2015 Fellows

Sebastian Alvarado, PhD
For training at Stanford University School of Medicine with Dr. Russell Fernald
Visualizing the Dynamic Regulation of Genes-Related to Social Adversity and Stress in GnRH1 Neurons

Daniel Keedy, PhD
For training at University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine with Dr. James Fraser
Discovering and Manipulating Hidden Allosteric Sites in the Diabetes Therapeutic Target PTP1B

Lisa Kronstad, PhD
For training at Stanford University School of Medicine with Dr. Catherine Blish, MD, PhD
Defining the Natural Killer Cell Response to Influenza
Video link: Discovering How Natural Killer Cells Catch the Flu

Greg LaMonte, PhD
For training at University of California San Diego School of Medicine with Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler
Determining the Mechanism of Action of the Imidazolopiperazines, a New Class of Antimalarials

Ross Okimoto, MD
For training at University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine with Dr. Trever Bivona
Metastatic Escape Mechanisms in TK1 Resistant Lung Cancer

Jeannette Osterloh, PhD
For training at University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine with Dr. Steven Finkbeiner
Uncovering Mechanisms of Toxicity in C90RF72 ALS

Elliot Perens, MD, PhD
For training at University of California San Diego School of Medicine with Dr. Deborah Yelon
Identification of Factors Regulating Kidney Cell Fate: Hand2 Inhibits Intermediate Mesoderm Formation
Video link: ‪Studying Fish Kidneys to Help Combat Kidney Disease

Sumit Sandhu, PhD
For training at University of California, Davis School of Medicine with Dr. Neil Hunter
The Pathological and Physiological Role of SYCP-3-BRCA2 Interaction during Tumorigenesis and Meiotic Recombination
Video link: Researching the Role of the Breast Cancer Associated Gene BRCA2

Johanna Schaub, PhD
For training at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine with Dr. Holger Willenbring
Hepatocyte Plasticity in Biliary Injury: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Application

Elizabeth Steinberg, PhD
For training at Stanford University School of Medicine with Dr. Robert Malenka
Anatomical, Physiological and Behavioral Dissection of an Amygdala-Dopamine Circuit

Erin Weber, MD, PhD
For training at University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine with Dr. Cheng-Ming Chuong
Molecular Factors for Human Hair Follicle Reconstitution