting the role of adult neurogenesis on animal behavior"