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Anne Blaschke-Bonkowsky
Email:
anne.blaschke@hsc.utah.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University, AB, Biology, 1991
Graduate Department: Biology
Thesis Title: Programmed Cell Death During Embryonic Development of the Mammalian CNS
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jerold Chun, TSRI
Current Position: Assoc. Professor, Pediatrics, University of Utah
Publications
Joshua Bonkowsky
Email:
joshua.bonkowsky@hsc.utah.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University, BA, Biochemistry, 1991
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: The Role of Derailed in Organization of the Drosophila CN
Thesis Advisor: Dr. John Thomas
Current Position: Assoc. Professor, Pediatrics, University of Utah
Publications
Douglas Chang
Email:
dchang@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University, BS, Mechanical Engineering, 1988
Graduate Department: Bioengineering
Thesis Title: Structure and Function Relationships of Articular Cartilage in Osteoarthritis
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Robert Sah
Current Position: Assoc. Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSD
Publications
Michael Ong
Email:
mong@mednet.ucla.edu
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Undergraduate Institution: UC Irvine, BS, Biological Sciences, 1993
Graduate Department: Health Services and Policy Analysis
Thesis Title: The Effects of Regulatory Change on the Safety of Pharmaceutical Innovations
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Richard Scheffler, UC Berkeley
Current Position: Assoc. Professor, Medicine, UCLA
Publications
James Williams
Email:
jawilliams@aims.unc.edu
Undergraduate Institution: MIT, BS, Biology, 1991
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Transient Vesicle Fusion in Hippocampal Neurons
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Charles Stevens, Salk
Postgraduate Education: Medicine, University of California, Medical Center, San Diego; Anesthesiology, Massachusetts, General Hospital
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Anesthesiology, U. of North Carolina
Michael Yen
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Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University, BS, Biology, 1990
Graduate Department: Biology
Thesis Title: The Role of Antigen Presentation in Murine AIDS
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Susan Swain
Current Position: Physician, Oncology, Santa Cruz
Publications
Todd Zorick
Email:
tzorick@mednet.ucla.edu
Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley, BA, Molecular Biology, 1990
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: The Transcriptional Control of Myelination of Schwann Cells
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Greg Lemke, Salk
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UCLA
Publications
2001
Jack Bui
Email:
jbui@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley, BA, Biochemistry, 1992
Graduate Department: Biology
Thesis Title: A Role for Cam Kinase II in T Cell Memory and Lifespan
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Steve Hedrick
Current Position: Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Pathology, UCSD
Publications
Tanya Halvorsen
Email:
halvo040@umn.edu
Undergraduate Institution: MIT, BS, Biology, 1991
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Growth Regulation and Differentiation in the Human Pancreatic Beta Cell
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Fred Levine, Sanford-Burnham
Current Position: Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program, U. of Minnesota
Delphine Lee
Email:
leedj@jwci.org
Undergraduate Institution: UC San Diego, BS, Biochemistry / Cell Biology, 1992
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: DNA Vaccines: Cellular Roles and Applications
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Dennis Carson
Current Position: Director, Translational Immunology, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica
Publications
Edmond Teng
Email:
ETeng@mednet.ucla.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University, BS, Chemistry, 1993
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: The Role of the Hippocampal Region in Spatial and Nonspatial Memory: Findings from Behavioral Studies in Monkeys and Humans
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Stuart Zola
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Neurology, UCLA
Publications
Paul Yates
Email:
pyates@virginia.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Cal Poly State University, BSEE, Elec. Engineering, 1990
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Mechanisms and Molecules involved in Retinal Axon Guidance and Topographic Mapping
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Dennis O'Leary, Salk
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Ophthalmology, U. of Virginia
Publications
2002
Daniel Kahn
Email:
dkahn@mednet.ucla.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Ohio State University, BS, Chemistry, 1994
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: The Role of Nitric Oxide in Immunoregulation
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Carolyn Kelly
Current Position: Obstetrics & Gynecology, UCLA
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2003
Geoffrey Baird
Email:
gbaird@u.washington.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University, BS, Chemistry, 1995
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Designing Fluorescent Biosensors by Exploiting Structure-Function Relationships in Fluorescent Proteins
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Roger Tsien
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington
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Rafael Bejar
Email:
rabejar@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: MIT, BS, Physics, 1994
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Genetic Manipulation of Synaptic Plasticity, Learning and Memory: Findings from CaMKII and Kv4.2 Transgenic Mice
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mark Mayford, TSRI
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Medicine, UCSD
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Katherine Calvo
Email:
calvok@mail.nih.gov
Undergraduate Institution: Reed College, BS, International Studies, 1985
Graduate Department: Molecular Pathology
Thesis Title: Differentiation Arrest by HoxA9, Meis1, and E2a-Pbx1 Homeodomain Transcription Factors: The Pathogenesis of a Subset of Acute Leukemia
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mark Kamps
Current Position: Hematopathologist and Staff Clinician, NIH
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Divya Chander
Email:
dchander@stanford.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University, BA in Biology / Sanskrit and Indian Studies, 1993
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Contrast Adaptation: Adjusting the Gain in Parallel Circuits of the Vertebrate Retina
Thesis Advisor: Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky, Salk
Current Position: Instructor, Anesthesiology, Stanford
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Daniel Lu
Email:
dclu@mednet.ucla.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Dartmouth College, BA, Biochemistry, 1996
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Caspase Cleavage of Intracytoplasmic Domain of Amyloid Precursor Protein: Involvement of the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Eddie Koo
Current Position: Professor, Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, UCLA
Publications
Daniel Major
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Undergraduate Institution: Pennsylvania State University, BS, Psychology, 1994
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: The Functional and Evolutionary Significance of Cellular Morphology in the Optic Tectum of the Ground Squirrel
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Harvey Karten
Current Position: Neurologist, Everett Clinic, Everett, WA
Publications
Andrew Nguyen
Email:
adnguyen@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University, BA, Biology, 1994
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: The Evectins: Their Role in Nervous System Function and Development
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Greg Lemke, Salk
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Neurosurgery, UCSD
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Michael Peterson
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Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University, BS, Biology, 1995
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Characterization of the Molecular Mechanisms which Regulate Golgi-to-Endosome Vesicular Transport in Sacharomyces
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Scott Emr
Current Position: Pathologist, Tacoma, WA
Publications
Joshua Thaler
Email:
jpthaler@uw.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University, BA, Biochemistry, 1992
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: How to Make a Motor Neuron: 2 Parts LIM, 1 Part HB9 with a Spritz of Sonic
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Sam Pfaff, Salk
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Div. of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, University of Washington
Publications
John Van Uden
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Undergraduate Institution: MIT, BS, Biology, 1994
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Immunostimulatory DNA and the Host-Pathogen Relationship
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Dennis Carson
Current Position: Professor, Thoracic Imaging, UCSF
Publications
2004
Octavio Choi
Email:
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: The Role of BDNF in the Development of Retinotectal Topographic Projections in the Chick
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Dennis O'Leary, Salk
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Oregon State Hospital
Publications
Karunesh Ganguly
Email:
Karunesh.Ganguly@ucsf.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University, BS, Chemistry, BA, Psychology, 1995
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Activity-Dependent Regulation of Neuronal Excitability in Hippocampal Neurons
Thesis Advisors: Dr. Mu-Ming Poo & Dr. David Kleinfeld
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Neurology, UCSF
Publications
Eric Goldlust
Email:
Eric_Goldlust@brown.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University, BS, Biological and Engineering Science, 1995
Graduate Department: Public Health / Epidemiology
Thesis Title: A Double-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for the Control of Intra-Operative Dental Pain
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Donna Kritz-Silverstein
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Emergency Medicine, Brown University
Publications
David Merrill
Email:
dmerrill@mednet.ucla.edu
Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley, BA / BA, Biology / Psychology, 1996
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive Decline with Aging and Sensitivity to Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mark Tuszynski
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
Publications
Hugo Sanchez
Email:
Hugo.Sanchez@unthsc.edu
Undergraduate Institution: UC Irvine, BS, Biological Sciences
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Regulates Signaling by a Heterologous Ligand
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Kuo-Fen Lee, Salk
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UNT Health Science Center, Ft. Worth
Publications
Stina Mui Singel
Email:
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University, BA, Biology, 1995
Graduate Department: Neurosciences
Thesis Title: Ventral Anterior Homeobox (Vax) Genes: Roles in Vertebrate Eye Development
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Greg Lemke, Salk
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern Cancer Center
Publications
David Sykes
Email:
dsykes@mgh.harvard.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Alberta, BS, Biochemistry
Graduate Department: Molecular Pathology
Thesis Title: Conditional Version of E2a/Pbx1 Provided Cell-Based Systems to Dissect the Mechanism by which E2a/Pbx1 Establishes Myeloid and Lymphoid Differentiation Arrest
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mark Kamps
Current Position: Fellow, Hematology/Oncology, Dana-Farber/Massachusetts General Partners Program, Boston
Publications
John Welch
Email:
jwelch@dom.wustl.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Brigham Young University, BS, Mol. Biology,
Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis Title: PPAR-gamma, the Macrophage and the Microarray: A Play in Three Acts
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Christopher Glass
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Medicine, Oncology Division, Washington University, St. Louis.
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