2019 Scholars

Joshua Arribere

University of California, Santa Cruz
A New Model for Nonsense-Mediated Decay

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Nicholas Bellono

Harvard University and Harvard School of Public Health
Molecular Mechanisms of Sensory Adaptation

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Joseph Bondy-Denomy

University of California, San Francisco
Unlocking Bacterial Immunology to Develop Novel Biotechnology Tools

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Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb

University of Michigan Medical School
A Photosynthetic Organism’s Toolbox for Adapting to Environmental Conditions

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Paul Greer

University of Massachusetts Medical School
A Novel Approach to Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis 

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Kelley Harris

University of Washington
Mutation Rate Evolution: The Changing Origin Story of Genetic Variation 

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Wesley Legant

University of North Carolina
Single Molecule Dynamics of Differentiation 

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Bluma Lesch

Yale University
Evolution and Molecular Control of Gene Regulation in the Animal Germ Line

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Maayan Levy

University of Pennsylvania
Metabolite Circuits as Regulators of the Host-microbiome Interface 

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Cressida Madigan

University of California, San Diego
Immune-mediated Neurological Injury: Insights from a Zebrafish Model of Leprosy 

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Ricardo Mallarino

Princeton University
How to Build a Gliding Mammal: Deciphering the Positional Regulatory Code of Mammalian Skin 

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Aashish Manglik

University of California, San Francisco
Harnessing G Protein-coupled Receptor Protein Dynamics for Precision Pharmacology 

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Andrew Miri

Northwestern University
The Neural Basis of Motor Skills on the Timescale of Movement 

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Caroline Runyan

University of Pittsburgh
Communication between Networks: Context, Inhibition, and Neuromodulation 

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David Schneider

New York University
Integrative Circuits for using Predictions to Guide Behavior 

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