Current Fellows
2006 Fellows
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Dwight Barnes (Abbott Fellow)
Controlling tissue tropism of oncolytic viruses for cancer therapy using RNAi. R. Andino, University of California – San Francisco.
Youssef Belkhadir (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow)
Understanding the intracellular trafficking of a plant steroid receptor complex. J. Chory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Xiaocheng Chen (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow)
Structural analysis of a formin homology 2 domain bound to actin filaments. M.K. Rosen, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Eric Ekland (Hoffmann-La Roche Fellow)
High throughput screens targeting the malarial apicoplast. D. Fidock, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Nels Elde (Ellison Medical Foundation Fellow)
Functional consequences arising from the rapid evolution of genes associated with telomeres in Drosophila. H. Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Alessandra Eustaquio (Tularik Fellow)
Salinosporamide A as a model to study natural product biosynthesis and genetic engineering for drug discovery in the new marine actinomycete genus Salinispora. B. Moore, University of California – San Diego.
Elena Ezhkova (New York Stem Cell Foundation Fellow)
Characterization of multipotent embryonic epidermis. E. Fuchs, The Rockefeller University.
Cathie Garnis (Merck Fellow)
Investigating the role of CD44 spliceforms in cancer invasion and metastasis. P. Sharp, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mary Gehring (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow)
Genomic analysis of gene regulation by transposable elements. S. Henikoff, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Andrew Greytak (Novartis Fellow)
Cancer imaging in vivo with ratiometric quantum dot chemosensors. D.G. Nocera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Hong-Ping Guan (Pfizer Fellow)
Mechanism for enhanced insulin sensitivity in adipose tissue in L-Scap-mice. J. Goldstein and M. Brown, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Susan Huang (Pfizer Fellow)
Keratinocyte TRPV ion channels in pain and sensation. M. Caterina, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Jeremy Kay (Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellow (Anonymous Foundation))
Gene-expression profiling of neural circuits to study synaptic partner choice. J.R. Sanes, Harvard University.
Steven McCarroll (Lilly Fellow)
Common human deletion polymorphisms and their role in histocompatibility. D. Altshuler, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Lucy O’Brien (Genentech Foundation Fellow)
Mechanisms of epithelial invasion in a Drosophila tumorigenesis model. D. Bilder, University of California – Berkeley.
Feng Qiao (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow)
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of the interconversion between POT1-controlled telomerase ON and OFF states. T.R. Cech, University of Colorado - Boulder.
2007 Fellows
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Demet Arac-Ozkan (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow)
Neuroligin and its ligands: structure and function in synapse formation. A.T. Brunger, Stanford University.
Ido Bachelet (Novartis Fellow)
Structure/information biology of complex glycans in immunological interfaces. R. Sasisekharan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Michael Boyce (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow)
Cell and chemical biology of O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine transferase. C. Bertozzi, University of California at Berkeley.
Suhua Feng (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow)
Cajal bodies and RNA-directed DNA methylation. S.E. Jacobsen, University of California at Los Angeles.
Hunter Fraser (Lilly Fellow)
Identifying key mediator genes from microarray data. E. Lander, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Oliver Kent (Pfizer Fellow)
Analysis of microRNA expression and function in pancreatic cancer. J.T. Mendell, Johns Hopkins University.
Eunsuk Kim (Susan G. Komen Foundation Fellow)
Design of disease specific drugs: application to breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers. J.M. Essigmann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dennis Ko (Wyeth Fellow)
Determining the role of human variation in targets of secreted bacterial effectors in modulating susceptibility to infection. S. Miller, University of Washington.
Zachary Knight (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Tissue-specific metabolic regulation by AMP-activated protein kinase. J.M. Friedman, Rockefeller University.
Robin Lesley (Merck Research Laboratories)
Negative regulation of innate immunity to mycobacterial infection. L. Ramakrishnan, University of Washington.
Li Ma (Susan G. Komen Foundation Fellow)
Role of microRNAs in mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis. R.A. Weinberg, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.
Meng Wang (Ellison Medical Foundation)
Understanding the interrelationship among fat metabolism, reproduction and aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. G. Ruvkun, Massachusetts General Hospital
2008 Fellows
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Nicholas Bonawitz (Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellow)
BAHD acyltranferases as a means to manipulate lignin biosythesis and optimize cellulosic bioethanol production. C. Chapple, Purdue University.
Christopher Brown (Lilly Fellow)
Genomic analysis of gene expression diversity in the human liver: Connecting non-coding changes to pharmacogenetic and hepatic disease phenotypes. K. White, University of Chicago.
Michelle Carmell (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow)
Investigating the role of the Notch signaling pathway in mouse spermatogonial stem cells. D. Page, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.
Michael Cohen (Amgen Fellow)
Mechanisms of axonal mRNA localization during neurodevelopment. S. Jaffrey, Weill Cornell Medical College.
Kendra Frederick (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow)
Structural characterization of monomeric and oligomeric forms of the yeast prion protein Sup35. S. Lindquist, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.
Dirk Hockemeyer (Merck Fellow)
In vitro reprogramming of somatic human cells into pluripotent es-like cells using defined genetic elements. R. Jaenisch, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.
Xiaoyi Hu (Gilead Fellow)
Probing DNA methylation regulations with small molecules. P. G. Schultz, The Scripps Research Institute
Sabine Petry (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow)
Functional and structural analysis of microtubule nucleation within the mitotic spindle. R. D. Vale, University of California - San Francisco.
David Savage (Department of Energy Biosciences Fellow)
Design principles of photosynthetic biofuel production. P. Silver, Harvard Medical School
Juan Song (Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellow)
Molecular mechanisms of GABA-mediated regulation of adult neurogenesis. H. Song, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Mohammad Seyedsayamdost (Novartis Fellow)
Role of secondary metabolites in Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence. J. Clardy, Harvard Medical School.
Blake Wiedenheft (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow)
Characterization of an RNAi-based adaptive immune response in prokaryotes. J. A. Doudna, University of California - Berkeley.
Qi Zhang (Baltimore Family Fellow)
Structural, dynamical and functional study of the pseudoknot core domain of human telomerase RNA. J. Feigon, University of California - Los Angeles.