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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.

Yoav Shaul (Schering-Plough Fellow)
Identifying molecular targets that modify the DNA damage response in glioma stem cells. D. Sabatini, Whitehead Institute and M. Yaffe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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.

2009 Fellows
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Sviatoslav Bagriantsev, Genentech Foundation Fellow:
      (Ph.D., University of Illinois – Chicago) for studies entitled "Regulation of membrane protein trafficking and rational design of novel ion channel blockers". University of California – San Francisco, laboratory of Daniel Minor.

Hung-Chun Chang, Ellison Medical Foundation Fellow:
      (Ph.D., Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) for studies entitled "Investigating SIRT1 effect on autophagy modulation". Massachussetts Institute of Technology, laboratory of Leonard Guarente.

Ilana Chefetz-Menaker, Roche Fellow:
      (Ph.D., Technion Israel Institute for Technology) for studies entitled "Identification and characterization of specific functional signatures in ovarian cancer stem cells".  Yale University, laboratory of Gil Mor.

Qing Chen, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
      (Ph.D., Roswell Park Cancer Institute) for studies entitled "Role of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expressed in breast cancer cells during lung metastasis". Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, laboratory of Joan Massagué.

Xing Chen, Pfizer Fellow:
      (Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley) for studies entitled "Elucidating the mechanism of integrin activation and signaling".  Immune Disease Institute at Harvard Medical School, laboratory of Timothy Springer.

Salvatore Chiantia, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
      (Ph.D., Technical University of Dresden) for studies entitled "Protein-lipid interaction and domain formation in asymmetric membranes". Stony Brook University, laboratory of Erwin London.

Stefano Di Talia, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
      (Ph.D., Rockefeller University) for studies entitled "Establishment of precise coordination of morphogenesis and cell division in the early development of Drosophila embryo". Princeton University, laboratory of Eric Wieschaus.

Adam Frost, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
      (M.D./Ph.D., Yale University) for studies entitled "Mechanisms of membrane constriction and cleavage during cytokinesis". University of California – San Francisco, laboratory of Jonathan S. Weissman.

Ali Güler, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
      (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Medical Institution) for studies entitled "Dopaminergic feeding regulation override". University of Washington, laboratory of Richard Palmiter.

Guo N. Huang, O'Donnell Foundation Fellow:
(Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) for studies entitled "Epicardium in heart development and regeneration". University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, laboratory of Eric Olson.

Jessica Hutti, Lilly Fellow:
      (Ph.D., Harvard University) for studies entitled "Interplay between PI3K and NF-kB signaling in cell transformation". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, laboratory of Albert S. Baldwin.

Christian Kastrup, Johnson & Johnson Fellow:
      (Ph.D., University of Chicago) for studies entitled: "Painting blood vessels for local delivery of therapeutics". Koch Institute/Massachusetts Institute of Technology, laboratory of Robert S. Langer.

James T. Koerber, Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellow:
(Ph.D., University of Chicago) for studies entitled: "Engineering neo-epitope antibodies to detect apoptosis within human samples". University of California – San Francisco, laboratory of James Wells.

Enrico Magnani, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
      (Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley) for studies entitled "Modulation of the homeodomain leucine zipper transcriptional activity by the StAR lipid transfer domain". Carnegie Institution/Stanford University, laboratory of Kathy Barton.

Lauren Mashburn-Warren, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
      (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin) for studies entitled "Regulation of virulence by multiple quorum sensing pathways in Streptococcus pyogenes". University of Illinois – Chicago, laboratory of Michael Federle.

Nitin Phadnis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow:
      (Ph.D., University of Rochester) for studies entitled "Genetic conflict and the rapid evolution of RNAi machinery in Drosophila". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, laboratory of Harmit S. Malik.

Xinnan Wang, Novartis Fellow:
      (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) for studies entitled "The impact of mitochondrial motility on neuronal function and neurodegeneration". Children's Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, laboratory of Thomas Schwarz.

Xianfeng Xu, Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellow:
      (Ph.D., Ohio State University) for studies entitled "Genetic and genomic approaches to dissecting selective cell-to-cell protein trafficking in Arabidopsis thaliana". Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, laboratory of David Jackson.

Keren Ziv, Pfizer Fellow:
   (Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science) for studies entitled "Non-invasive and real-time monitoring of stem cells using photoacoustic molecular imaging in living mice".  Stanford University School of Medicine, laboratory of Sanjiv Sam Gambhir.