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Investigator Awards
2000-2002
John R. Carlson, Ph.D., Yale University Odor Receptor Gene Selection: A Genetic Analysis in Drosophila
Ulrike Heberlein, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco Neuroanatomical Bases of Ethanol-induced Behaviors in Drosophila
Alex L. Kolodkin, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine The Role of Replusive Pathfinding Cues in the Vertebrate Olfactory System
Gilles J. Laurent, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Memory in Olfactory Network Dynamics
Dennis D.M. O'Leary, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Genetic Studies of the Specification of Cortical Areas1997-1999
George J. Augustine, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center Using Photochemistry to Dissect the Exocytotic Protein Cascade
Utpal Banerjee, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Neuronal Prepatterning
Ben Barres, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine The Role of Glia in the Development and Function of Synapses
Stuart Firestein, Ph.D., Columbia University Expression of Cloned Odor Receptors Using Viral Vectors
David Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center Exploring the Function of Cortical Circuits in Vivo: A Combined Intracellular and Extracellular Approach
David J. Julius, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco The Role of Nucleotides as Neurotransmitters
Roderick MacKinnon, M.D., The Rockefeller University X-ray Structure Analysis of Ion Channel Binding and Regulatory Domains
Robert C. Malenka, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity
Gail Mandel, Ph.D., State University of New York Genetic Silencing in Flies: How to Quiet Your Nerves
Thomas F.J. Martin, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison Molecular Mechanisms of Neurosecretion
Susan K. McConnell, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Determination of Neuronal Fates in Visual Cortex
David McCormick, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine Interactions Between Synaptic and Network Properties in the Thalamus
Jeffery D. Schall, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Neural Selection and Control of Visually Guided Action
Terry T. Takahashi, Ph.D., University of Oregon Neural Basis of Auditory Attention
Gary Yellen, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital Molecular Cloning of the Ih Pacemaker Channel, and Its Role in the Rhythm Generation in the Brain1994-1996
Susan G. Amara, Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University The Role of Glutamate Transporters in Synaptic Activity: Monitoring Glutamate Uptake in Situ Using pH-Sensitive Fluorescent Dyes
Bruce P. Bean, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School G Protein Control of Ionic Channels and Synaptic Transmission
Jane Dodd, Ph.D., Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons Inductive Interactions in the Control of Floor Plate Differentiation
Eric Frank, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine The Role of Late-migrating Spinal Cord Cells in the Development of Sensory Ganglia
Philip G. Haydon, Ph.D., Iowa State University Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission
Lawrence C. Katz, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center Scanning Laser Photostimulation: A New Approach for Deciphering Cortical Circuits
Chris R. Kintner, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies The F-Cadherin and the Formation of Neural Boundaries
Nikos K. Logothetis, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine Pictorial and Memorial Representations of Visual Objects: Monkey Psychophysics and Physiology
Eve Marder, Ph.D., Brandeis University Activity-dependent Regulation of Neurons and Networks
Lawrence E. Mays, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham A Neurophysiological Study of Adaptive Gain Control for Accommodation and Convergence
Jonathan A. Raper, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Inhibition of Growth Cone Motility
Lorna W. Role, Ph.D., Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Role of Presynaptic Ligand-gated Channels in the Regulation of Transmitter Release from CNS Neurons
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco Guidance for Novel Axonal Chemoattractants, and Analysis of Chemoattractant Function in Vivo
Kai Zinn, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Control of Cell Identity by Homobox Transcription Factors in the Insect CNS1991-1993
Thomas D. Albright, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Neural Correlates of Perceptual Feature Integration
Martin Chalfie, Ph.D., Columbia University Identification and Characterization of Degenerin Homologues
Gregor Eichele, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine Molecular Basis of Pattern Formation in Vertebrates
David Ferster, Ph.D., Northwestern University Mechanisms of Neuronal Computation in the Cat Visual Cortex
Barry Ganetzky, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Synaptic Transmission in Drosophila
Charles Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D., The Rockefeller University Plasticity of Topography in Adult Mammalian Visual Cortex
Michael R. Green, Ph.D., Harvard University Role of ATF Transcription Factors in Memory
Mary E. Hatten, Ph.D., The Rockefeller University Molecular Mechanisms of Glial-guided Neuronal Migration
John H.R. Maunsell, M.D., Ph.D., University of Rochester Neural Representations of Remembered Visual Patterns
Marc R. Montminy, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Regulation of Somatostatin Gene Expression by Transcription Factor CREB
Gary Ruvkun, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital Analysis of Genes that Control Neuronal Cell Identity and Connectivity in C. elegans
Klaudiusz R. Weiss, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine Cellular Studies of Modulatory Cotransmission in Aplysia
Monte Westerfield, Ph.D., University of Oregon Genetic Regulation of Neurogenesis
Stephen L. Zipursky, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Molecular Studies of Drosophila Eye Development1988-1990
Craig H. Bailey, Ph.D., Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Morpholocial Basis of Short- and Long-term Memory
Ronald L. Davis, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine Behavioral Effects of Modulating the Activity of Learning/Memory Genes in Drosophila
Kathleen Dunlap, Ph.D., Tufts University School of Medicine Direct Measurement of Calcium Influx into Electrophysiologically Inaccessable Nerve Terminals
Fred H. Gage, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Grafting of Cells Engineered to Produce NGF to the Brain
William A. Harris, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Cell Type Determination in the Nervous System
Steven G. Lisberger, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco Site of Motor Learning in the Vestibulo-ocular Reflex
Kelly E. Mayo, Ph.D., Northwestern University Hormonal Control of Reproductive Behavior in the Female Rat
William T. Newsome, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Neural Computations Underlying the Perception of Motion
Nikolaos K. Robakis, Ph.D., The Mount Sinai Medical Center Structural Studies and Gene Dosage Determination of the Alzheimer Amyloid Precursor Protein
Tsunao Saitoh, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Abnormal Phosphorylation in Alzheimer's Disease
Joshua R. Sanes, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine Cell Lineage Analysis of the Vertebrate Neuromuscular System
Gary Struhl, Ph.D., College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University The Roles and Mechanisms of Molecular Gradients Organizing Cell Pattern and Behavior
Mriganka Sur, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasticity and Target Specificity of Functional Visual Projections
Gary L. Westbrook, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University Modulation of Synaptic Efficacy in Vitro1985-1987
Thomas H. Brown, Ph.D., Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope Mechanism of Associative Long-term Potentiation
Corey S. Goodman, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley Cell Recognition During Neuronal Development
Mark Gurney, Ph.D., The University of Chicago Molecular Cloning of a cDNA Encoding the 56kd Survival Factor for Spinal Neurons
James F. Gusella, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Recombinant DNA Approaches to Inherited Neurodegenerative Disorders
Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D., Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons Molecular Mechanisms of Sensory Transmission and Neuronal Organization in the Spinal Cord
Mary B. Kennedy, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Structural and Functional Studies of Brain Type II Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase
Eric I. Knudsen, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Experience-dependent Changes in Auditory Localization and Its Neural Substrates in the Barn Owl
Jeff W. Lichtman, M.D., Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine Long-term Visualization of Living Axon Terminals
Charles Marotta, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital RNA Metabolism in the Alzheimer's Disease Brain
William G. Quinn, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Comparison of Learning Kinetics and Adenylate Cyclase Kinetics in Drosophila
Samuel M. Schacher, Ph.D., Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Common Mechanisms Underlying Synapse Formation and Plasticity
Michael P. Stryker, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco Role of Electrical Activity in Synapse Rearrangement in Mammalian Central Nervous System
Larry W. Swanson, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Differential Gene Expression in Mammalian Neuroendocrine Montoneurons
Mark B. Willard, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine Molecular Basis for Changes of State in Neurons1982-1984
Xandra O. Breakefield, Ph.D., Shriver Center for Mental Retardation Biochemical Components of Memory: Locating the Gene Responsible for Familial Alzheimer's Disease
Gerald L. Hazelbauer, Ph.D., Washington State University Molecular Biological Studies of a Rudimentary Memory Function
Daniel Johnston, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine Voltage-clamp Analysis of Long-term Potentiation in the Hippocampus
Jon M. Lindstrom, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Monoclonal Antibodies as Probes for Brain Acetylcholine Receptors
Richard E. Mains, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Production of Cell Surface Antibodies to ACTH/Endorphin Cells
Kenneth J. Muller, Ph.D., University of Miami School of Medicine Studies on Short-term Changes in Synaptic Transmission and on Axon Growth
James A. Nathanson, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital A Model for the Aminergic Synapse
Paul H. Patterson, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology The Molecular Determinants of Synapse Formation
Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Prenatal Development of Functional Connections in the Cat's Visual System
David C. Spray, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine Control of Intercellular Communication Via Gap Junctions
James W. Truman, Ph.D., University of Washington Hormonal Approaches to Neural Plasticity
Thomas A. Woolsey, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine Immunocytochemical Studies of Mouse Barrel Cortex
Anne B. Young, M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan In Vivo Receptor Autoradiography in Animal Models of Three Human Neurodegenerative Diseases |
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