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2010 Fellows
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Evren Azeloglu, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
(Ph.D., Columbia University) for studies entitled "Regulatory networks underlying mechanosensitive signaling". Mount Sinai School of Medicine, laboratory of Ravi Iyangar.

Chase Beisel, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow:
(Ph.D., California Institute of Technology) for studies entitled "Quantitating the regulatory characteristics of endogenous small RNAs". National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, laboratory of Gisela Stortz. Dr. Beisel ended his fellowship early to accept a faculty position at North Carolina State University.

Arpita Bose, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
(Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana) for studies entitled "Understanding anaerobic ferrous iron acquisition in the photoferrotrophic model organism Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1". Harvard University, laboratory of Peter Girguis.

Daniel Chitwood, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow:
(Ph.D., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) for studies entitled "Elucidating responses of developmental gene networks to environmental change". University of California-Davis, laboratories of Neelima Sinha and Julin Maloof.

Fernando Cruz-Guilloty, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
(Ph.D., Harvard University) for studies entitled "Adaptive immunity as the missing link between oxidative stress and complement activation in the pathophysiology of age-related macular degeneration". University of Miami, laboratory of Victor Perez.

Xin Duan, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
(Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) for studies entitled "Molecular and genetic decoding of retinal circuitry". Harvard University, laboratory of Joshua Sanes.

Justin Gerke, Merck Fellow:
(Ph.D., Washington University) for studies entitled "Genetic dissection of variation in fat metabolism". University of Missouri, laboratory of Michael McMullen. Dr. Gerke ended his fellowship early to accept a Research Scientist position with Pioneer Hi-Bred.

Hun-Way Hwang, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
 (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) for studies entitled "ERBB3 signaling in melanocyte development and melanoma". Rockefeller University, laboratory of Robert Darnell.

Carla Klattenhoff, Novartis Fellow:
(Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School) for studies entitled "Do non-coding RNAs function as regulators of cell fate through interaction wtih Polycomb group proteins". Massachusetts Institute of Technology, laboratory of Laurie Boyer.

Daryl Klein, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
(Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) for studies entitled "Single-particle kinetics of flavivirus fusion". Harvard Medical School, laboratory of Stephen Harrison.

Katherine Ralston, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
(Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles) for studies entitled "Identification of effectors of host cell killing by Entamoeba histolytica". University of Virginia, laboratory of William A Petri, Jr.

Thomas Ream, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow:
(Ph.D., Washington University) for studies entitled "Molecular mechanisms of vernalization in plants". University of Wisconsin-Madison, laboratory of Richard Amasino.

Katherine Ryan, Merck Fellow:
(Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for studies entitled "Novel coupling enzymes in the biosynthetic pathways to two marine-derived natural products". University of California-San Diego/Scripps Institution of Oceanography, laboratory of Bradley S. Moore. Dr. Ryan ended her fellowship early to accept a faculty position at the University of British Columbia.

Ashley Shade, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow:
(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) for studies entitled "Common threads: An ecological approach to predicting microbial community dynamics across animal and plant ecosystems". Yale University, laboratory of Jo Handelsman.

Kimberly Tu, Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Fellow:
(Ph.D., Princeton University) for studies entitled "Planarians as a model for stem cell aging". Stowers Institute for Medical Research, laboratory of Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado.

Julian Wong, Pfizer Fellow:
(Ph.D., Brown University) for studies entitled "Molecular and physiological characterization of human neurons derived from psychiatric patients". The Scripps Research Institute, laboratory of Anton Maximov.

David Zhang, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
(Ph.D., California Institute of Technology) for studies entitled "Engineering nucleic acid devices for biomedical applications". Wyss Institute-Harvard Medical School, laboratory of Peng Yin.

2011 Fellows
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Justin Ashworth, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow
Proposal entitled "Molecular mechanisms to describe how regulatory genetic diversity drives systems-level cellular physiology", Institute for Systems Biology, laboratory of Nitin S. Baliga. Dr. Ashworth received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington.

Hoo Sun Chung, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow
Proposal entitled "Novel master transcriptional repressors of innate immunity", Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School, laboratory of Jen Sheen. Dr. Chung received her Ph.D. from Michigan State University.

Julio Cordero, Lilly Fellow
Proposal entitled "Mechanisms of TRPA1 activation/modulation by inflammatory agents", University of California - San Francisco, laboratory of David Julius. Dr. Cordero received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.

Magdia De Jesus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow
Proposal entitled "Uptake and presentation of secretory IgA (SigA) immune complexes by mucosal dendritic cells", Wadsworth Center - New York State Department of Health, laboratory of Nicholas Mantis. Dr. De Jesus received her Ph.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Ylli Doksani, Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Fellow
Proposal entitled "Structural analysis of mammalian telomeres with super-resolution microscopy", Rockefeller University, laboratory of Titia de Lange. Dr. Doksani received his Ph.D. from the Open University - United Kingdom.

Jinju Han, Salk Institute Fellow
Proposal entitled "Noncoding RNAs in adult neurogenesis", Salk Institute for Biological Studies, laboratory of Fred H. Gage. Dr. Han received her Ph.D. from Seoul National University.

Cara Haney, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow
Proposal entitled "Identification of plant genes required for secretion of antimicrobial compounds in response to rhizosphere bacteria", Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School, laboratory of Fred Ausubel. Dr. Haney received her Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Wenqian Hu, Merck Fellow
Proposal entitled "Cell fate determination of hematopoietic progenitor cells", Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, laboratory of Harvey Lodish. Dr. Hu received his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University.

Karen Litwa, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow
Proposal entitled "RhoGTPases act through myosin to shape dendritic spines and PSD organization", University of Virginia, laboratory of Alan Rick Horwitz. Dr. Litwa received her Ph.D. from Emory University.

Cora MacAlister, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow
Proposal entitled "Molecular dynamics of meristem reiteration in tomato", Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, laboratory of Zachary Lippman. Dr. MacAlister received her Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Babak Momeni, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow
Proposal entitled "Spatial patterning in multicellular microbial communities", Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, laboratory of Wenying Shou. Dr. Momeni received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Gautham Nair, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow
Proposal entitled "Time-keeping in the transcriptional cascades of the developing C. elegans embryo", University of Pennsylvania, laboratory of Arjun Raj. Dr. Nair received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jacqueline Perrigoue, Merck Fellow
Proposal entitled "Translational control of stress responses by Rpl22 in intestinal inflammation and cancer", Fox Chase Cancer Center, laboratory of David Wiest. Dr. Perrigoue received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

David Plachetzki, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow
Proposal entitled "Unraveling the molecular basis of allorecognition in a colonial hydrozoan using transcriptional profiling", University of California - Davis, laboratory of Rick Grosberg. Dr. Plachetzki received his Ph.D. from the University of California - Santa Barbara.

George Poulogiannis, Pfizer Fellow
Proposal entitled "Defining the genetic and molecular circuitry of the growth-triggering TOR pathway", Beth Israel - Harvard Medical School, laboratory of Lewis Cantley. Dr. Poulogiannis received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.

Yan Qi, Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Fellow
Proposal entitled "Identification of genes that regulate xenobiotic stress response in C. elegans", Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School, laboratory of Gary Ruvkun. Dr. Qi received her Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Selena Sagan, Amgen Fellow
Proposal entitled "Investigating a protective role for miR-122 in the life cycle of Hepatitis C virus", Stanford University, laboratory of Peter Sarnow. Dr. Sagan received her Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa.

Zhe Sha, Novartis Fellow
Proposal entitled "Autophagy via p62 and GABARAPL1 is an adaptive response to proteasome inhibition", Harvard Medical School, laboratory of Alfred L. Goldberg. Dr. Sha received his Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine.

Maija Slaidina, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow
Proposal entitled "Cell-to-cell variability and cell fate: germline stem cell fate predetermination in Drosophila pole cells", New York University - Skirball Institute, laboratory of Ruth Lehmann.Dr. Slaidina received her Ph.D. from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis.

Aaron Stephan, Office of Basic Energy Sciences-DOE Fellow
Proposal entitled "Genetic analysis of Ca2+ priming in Arabidopsis guard cell stomatal closure in response to the drought hormone Abscisic Acid", University of California - San Diego, laboratory of Julian I. Schroeder. Dr. Stephan received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.

Esteban Toro, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow
Proposal entitled "In vitro systems that recapitulate cardiovascular development", University of Pennsylvania, laboratory of Christopher Chen. Dr. Toro received his Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Feng Wang, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow
Proposal entitled "Understanding the contributions of specificity elements and histone modifications to epigenetic inheritance", Harvard Medical School, laboratory of Danesh Moazed. Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

Xin Wang, Pfizer Fellow
Proposal entitled "A joint experimental/computational study of how inhibitory neural circuits control network dynamics in normal and schizophrenic brain", Salk Institute for Biological Studies, laboratory of Terrence J. Sejnowski. Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California.

J. Bradley Zuchero, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow
Proposal entitled "Identification of the astrocyte-derived signal for myelination in the CNS", Stanford University, laboratory of Ben Barres. Dr. Zuchero received his Ph.D. from the University of California - San Francisco.

2012 Fellows
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Anand Balasubramani, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
Proposal entitled "Delineating the roles of ASXL1 mutations in myeloproliferative leukemias", La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology, laboratory of Anjana Rao. Dr. Balasubramani received his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

Harvey Chin, Merck Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Organization and force production in subcellular machines: the cytokinetic ring and the membrane fusion machine”, Columbia University, laboratory of Ben O'Shaughnessy. Dr. Chin received his Ph.D. from Yale University.

Seemay Chou, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Decoding the molecular determinants of Type VI effector inhibition by cognate immunity partners”, University of Washington, laboratory of Joseph Mougous. Dr. Chou received her Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley.

David Dodd, ISIS Pharmaceuticals Fellow:
Proposal entitled "Mechanism of promoter targeted RNAs", University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, laboratory of David Corey. Dr. Dodd received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario.

Jamie Fitzgerald, Ellison Medical Foundation Fellow:
Proposal entitled “The neuronal circuitry underlying Drosophila choice behavior”, Rockefeller University, laboratory of Gaby Maimon. Dr. Fitzgerald received her Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Gregory Hamilton, Genentech Foundation Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Determining the structural and functional roles of specific phosphorylation sites using chemical tools”, University of California – San Francisco, laboratory of Kevan Shokat. Dr. Hamilton received his Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley.

Euiseok Kim, Biogen IDEC Fellow:
Proposal entitled "Fine-scale connectivity analysis of ontogenetic neuronal clones using novel trans-synaptic viral tracers", Salk Institute for Biological Studies, laboratory of Edward M. Callaway. Dr. Kim received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Tung Le, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow:
Proposal entitled “The organization and dynamics of the chromosome during the cell cycle of Caulogacter crescentus”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, laboratory of Michael Laub. Dr. Le received his Ph.D. from the University of East Anglia.

Amy Ma, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Genetics and mechanisms of interactions between cyanobacteria and amoebae”, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, laboratory of Bianca Brahamsha and James Golden. Dr. Ma received her Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School.

Daniel Mandell, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
Proposal entitled "Design of in vivo protein-based small molecule biosensors", Harvard Medical School, laboratory of George Church. Dr. Mandell received his Ph.D. from the University of California-San Francisco.

Mathieu Mateo, Merck Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Measles host exit and transmission: identification of the measles epithelial cell receptor and characterization of viral trafficking through the epithelium”, Mayo Clinic, laboratory of Roberto Cattaneo. Dr. Mateo received his Ph.D. from the École Normal Superieure de Lyon.

Alison Narayan, Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Elucidating the brevetoxin pathway: a chemical probe based proteomics approach”, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, laboratory of David Sherman. Dr. Narayan received her Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley.

Ting Pang, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
Proposal entitled "Cell separation and envelope integrity in Staphylococcus aureus", Harvard Medical School, laboratory of Thomas G. Bernhardt. Dr. Pang received her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.

Alexandre Persat, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa surface sensing”, Princeton University, laboratory of Zemer Gitai. Dr. Persat received his Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Monica Rodrigo-Brenni, The Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Cytosolic quality control of mislocalized membrane proteins”, Medical Research Council, laboratory of Ramanujan Hegde. Dr. Rodrigo-Brenni received her Ph.D. from the University of California-San Francisco.

Hannah Seidel, The Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Fellow:
Proposal entitled "Nutritional control of germline stem cell proliferation", University of Wisconsin-Madison, laboratory of Judith Kimble. Dr. Seidel received her Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Mark Sheffield, The Ellison Medical Foundation Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Two-photon imaging of dendritic integration in hippocampal place cells of awake-behaving mice”, Northwestern University, laboratory of Daniel Dombeck. Dr. Sheffield received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

Anthony Studer, Office of Basic Energy Sciences-DOE Fellow:
Proposal entitled “The role of carbonic anhydrase in C(4) photosynthesis”, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, laboratory of Tom Brutnell. Dr. Studer received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Elizabeth Thatcher, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
Proposal entitled "Impact of redundant microRNA networks in an activated RAS cancer model", University of Massachusetts Medical School, laboratory of Victor Ambros. Dr. Thatcher received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.

Yusuf Tufail, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
Proposal entitled “The role of astrocyte-interneuron communication in modulating cerebellar brain dynamics”, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, laboratory of Axel Nimmerjahn. Dr. Tufail received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University.

Rachel Vannette, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Does toxic nectar drive specialization of nectar yeast and maintain diversity in nectar yeast communities”, Stanford University, laboratory of Tadashi Fukami. Dr. Vannette received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

Michael White, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
Proposal entitled “The evolution of young sex chromosomes in a vertebrate model of speciation", Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, laboratory of Catherine Peichel. Dr. White received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Joshua Widhalm, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Salicylic acid biosynthesis in plants: enzyme discovery and exploring pathway dynamics”, Purdue University, laboratory of Natalia Dudareva. Dr. Widhalm received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Li Yang, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Fellow:
Proposal entitled “Functional characterization of a convergent target of divergent pathogen effectors in Arabidopsis”, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, laboratory of Jeff Dangl. Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.