Mikal Woods Acevedo, PhD University of Pittsburgh Microbiota Regulation of Viral Neuropathogenesis Mentor: Terence Dermody, MD

Román Ramos Báez, PhD University of Chicago On the Inception and diversification of molecular glue hormone signaling pathways Mentor: Joseph Thornton, PhD

Ismary Blanco, PhD Vanderbilt University Salt-sensitive hypertension impairs neuronal activity in the hippocampus and basolateral amygdala. Mentors: Monica Santisteban, PhD and Erin Calipari, PhD

Amanda Buch, PhD Weill Medical College of Cornell University Closing the Interspecies Gap: Breakthrough Methods for Comparative Molecular Neurodynamics Mentor: Logan Grosenick, PhD Revson Scholar

Jasmine Burrell, PhD Morehouse School of Medicine Role of smooth muscle cell-derived serum and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 in adipose tissue physiology and pathophysiology Mentor: Sharon Francis, PhD

Christian Cazares, PhD University of California-San Diego Developing multimodal biomarkers of cognitive ability in a genetic model of neurodevelopment Mentors: Bradley Voytek, PhD and Alysson Muotri, PhD

Noele Certain, PhD Yale University Investigating the mechanism underlying cholinergic function in a TRIO-deficient mouse model of neurodevelopmental disorders Mentor: Anthony Koleske, PhD Revson Scholar

Kevin Muñoz Forti, PhD University of Chicago Single Cell Phenotyping of the Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Tumor Metabolic MicroEnvironment (TMME) Mentor: Simon Schwörer, PhD

Sasha Fulton, PhD Columbia University Defining the role of social touch somatosensory neurons in stress response: A novel skin-brain pathway for resilience Mentor: Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD Revson Scholar

Joshua Gills, PhD New York University Grossman School of Medicine The impact of Circadian Rhythm Dysfunction on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Pathology using the Health Disparities Framework Mentor: Omonigho Bubu, M.D., PhD Revson Scholar

Aurian P. Garcia Gonzalez, MD, PhD Duke University School of Medicine Fecal diversion as a model for host-microbe interactions. Mentor: Lawrence David, PhD

Cellas Hayes, PhD Stanford University The Contribution of Alzheimer’s Disease to White Matter Hyperintensities Mentor: Michelle Odden, PhD

Greisha Lee Ortiz Hernandez, PhD City of Hope, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences Affiliate Investigating the role of the IGF1 signaling pathway modulator, CYR61, in prostate cancer health disparities Mentor: Susan Neuhausen, PhD

Victoria Honnell, PhD Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Affiliate Identification of cell-type specific epigenetic mechanisms in cocaine addiction Mentor: Yi Zhang, PhD

Bianca Islam, MD, PhD Case Western Reserve University Dissecting the role of T-cells in a TNF-mediated model of Crohn’s Disease-like ileitis Mentor: Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD

Kristine Lyon, PhD Salk Institute for Biological Studies, University of California San Diego Affiliate Astrocyte Sema3c in neurodevelopment and Rett Syndrome Mentor: Nicola Allen, PhD

Jordan Moore, PhD Stanford University Injectable drug-delivery system to repair the blood-brain-barrier after ischemic stroke Mentors: Marion Buckwalter, M.D., PhD and Sarah Heilshorn, PhD

Crystal Colón Ortiz, PhD Duke University School of Medicine Astrocyte-synapse interactions in demyelination and myelin repair Mentor: Cagla Eroglu, PhD

Xilal Rima, PhD Ohio State University Bioengineered Microsystems to Investigate Adipocyte Signaling in Lobular Metastasis Mentor: Willa Hsueh, MD

Cosette M. Rivera-Cruz, PhD Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati  Affiliate The role of ERBB2 signaling in HPV-induced pathologies Mentor: Susanne Wells, PhD

Loranzie Rogers, PhD Harvard University Exploiting amphibian metamorphosis to understand cellular adaptation and function Mentor: Nicholas Bellono, PhD

Joel Encarnacion Rosado, PhD Salk Institute for Biological Studies, University of California San Diego Affiliate Dissecting the cell-autonomous and non-autonomous mechanisms of adaptation to autophagy inhibition in pancreatic cancer Mentor: Christina Towers, PhD

Ayana Ruffin, PhD Emory University The role CD2/CD48 axis in adoptive cell therapy Mentor: Chrystal Paulos, PhD

Amanda Ruiz, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital, Affiliate of Harvard Elucidating Immunodominance Mechanisms using Protein Engineering Techniques to Inform Rational Vaccine Design Mentor: Aaron Schmidt, PhD

Stephanie Sandoval-Pistorius, PhD University of California-San Francisco A multi-scale investigation into the physiology of monogenic Parkinson’s disease Mentors: Philip Starr, M.D., PhD and Melanie Morrison, PhD

Elizabeth Sneddon, PhD University of California-San Diego – Health Sciences Sex Differences in Cocaine Self-Administration: Unraveling the Impact of Sex Steroids and Nicotinic Receptors Mentor: Olivier George, PhD

Kristina Solorio-Kirpichyan, PhD University of California-San Diego Unraveling the Structural Dynamics of Rhomboid Proteins in the ER-Associated Degradation Pathway Mentor: Sonya Neal, PhD

Claire Stewart, PhD Stanford University Exploring Bacterial Lipoproteins as a Novel Biomaterial for the Modular Design of Immunotherapies Mentor: Naima Sharaf, PhD

Jared Tangeman, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Uncovering gene regulatory networks that drive salamander retina regeneration Mentor: Seth Blakshaw, PhD

Chase Webb, PhD Columbia University Irving Medical Center Single Molecule Investigation of the Kinetic Basis of Efficacy of Novel Opioid Small Molecules Mentor: Jonathan Javitch, M.D., PhD Revson Scholar

Roberto Alers-Velazquez, PhD Dartmouth College Mechanism for HSV-1 neuroimmune modulation and neurological sequelae on neonates Mentor: David Leib, PhD

James Randolph Allen, PhD Harvard Medical School Tox as an oncogenic driver in acute lymphoblastic leukemia Mentor: David Langenau, PhD

Jhullian Alston, PhD Harvard Medical School Single-Molecule Studies of Disorder in Transcription Factor Fusion Oncoproteins Mentor: Taekjip Ha, PhD

Joshua Ames, PhD University of Washington Investigation of surviving resident brain cells as source of inflammatory sequelae following acute non-persistent viral encephalitis Mentor: Andrew Oberst, PhD

Christopher Bourne, PhD University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine Eradicating Cancer through Inflammatory Cell Death Mentor: Cornelius Taabazuing, PhD

Daril Evan Brown, II, PhD University of California-Davis Developing faster, more accurate, and less frustrating communication neuroprosthesis for people with lost or diminished speech Mentor: Sergey Stavisky, PhD

Joshua Burrow, PhD Brown University Equitable physiological monitoring enabled by reconfigurable metasurfaces Mentor: Kimani Toussaint Jr, PhD

Marco Carpenter, PhD University of Pennsylvania Unique features of the fetal brain permit non-viral mRNA delivery Mentor: William Peranteau, PhD

Luis Cedeno-Rosario, PhD The University of Utah Mitochondrial lipid signaling and metabolic regulation in health and disease Mentors: Jared Rutter, PhD; Scott Summers, PhD

Gabriela Lizana Carrillo, PhD Harvard Medical School Development of facial motor neuron subtypes in health and congenital facial weakness Mentor: Elizabeth Engle, MD

Sade Williams Clayton, PhD Washington University in St.Louis Characterization of the role of immune cell infiltration in intervertebral disc regeneration and healing Mentor: Simon Tang, PhD

Lorianna Marie Colon, PhD University of Pennsylvania Sex Differences in Opioid Relapse: Targeting Dentate Gyrus to Prevent Relapse to Drug-Taking Mentor: Amelia Eisch, PhD

Roxana Coreas, PhD University of California, Berkeley Leveraging Biomolecular Corona to Enhance Agricultural Nanobiotechnology Mentor: Markita Landry, PhD

Alberto Corona, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Norepinephrine-sensing habenular microglia and stress-related behaviors Mentor: Paul Kenny, PhD

Laura Rosalba Cortes, PhD University of California Los Angeles The neural control of thermoregulatory changes accompanying pregnancy Mentor: Stephanie Correa, PhD

Felicia Davatolhagh, PhD University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine Role of Neurexin1apha within Cortical Circuits during Visuomotor Decision-making Mentor: Anne Churchland, PhD

Eva Carolina González Díaz, PhD University of California, San Francisco Engineered 3D models to study the role of tumor-microbe crosstalk on metastasis and drug resistance Mentor: Christopher Hernandez, PhD

Jonnelle Edwards-Glenn, PhD Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Pliable Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Control of Air Pollution Induced Atherosclerosis Mentor: Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD

Colwyn Headley, PhD Stanford University Ameliorating Aging-Associated Vascular Dysfunction Through Mitochondrial Transplantation Mentor: Philip Tsao, PhD

Carol Ochoa, PhD, MPH University of California, San Diego Exploring the social economic needs and survivorship care experiences of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors, families, and the healthcare team Mentors: Matthew Banegas, PhD; Elena Martinez, PhD

Dayna Christine Patterson, PhD Northwestern University Biological pest control: natural product characterization and biosynthesis from mutualistic bacteria Mentor: Amy Rosenzweig, PhD

Ivan Santiago, PhD McLean Hospital Unraveling the neural circuitry of aggression in aging and neurodegenerative diseases Mentor: Caroline Palavicino-Maggio, PhD

Solange Majewska Saxby, PhD University of Iowa Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and Lifestyle and Diet Therapeutics (ProMS Life) Mentor: Terry Wahls, MD

Jazma Tapia, PhD City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Characterization of Paraben-mediated Effects in Diverse Luminal and Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cell Lines Mentors: Lindsey Trevino, PhD; Susan Neuhausen, PhD

Janette Vazquez, PhD University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Impact of Mid-Life and Late-Life Ideal Cardiovascular Health with Trajectories of Cognitive Aging in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Whites Mentor: Claudia Satizabal, PhD

Hector Arciniega Jr., PhD Harvard Medical School Identifying in vivo neuroimaging biomarkers of chronic traumatic encephalopathy Mentor: Sylvain Bouix, Ph.D., Martha Shenton, Ph.D.

Danielle Françoise Atibalentja, MD, PhD Stanford University Mechanisms of Regulation of B-cell immune responses by Oncogenic MYC Mentor: Dean Felsher, Ph.D.

Heather Kennedy Beasley, PhD Vanderbilt University TMEM135 is a Novel Regulator of Age-associated Heart Decline Mentor: Antentor Hinton, Ph.D.

Maigen Michelle Bethea, PhD University of Colorado The Role of OxtR Vagal Afferents in the Success of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Mentor: Darlene Sandoval, Ph.D.

Lawrence Brandon Brown, MD Johns Hopkins University The effect of structural racism on racial and geographic disparities in deceased organ donation Mentor: Dorry Segev, Ph.D.

Jasmin Camacho, PhD Stowers Institute for Medical Research The sweet adaptations to sugar: extreme physiological evolution to liquid sugar diets in nectar bats and hummingbirds Mentor: Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Ph.D., Nicolas Rohner, Ph.D.

Kate Elizabeth Cavanaugh, Ph.D. University of California-San Francisco Advancing the Mouse Developmental Clock to Assess Embryonic Checkpoint Progression Mentor: Orion Weiner, Ph.D.

Rose Berthe Creed, Ph.D. University of California-San Francisco Basal Ganglia and Eye Movement Circuits in Motor control Mentor: Alexandra Nelson, Ph.D.

Lọla Fagbami, Ph.D. University of Georgia Sweet Danger: Sugar Modified Proteins in Malaria Parasites Mentor: Vasant Muralidharan, Ph.D.

Aileen I Fernandez, Ph.D. Yale University Employing spatially-conserved gene expression for improve selection of patients for immunotherapies Mentor: David Rimm, Ph.D.

Diego Rivera Gelsinger, Ph.D. Columbia University Versatile Technology for Universal Engineering of Microbial Isolates and Communities Mentor: Harris Wang, Ph.D., Samuel Sternberg, Ph.D.

Stephanie Ann Herrlinger, Ph.D. Columbia University A multi-systems approach to uncover aberrant mechanisms contributing to circuit dysfunction in Schizophrenia Mentor: Josesph Gogos, Ph.D., Attila Losonczy, Ph.D.

Malina Jan Ivey, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati Investigating the long-term consequence of fibroblast activation on cardiac physiology Mentor: Sakthi Sadayappan, Ph.D., Onur Kanisicak, Ph.D.

Chinyere Agbaegbu Iweka, Ph.D. Stanford University Effects of circadian disruption on immunometabolism and stroke severity Mentor: H.Craig Heller, Ph.D., Katrin Andreasson, Ph.D.

Zachary Bleiker Jones, Ph.D. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Locus coeruleus norepinephrine signaling in alcohol seeking and binge-like drinking Mentor: Lindsay Schwarz, Ph.D.

Demetrice Jordan, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School A Spatial Risk Assessment of COVID-19 Infections and Seroprevalence in Ifanadiana District Madagascar with Implications on Early Warning Systems of Surveillance Mentor: Matthew Bonds, Ph.D.

Jasmine Kwasa, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University Developing Novel Neural Technologies to Investigate Top-Down Attention in Neurologically and Racially Heterogeneous Populations Mentor: Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, Ph.D., Pulkit Grover, Ph.D.

Lakeisha Lewter, Ph.D. University of Texas-Dallas The contribution of the left and right amygdala on the development of chronic bladder pain Mentor: Benedict Kolber, Ph.D.

Christopher Bernardo Medina, Ph.D. Emory University Defining the unique classes of inhibitory receptor molecules during CD8 T cell exhaustion Mentor: Rafi Ahmed

Anny Reyes, Ph.D. Candidate University of California-San Diego Social Determinants of Health in Older Adults with Epilepsy: Identifying the impact of SDH on epilepsy, cognitive, and brain outcomes Mentor: Carrie McDonald, Ph.D.

Cristina Caridad Santarossa, Ph.D. New York University School of Medicine Structure and Function of LetAB: A tunnel-based lipid transporter in E. coli Mentor: Damian Ekiert, Ph.D., Gira Bhabha, Ph.D.

Dominique Curtis Stephens, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University in partnership w/ Fisk University DUSP11 Modulates Intracellular and Neighboring Cells Immunogenicity and Inflammation Sensitivity Mentor: Steven Damo, Ph.D., Antentor Hinton, Ph.D.

Cynthia Tchio, Ph.D. Morehouse School of Medicine The Implication of the Orphan GPR61 in Sleep and Cardiometabolism Mentor: Dadri Kameswara, Ph.D., Richa Saxena, Ph.D.

Andre Bevil Toussaint, Ph.D. Columbia University Genes, molecules, and mechanisms associated with heightened pain sensitivity and opioid abuse vulnerability Mentor: Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Ph.D.

Adelaide Tovar, Ph.D. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Dissecting context-specific gene regulatory grammars Mentor: Jacob Kitzman, Ph.D., Stephen Parker, Ph.D.

Ismail Abd Al Azim Ahmed, PhD New York University Oxytocin Neuromodulation of Maternal Behavior Mentor: Robert Froemke, PhD

Sada M Boyd, PhD University of California-Los Angeles Examining the evolution and interaction of antibiotic and copper resistance in bacteria Mentor: Pamela Yeh, PhD

Simone Andrea Douglas-Green, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Characterization and Biological Manipulation of The Protein Corona to Improve Delivery of Cartilage-Penetrating Nanocarriers Mentor: Paula Hammond, PhD

Daniel Luis Gonzales, PhD Purdue University A Soft, Nanoscale Neural Interface for Mapping Subcellular Activity Mentor: Krishna Jayant, PhD

Keisha Nicole Hardeman, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas The Role of Hepatic Zonation and Metabolic Dysfunction in NAFLD Mentor: Shawn Burgess, PhD

Corine M. Jackman, PhD Carnegie Mellon University Demonstrating cell-cell communication in droplets to identify antimicrobials for streptococcal infection Mentor: Shelley Anna, PhD

Alberto Jose Lopez, PhD Vanderbilt University Characterizing epigenetic regulation of cocaine-induced neuronal activity and behavioral dysfunction Mentor: Erin Calipari, PhD

Nikea Pittman, PhD University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Defining the complete RclC pathway for Detoxifying Oxidative Stress Mentor: Saskia Neher, PhD

Maureen McGuirk Sampson, PhD Emory University Astrocyte Neuroprotection and Inflammation in Developmental Lead (Pb) Exposure Mentor: Steven Sloan, MD, PhD

Ninecia Scott, PhD University of Alabama-Birmingham Host-bacterial determinants of cardiac damage and invasive pneumococcal disease Mentor: Carlos Orihuela, PhD

Kaela S. Singleton, PhD Emory University Molecular Mechanisms of Pediatric Neurodegeneration Mentor: Victor Faundez, MD, PhD

Dylan James Suvlu, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasmon Enhanced Quantum Sequencing of DNA Mentor: Adam Willard, PhD

Tigist Tamir, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Elucidating the role of tyrosine phosphorylation of metabolic enzymes in hepatocellular carcinoma Mentor: Forest White, PhD

Christine Vazquez, PhD University of Pennsylvania Dissecting the mechanisms of EV-D68 neuronal pathogenesis and dissemination Mentor: Kellie Jurado, PhD

Junior West, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Using mammary organoids to study the apical junctional complex during morphogenesis and breast cancer Mentor: Andrew Ewald, PhD

Tyler Alexander, PhD  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Brain volume loss after intrathecal methotrexate and oral dexamethasone in a juvenile mouse model of childhood ALL chemotherapy Mentor: Kevin Krull, PhD

Shayna T. J. Bradford, PhD Washington University Targeting failed proximal tubule repair to spur kidney regeneration Mentor: Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD

Adrian Sergio Enriquez, PhD Tulane University Mapping of Lassa Virus Polyclonal Antibody Response in Humans and Rodents using Rapid Electron Microscopy Mentor: Erica O. Saphire, PhD

Ebony Flowers, PhD University of Southern California PPAR-regulated Fatty Acid Oxidation and ROS detoxification in Breast Cancer CTCs during Lung Metastasis Mentor: Min Yu, MD, PhD

Monica Gutierrez, PhD Northwestern University Defining an epigenomic signature of myeloid skewing in hematopoietic stem cells as a risk factor for disease in aging Mentor:  Deborah Winter, PhD

Joshua Hooks, PhD Johns Hopkins University Determining the presence and functions of monocyte subpopulations in biomaterial influenced wound environments using single cell RNA-seq Mentor: Jennifer Elisseeff, PhD

Nisan Michael Hubbard, PhD   University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Lymphatic Development Response During Implantation Mentor: Kathleen Caron, PhD

Clifford A Kapono, PhD University of Hawaii - Hilo Multi-omic Characterization of Coral Mucus During Sediment Disturbances Mentor: John Burns, PhD

Jessica Renee Queen, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Fusobacterium Nucleatum Pathogenicity and Carcinogenesis in Colorectal Cancer Mentor: Cynthia Sears, MD

Valeria Marie Reyes Ruiz, PhD  Vanderbilt University Defining the battle for manganese between Staphylococcus aureus and the host Mentor: Eric Skaar, PhD

Andrew Santiago-Frangos, PhD  Montana State University Regulatory mechanisms of CRISPR evolution and expression Mentor: Blake Wiedenheft, PhD

Chelsey Cierra Spriggs, PhD University of Michigan-Ann Arbor The role of cellular motors in polyomavirus nuclear entry Mentor: Billy Tsai, PhD

Jessica Rene Thomas, PhD  Vanderbilt University Somatosensory function in mice with CaMKII mutations linked to autism Mentor: Roger Colbran, PhD

Brittany Nicole Williams, DPhil, PhD  University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill Base Editing Approaches to Treat Retinitis Pigmentosa Mentor: Benjamin Philpot, PhD

Osama M Ahmed, PhD  Princeton University Neural Mechanisms underlying Locomotor Modulation of Complex Behavior Mentor:  Mala Murthy, PhD

Cierra A Birch, PhD University of California-San Diego Regulation of PAR4 expression and function by F2RL3 methylation Mentor:  JoAnn Trejo, PhD, MBA

Korey Brownstein, PhD  University of Chicago Discovery of Defense Metabolites and Their Regulatory Effects in Plants Mentor:  Jean Greenberg PhD

Alex J Guseman, PhD  University of Pittsburgh Cataracts, a blinding attraction between crystallin proteins Mentor:  Angela Gronenborn, PhD

Nadia Herrera, PhD University of California-San Francisco Investigating the role of ESX-1 in Cell-Cell communication of Mycobacteria Mentor:  Oren Rosenurg, MD, PhD

Barbara Juarez, PhD  University of Washington Establishing the pathophysiology of gating charge mutations in neuronal dysfunction and behavioral disruption Mentor:  Larry Zweifel, PhD

Andrew Kekupa'a Knutson, PhD  University of Hawaii Regulation of the hypoxic response by chromatin factors in the mouse heart Mentor:  Ralph Shohet, MD

Laramie Denise Lemon, PhD Emory University Links between chromatin status and 3' end mRNA processing Mentor:  Anita Corbett, PhD

David Rafael Martinez, PhD  University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Defining Zika virus-specific neutralizing and disease-enhancing IgG responses. Mentor:  Ralph Baric, PhD

Michaelle Ntala Mayalu, PhD  California Institute of Technology Modeling and Implementation of Paradoxical Signaling Components in Bacteria using Control Theoretic Techniques Mentor:  Richard Murray, PhD

Aaron Lavel Moye, PhD  Harvard University Role of epithelial-mesenchymal cross talk during early-stage lung cancer Mentor:  Carla Kim, PhD

Diane LaVern-Lygette Nelson, PhD  Carnegie Mellon University Mechanisms of Molecular Transport in Drug-loaded Water-in-Perfluorocarbon Emulsions Mentor:  Robert Tilton, PhD

Nancy Padilla Coreano, PhD  Massachusetts Institute of Technology Neural circuits underlying social dominance in mice Mentor:  John Mekalanos, PhD

Brittany Louise Taylor, PhD University of Pennsylvania Therapeutic Potential of Extracellular Vesicles for Tendon Injury Repair and Maintenance Mentor:  Louis Soslowsky, PhD

Oscar Alberto Aguilar, PhD University of California-San Francisco Investigating pathogen-driven evolution of the human Natural Killer (NK) receptor, NKR-P1A Mentor: Lewis Lanier, PhD

Kylie Ariel Bemis, PhD Northeastern University Scalable statistical analysis for multimodal mass spectrometry imaging experiments Mentor:  Olga Vitek, PhD

Oscar Carrasco-Zevallos, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Handheld two photon microscopy for rapid cancer margin assessment Mentor:  James Fujimoto, PhD

Sabena Conley, PhD Mayo Clinic-Rochester Mesenchymal stem cell senescence in obesity

D’Juan Tyree Farmer, PhD University of Southern California Long-term maintenance of skeletal stem cells in the vertebrate skull Mentor:  Gage Crump, PhD

Tikvah Katheryn Hayes, PhD Harvard University Systematic genomic and functional analysis of small cell lung cancer Mentor:  Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD

Frankie Darryn Heyward, PhD Harvard Medical School Cell-type specific epigenomic profiles as a tool to identify novel transcriptional pathways regulating weight loss Mentor;  Evan Rosen, PhD

Francisco Jose Luongo, PhD California Institute of Technology Neuronal population codes for visual objects in rodents and tree shrews Mentor:  Doris Tsao, PhD

Melanie R. McReynolds, PhD Princeton University NAD+ flux in aged mice Mentor:  Joshua Rabinowitz, MD, PhD

Sean N. Natoli, PhD University of California-Berkeley Expanding catalytic amination by artificial metalloenzymes through cofactor design & directed evolution Mentor:  John Hartwig, PhD

Justin Shaun Arnold Perry, PhD University of Virginia Regulation of phagocyte physiology during cancer cell clearance Mentor:  Kodi Ravichandran, PhD

Elizabeth Marie Ransey, PhD Duke University Engineering gap junctions for the study and treatment of autism spectrum disorders Mentor:  Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD

Naima Gabriela Sharaf, PhD California Institute of Technology Transporters and the principles governing cellular membrane crossing Mentor:  Douglas Rees, PhD

Christina Marie Termini, Ph.D. University of California-Los Angeles Syndecan-2 regulation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell repopulation Mentor:  John Chute, M.D.

Michael Frederick Wells, PhD Harvard University Elucidation of the mechanisms governing defective human neuronal development in 16p11.2 deletion syndrome Mentor:  Kevin Eggan, PhD

Kimberly Sade Williams, PhD University of Pennsylvania SDG as a targeted therapeutic for HIV patients carrying a heme oxygenase-1 variation Mentor:  Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, PhD

Brian Aguado, Ph.D. University of Colorado-Boulder Development of a nanotherapy for aortic valve stenosis Mentor:  Kristi Anseth, Ph.D.

Christopher Barnes, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology Mentor:  Pamela Bjorkman, Ph.D.

Daniel Dominguez, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Systematic analysis of RBPs in controlling drug response in cancer cells Mentor:  Christopher Burge, Ph.D.

Nicholas Gomez, Ph.D. Rockefeller University Stem cell reprogramming during oncogenesis and development Mentor:  Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.

Theanne Dugger Griffith, Ph.D. Columbia University Neuropeptidergic signaling mechanisms in peripheral sensory neurons Mentor:  Ellen Lumpkin, Ph.D.

Antentor Hinton, Jr., Ph.D. University of Iowa Mechanisms for insulin-dependent regulation of skeletal muscle mitochondria by OPA1 Mentor:  Evan Abel, M.D., Ph.D.

Kellie Jurado, Ph.D. Yale University Type I interferon-mediated neuroimmunoprotection against Zika Virus Mentor:  Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D.

Christopher Lopez, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University Medical Center Clostridium difficile responses to limited zinc during infection. Mentor:  Eric Skaar, Ph.D.

Ciera Martinez, Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley Revealing the underlying patterns and evolutionary pressures directing enhancer sequence divergence Mentor:  Michael Eisen, Ph.D.

Derrick Morton, Ph.D. Emory University Exploiting Drosophila to examine RNA exosome-linked disease Mentor:  Anita Corbett, Ph.D.

Shamsideen Ojelade, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine The Role of CD2AP in Alzheimer's Disease Mentor:  Joshua Shulman, M.D., Ph.D.

Manuel Ortega, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Structural and functional insights of human gut microbial enzymes involved in xenobiotic metabolism Mentor:  Catherine Drennan, Ph.D.

Melody Smith, M.D. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center CD19 targeted donor T cells improve GVT activity and reduce GVHD Mentor:  Marcel Van den Brink, M.D., Ph.D.

Max Staller, Ph.D. Washington University Massively parallel analysis of transcription factor activation domains Mentor:  Barak Cohen, Ph.D.

Tomeka Suber, M.D., Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh Regulation of GSK3beta degradation and its role in acute lung injury Mentor:  Rama Mallampalli, M.D.

Kyle Daniels, Ph.D. University of California-San Francisco Using Synthetic Receptors to Map the T Cell Development Landscape Mentor:  Wendell A Lim, Ph.D.

Antonia Dominguez, Ph.D. Stanford University Functional analysis of C9orf72 mutations in ALS via targeted genome engineering Mentor:  Lei S Qi, Ph.D.

Simmie Foster, M.D., Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Neuroimmune interactions in inflammatory pain Mentor:  Clifford Woolf, M.B. Ch.B., Ph.D.

Walter Gonzalez, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology Neuronal Dynamics and Behavioral Robustness in Motor Control Mentor:  Dr. Carlos Lois

Nydiaris Hernandez-Santos, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison Role of airway epithelial cells in host defense against pulmonary fungal pathogens Mentor:  Bruce Klein, M.D.

Samantha Cleopatra Lewis, Ph.D. University of California-Davis Functional dissection of the mitochondrial DNA nucleoid complex Mentor:  Jodi Nunnari, Ph.D.

Hiruy Meharena, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Deciphering the Role of Eukaryotic Protein Kinases in Down's Syndrome Mentor:  Li-Huei Tsai, Ph.D.

Nicholas Meyerson, Ph.D. University of Colorado-Boulder Rules of engagement between TRIM restriction factors and their viral targets Mentor:  Sara Sawyer, Ph.D.

Diana Monsivais, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine SMAD1/5 signaling in the female reproductive tract Mentor:  Martin M. Matzuk, M.D., Ph.D.

Anthony Olarerin-George, Ph.D. Weill Medical College of Cornell University Characterizing the transcriptome-wide location and function of 8oxoG Mentor:  Samie Jaffrey, M.D., Ph.D.

Jihan Osborne, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Investigation of the role of the Lin28 paralogs during lung branching morphogenesis Mentor:  George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D.

Edwin Reyes, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Contribution of CD8+ Treg to Anti-Tumor Immunity Mentor:  Harvey Cantor, M.D.

Jose Bernardo Saenz, M.D., Ph.D. Washington University School of Medicine Exploring the early events in Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric unit reorganization Mentor:  Jason Mills, M.D., Ph.D.

Max Villa, Ph.D. Duke University A high throughput platform for screening microbial interactions Mentor:  Lawrence David, Ph.D.

Carolyn Yrigollen, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Modeling the FMR1 trinucleotide repeat in zebrafish for gene editing Mentor:  Beverly Davidson, Ph.D.

Ishmail Abdus_Saboor, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Determining the function of touch-sensing neurons in acute and chronic pain Mentor:  Wenqin Luo, M.D., Ph.D.

Breann Brown, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Elucidating key protein-protein interactions that control substrate selection by the Lon AAA protease Mentor:  Tania Baker, Ph.D.

Travis Chapa, Ph.D. University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine Determine the mechanism underlying gamma-herpesvirus late transcription initiation Mentor:  Ren Sun, Ph.D.

Laura Dassama, Ph.D. Northwestern University Functional and Structural Characterization of a Methanobactin Transporter Mentor:  Amy Rosenzweig, Ph.D.

David Garcia, Ph.D. Stanford University School of Medicine Heritable protein aggregation affecting RNA regulation Mentor:  Daniel Jarosz, Ph.D.

Tamia Harris-Tryon, M.D., Ph.D. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas Microbiota-immune system interactions in the skin Mentor:  Lora Hooper, Ph.D.

Michael Mitchell, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology A Nanoparticle Platform for siRNA Delivery to Bone Marrow Endothelium to Disrupt Bone Metastasis Formation Mentor:  Robert Langer, D.Phil., D.Sc.

Samira Musah, Ph.D. Harvard University Directed differentiation of human iPS cells to reconstitute kidney glomerular function in vitro Mentor:  Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D.

Thomas Pohl, Ph.D. Princeton University Role of G4 sequences in rDNA transcription and ribosome biogenesis and/or function Mentor:  Virginia Zakian, Ph.D.

Elenoe Smith, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School DNA elements within BCL11A and its target sequences in hemoglobin switching Mentor:  Stuart Orkin, M.D.

David Ashley Van Valen, M.D., Ph.D. Stanford University Understanding host-virus interactions in bacterial systems at the single cell level Mentor:  Markus Covert, Ph.D.

Jonathan Abraham, M.D., Ph.D. Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Structural/Molecular basis for passive immunotherapy against a Human Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Albert Ernesto Almada, Ph.D. Harvard University Programming the muscle progenitor state

Sara Conard, Ph.D. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Role of IKKalpha in maintaining prostrate tumor initiating cells through regulation of androgen receptors

Oliver Isauro Fregoso, Ph.D. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center University of Washington Elucidating the role of the DNA damage response in lentiviral biology

Galo Garcia III, Ph.D. University of California-San Francisco Elucidating the Role of the Transition Zone in Ciliary Diseases

Courtney Rory Goodwin, M.D., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Phospho-proteomic profiling of metastatic breast cancer

Dennis Jones, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital Functional Analysis of Lymph Node Metastases

Markita Patricia Landry, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Detection of Unlabeled Proteins from a Live Single Cell Using Synthetic Antibodies

Sonya Elina Neal, Ph.D. University of California-San Diego Discovering the machinery and mechanism of ERAD-M retrotranslocation

Adrianne Marie Rosales, Ph.D. University of Colorado-Boulder Role of Matrix Elasticity in Regulating Myofibroblast Activation of Valvular Interstitial Cells

Joshua Charles Saldivar, Ph.D. Stanford University DNA replication stress-induced primary cilia dysfunction in the formation of malignant breast cancer

Rosa Anna Uribe, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology Functional analysis of enteric neural crest cell migration and development

Mehabaw Derebe, Ph.D. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas Retinoid binding function of serum amyloid A proteins

Kimberly A Kempadoo, Ph.D. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons The role of dopamine in mediating hippocampal place cell stability and spatial learning

Daniel C Koch, D.Phil., Ph.D. Stanford University Unique cancer stem cell signature in MYC addicted progenitor cells

Carlos Ramon Ponce, M.D., Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Functional roles of V2 and V4 parallel input pathways in object recognition

Francisco Eduardo Robles, Ph.D. Duke University Novel molecular contrast mechanisms for biomedical applications using pump-probe nonlinear phase dispersion spectroscopy

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