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A.B., Princeton University KH Domains on Brain Polyribosomes: FMRP and Nova in Translational Regulation presented by Robert B. Darnell (on behalf of himself and Jennifer Darnell) Claire Dunne Fraser came to our laboratory from Princeton University with an outstanding record of 3.7 grade point ave...

B.S., National Autonomous University of Mexico The Role of Microglia in the Effects of Steroid Hormones on Brain Inflammation presented by Bruce S. McEwen (on behalf of himself and Karen Bulloch) Andrés Blackmore Gottfried graduated from the National University of Mexico and came to Rockefeller U...

Diploma, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen The Role of POT1 in the Protection and Maintenance of Telomeres presented by Titia de Lange Half a century ago, highly talented young Americans with an interest in biomedical research would go to Europe to get training. In the 1960s this trend comple...

B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College Studies of ATP Site Function in Clamp Loader Complexes presented by Sidney Strickland (on behalf of Michael O’Donnell) All laboratories should be so lucky as to have a student like Aaron Johnson. Not only did Aaron develop into a brilliant independent scientist, bu...

B.S., Eastern Nazarene College Insect Host Seeking: Investigations into the Molecular Mechanisms of Chemosensation presented by Leslie B. Vosshall Walton Jones is from Kansas. But as a student in the Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program, Walt provided insight into an important public health probl...

B.S., M.S., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology The Role of Histone H2B Ubiquitylation and Its Related Factors in Transcriptional Regulation in Mammalian Cells presented by Robert G. Roeder Jaehoon Kim was born and raised in Korea.  He received both bachelor and master of science d...

B.S., University of Maryland, Baltimore County Exploring Counterimmune Mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis presented by George A.M. Cross (on behalf of John D. McKinney) Meghan Kirksey came to Rockefeller University from Simon’s Rock College of Bard, where she was enrolled at the age of 16 i...

A.B., Harvard University Energy Homeostasis during Fasting and Fed States: Foxa2 Regulates Hepatic Amino Acid Uptake presented by Markus Stoffel Vivian Lee joined my laboratory five years ago as an M.D.-Ph.D. student. In my first meeting with her she explained that she wanted to work on a transla...

B.Sc., Brown University Haplotype-based Association Studies: Approaches to Current Challenges presented by Derek Gordon (on behalf of Jürg Ott) It is my great honor to represent Jürg Ott in introducing Mark Levenstien. Mark was born and raised in Madison, New Jersey, where he graduated as valedic...

A.B., Harvard University Chronic Stress Effects on Prefrontal Cortical Structure and Function presented by Bruce S. McEwen (on behalf of himself and B.J. Casey) Conor Liston was born in San Diego and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He went to Harvard University, where his undergraduate majors ...