Current Fellows

Project Title: Crystal growth of Ln2Fe4Sb5 phases toward the study of novel quantum properties
Postdoc Mentor: Julia Chan
Award Sponsor: Welch Foundation
Affiliation: Baylor University
Email: kate_baumler@baylor.edu

Project Title: Resolving the roles of poly(A) binding protein in mRNA stability
Postdoc Mentor: Lori Passmore
Award Sponsor: Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation
Affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Email: bcarrick@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

Project Title: Characterization and mechanisms of antibiotic persister cell maintenance metabolism in Salmonella enterica
Postdoc Mentor: Jorge Escalante
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy
Affiliation: University of Georgia
Email: jcie@uga.edu

Project Title: Mitochondrial Pathogen Sensing Mechanisms for Cellular Immunity
Postdoc Mentor: Lena Pernas
Award Sponsor: IGI – Innovative Genomics Institute
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles
Email: josedelgado@mednet.ucla.edu

Project Title: Biophysical and Immunological Divergence of IgM and IgD
Postdoc Mentor: Michel Nussenzweig
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: The Rockefeller University
Email: ideimel@rockfeller.edu

Project Title: Viral subversions of gene regulatory networks
Postdoc Mentor: Lacramioara Bintu
Award Sponsor: Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation
Affiliation: Stanford University
Email: yfinkel@stanford.edu

Project Title: Olfactory coding strategies in Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes
Postdoc Mentor: Meg Younger
Award Sponsor: Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation
Affiliation: Boston University
Email: tyhill15@bu.edu

Project Title: High-resolution mapping of the BAF interactome with novel chemoproteomic technologies
Postdoc Mentor: Tom Muir
Award Sponsor: Amgen
Affiliation: Princeton University
Email: jj6473@princeton.edu

Project Title: Role of lineage-specific cis-regulatory accelerations in transcriptional and functional diversity
Postdoc Mentor: David Savage
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Email: nicholas.karavolias@berkeley.edu

Project Title: Mechanisms of accelerated aging in mosquitoes for vector and disease control
Postdoc Mentor: Leslie Vosshall
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: The Rockefeller University
Email: ykim04@rockefeller.edu

Project Title: Spatially resolved 3D genome architecture and whole transcriptome landscape to decode pancreatic cancer progression
Postdoc Mentor: Rong Fan
Award Sponsor: MacMillan Family Foundation
Affiliation: Yale University
Email: miao.liu@yale.edu

Project Title: Design and optimization of cRIPTACs for enhanced cancer specificity in overcoming BTK inhibitor resistance
Postdoc Mentor: Craig Crews
Award Sponsor: Merck Foundation
Affiliation: Yale University
Email: skye.montoya@yale.edu

Project Title: Elucidating the mechanism and regulation of V-ATPase assembly by a novel protein complex
Postdoc Mentor: Tom Rapoport
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Harvard University
Email: christopher_nardone@hms.harvard.edu

Project Title: Discovery and characterization of bacterial anti-protist systems
Postdoc Mentor: Michael Laub
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email: dinh_t_n@mit.edu

Project Title: Imaging the Mechanisms of cGAS-STING Innate Immune Signaling in Neurodegeneration and Aging
Postdoc Mentor: Zhijian Chen
Award Sponsor: Michael Brown Fellow
Affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Email: ethan.perets@utsouthwestern.edu

Project Title: Neural Correlates of Timing in the Entorhinal Cortex
Postdoc Mentor: James Heys
Award Sponsor: Simons Sfari
Affiliation: University of Utah
Email: jack.bowler@utah.edu

Project Title: Investigating lipid transport proteins involved in plasma membrane physiology and disease
Postdoc Mentor: Pietro De Camilli
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Yale University
Email: sydney.cason@yale.edu

Project Title: Neural control of swimming and behavioral state switching in a genetically tractable model jellyfish
Postdoc Mentor: Brandon Weissbourd
Award Sponsor: Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institution of Technology
Email: karen521@mit.edu

Project Title: How feedback between cell interactions and emergent multicellular states shape the ecology of a patchy marine environment
Postdoc Mentor: Julia Schwartzman
Award Sponsor: Simons Foundation, (The)
Affiliation: University of Southern California
Email: daythoma@usc.edu

Project Title: Shedding Light on the Mechanisms Underlying Animal Magnetoreception
Postdoc Mentor: Christine Merlin
Award Sponsor: Welch Foundation (The)
Affiliation: Texas A&M University
Email: kmgoforth@tamu.edu

Project Title: The role of the enteric neuro-epithelium sensory hubs in food allergy
Postdoc Mentor: Daniel Mucida
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Rockefeller University
Email: akodra@rockefeller.edu

Project Title: Characterizing skin cancer mechanics and the mechanosensory tumor microenvironment
Postdoc Mentor: Elaine Fuchs
Award Sponsor: MacMillan Family Foundation
Affiliation: Rockefeller University/HHMI
Email: jalmagro@rockefeller.edu

Project Title: Mechanical organizing centers in early lung development
Postdoc Mentor: Celeste Nelson
Award Sponsor: Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation
Affiliation: Princeton University
Email: sbanavar@princeton.edu

Project Title: The role of body temperature in aberrant viral replication and immune activation
Postdoc Mentor: A.J. te Velthuis
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Affiliation: Princeton University
Email: karishma.bisht@princeton.edu

Project Title: Toward the ultrastructure of the node of Ranvier
Postdoc Mentor: Roderick MacKinnon
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Rockefeller University/HHMI
Email: jbloch@rockefeller.edu

Project Title: Deconvolving the heterogeneous response of single cells to influenza infection
Postdoc Mentor: Jesse Bloom
Award Sponsor: Open Philanthropy Project
Affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center/HHMI
Email: abutler@fredhutch.org

Project Title: Discovery of Tau aggregate clearance pathways and their roles in neuronal function and survival
Postdoc Mentor: Michael Rapé
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley/HHMI
Email: dgarshot@berkeley.edu

Project Title: Exploring the Role of Hopx as a Conserved Regulator of Quiescence in Adult Stem Cells
Postdoc Mentor: Jonathan Epstein
Award Sponsor: The PCLB Foundation (New)
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
Email: Faith.Karanja@Pennmedicine.Upenn.edu

Project Title: Targeting cytolysin virulence through complimentary biosynthetic and mechanism of action studies
Postdoc Mentor: Wilfred van der Donk
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign-HHMI
Email: rmoreira@uwaterloo.ca

Project Title: Neural circuits underlying feedback control of locomotion speed
Postdoc Mentor: Rachel Wilson
Award Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Affiliation: Harvard Medical School/HHMI
Email: Diego_PachecoPinedo@hms.harvard.edu

Project Title: Role of Feeding Entrainment in Mediating Health and Lifespan
Postdoc Mentor: Joseph Takahashi
Award Sponsor: Welch Foundation (New)
Affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/HHMI
Email: heidi.pak@utsouthwestern.edu