Christopher Gafuik
B.Sc., University of Alberta; M.Sc., McGill University; M.D., University of Alberta Identification and Characterization of a Viable ras Hypermorph in Drosophila presented by Hermann Steller The overall goal of Chris Gafuik’s thesis project has been to gain insight into the regulation of programme...
Michael E. Hahn
B.S., Brandeis University Semisynthesis of the Transcription Factor Smad2 Containing Caging Groups and Phosphoaminoacid Analogs presented by Tom W. Muir Michael Hahn joined the M.D.-Ph.D. program in the fall of 2000 and after his initial medical training, his interests in protein chemistry led him ...
Kristina Marie Hoke
B.S., The College of William and Mary A Novel Phosphorylation Site in the Telomeric Protein TRF2 Is Regulated by the ATR Kinase and Plays a Role in Relieving Replication Stress at the Telomere presented by Titia de Lange Kristina Hoke is a biomedical fellow in our terrific Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph...
Yun-Yuan Hsu
B.S., The University of Texas, Austin Structural Analysis of Cif, a Cyclomodulin from Pathogenic Escherichia coli presented by C. Erec Stebbins As anyone who stares at a medium-rare hamburger with trepidation knows, infections with pathogenic Escherichia coli are a serious matter. Worldwide, infec...
Heather Anne King
B.S., The College of William and Mary Structural and Biochemical Analysis of the Drosophila Protein Period, a Conserved and Essential Component of the Circadian Clock presented by Michael W. Young Heather came to my group with an unusual background in chemistry. Rockefeller has a collaborative prog...
William J. Lane
B.E., Hofstra University The Molecular Evolution of Multisubunit RNA Polymerases presented by Tom W. Muir (on behalf of Seth A. Darst) Bill Lane has a very rare combination of talents — he is a card-carrying wet-lab biochemist and x-ray crystallographer. In addition, Bill is an exceptionally gift...
Ariel Levine
B.S., Brandeis University The Role of GDF-3 in Patterning the Early Embryo presented by Ali H. Brivanlou Since Ariel Levine first joined my laboratory as a graduate student in 2002, I have come to cherish her, both as a person and as a scientist. Her acute intuition has allowed her to unravel embr...
Randy Lindquist
B.A., Williams College Immunological Voyeurism: Visualizing Dendritic Cells with Transgenic Mice presented by Michel C. Nussenzweig Randall Lindquist is a native of New York City and a graduate of Stuyvesant High School and Williams College. He was inspired to go into medicine and science by his br...
Veena Mandava
B.A., Williams College Identification and Characterization of Histone Modifications in Trypanosoma brucei presented by George A.M. Cross Veena came to us from Williams College with the highest honors and the Leverett Mears Prize in Chemistry. Among other achievements, she was a writing tutor at Wil...
Revati Masilamani
B.Tech., Anna University Understanding Dendritic Cell Regulation of Peripheral Tolerance in Polyclonal T Cell Repertoires presented by Michel C. Nussenzweig Revati was born and educated in India, where she received her bachelor’s degree from the Anna University in Madras. She came to Rockefeller ...