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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. Dr. Chen ended his fellowship early to accept a faculty position at Peking University.

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. Dr. Frost ended his fellowship early to accept a faculty position at the University of Utah.

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. Dr. Hutti ended her fellowship early to accept D.O.D. funding.

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. Dr. Kastrup ended his fellowship early to accept a faculty position at the University of British Columbia.

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.

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, Department of Energy-Division of Biosciences 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.