Board of Scientific Counselors
Scientific Director's Preface
Workshops and Conferences Organized by NICHD Intramural Research Program Staff in 2006
Bone and Extracellular Matrix Branch
Genetic Disorders of Bone and Extracellular Matrix: Joan Marini
Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch
Mechanism and Regulation of Hepatocellular Polarity, ABC Transporters, Bile secretion, and Cholestasis: Irwin Arias
Protein Sorting in the Endosomal-Lysosomal System: Juan Bonifacino
Regulation of Secretory and Membrane Protein Biogenesis: Ramanujan Hegde
Regulation of Membrane Dynamics and Protein Transport by the SEC7 Nucleotide Domain Guanine Exchange Factors: Catherine Jackson
Cell Cycle Regulation During Oogenesis: Mary Lilly
Dynamics of Secretory Membrane Trafficking, Sorting, and Compartmentalization: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
Regulation of Intracellular Iron Metabolism and Implications for Human Disease: Tracey Rouault
Small, Noncoding RNAs and Small ORFs: Gisela Storz
Developmental Endocrinology Branch
Neuroendocrinology of Stress: Greti Aguilera
Regulation of Skeletal Growth: Jeffrey Baron
The X-Chromosome and Gender Effects in Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Longevity: Carolyn Bondy
The Menstrual Cycle and Human Reproduction: Lawrence Nelson
Molecular Genetics of Adrenocortical Tumors and Related Disorders: Constantine Stratakis
Physiology, Psychology, and Genetics of Obesity: Jack Yanovski
Endocrinology and Reproduction Research Branch
Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinases and Cell Regulation: Tamás Balla
Peptide Hormone Receptors and Signal Transduction: Kevin Catt
Receptors and Actions of Peptide Hormones and Regulatory Proteins in Endocrine Mechanisms: Maria Dufau
Signal Transduction in Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity: Kuo-Ping Huang
Signaling and Secretion in Neuroendocrine Cells: Stanko Stojilkovic
The Biotransformation of Endobiotics by Sulfonation: Charles Strott
Heritable Disorders Branch
Molecular Genetics of Heritable Human Disorders: Janice Chou
Heritable Neurodegenerativeand Autoimmune Disorders: Anil Mukherjee
Molecular Biology, Regulation, and Biochemistry of UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase Isozymes: Ida Owens
Cholesterol Deficiency and Genetic Syndromes: Forbes Porter
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics
Membrane Fusion Mediated by Viral and Developmental Protein Fusogens: Leonid Chernomordik
Microbial Pathogens in Human Lymphoid Tissue: Leonid Margolis
Applications of Mass Spectrometry to Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Medicine: Alfred Yergey
Membrane Remodeling During Viral Infection, Parasite Invasion, and Apoptosis; Components and Kinetics in Exocytosis: Joshua Zimmerberg
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology
Glutamate Receptor Structural Biology: Mark Mayer
Laboratory of Cellular and Synaptic Neurophysiology
Potassium Channels and Dendritic Function in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons: Dax Hoffman
Neurotrophic Regulation of Synapse Development and Plasticity: Bai Lu
Hippocampal Interneurons and Their Role in the Control of Network Excitability: Chris McBain
Olfactory Coding and Decoding by Ensembles of Neurons: Mark Stopfer
Laboratory of Clinical Genomics
Regulation of Gene Expression, Cellular Proliferation, and Differentiation in Mammalian Development: Owen Rennert
Diagnosis and Treatment of Inherited Pediatric Diseases: Stephen Kaler
Laboratory of Comparative Ethology
Child and Family Development in the First Two Decades of Life: Marc Bornstein
Neuroethology of Crying: John Newman
Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Primate Biobehavioral Development: Stephen Suomi
Laboratory of Developmental and Molecular Immunity
Emerging Disease Problems and Studies of Heparin Mimetics: John Robbins
Conjugate Vaccines: Rachel Schneerson
Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development
Mitotic Regulation in Higher Eukaryotes by Ran and SUMO-1: Mary Dasso
Mechanism and Regulation of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis: Thomas Dever
Transcriptional and Translational Regulatory Mechanisms in Nutrient Control of Gene Expression: Alan Hinnebusch
Genetic Dissection of Color-Vision Circuit in Drosophila: Chi-Hon Lee
Retrotransposons as Models for the Replication of Retroviruses: Henry Levin
Molecular Mechanism of Frog Metamorphosis: Yun-Bo Shi
SMC Family Proteins and Associated Factors in Mitotic Chromosome Segregation: Alexander Strunnikov
Laboratory of Genomic Integrity
Studies on DNA Replication, Repair, and Mutagenesis in Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells: Roger Woodgate
Laboratory of Integrative and Medical Biophysics
Tissue Biophysics and Biomimetics: Peter Basser
Medical Biophysics: Robert Bonner
Stochastic Modeling of Biological Processes: Amir H. Gandjbakhche
Cell Biophysics: Ralph Nossal
Laboratory of Mammalian Genes and Development
Molecular Genetics of Neural Stem Cells: Sohyun Ahn
Signals Regulating T Cell Development: Paul Love
Molecular Genetics of an Imprinted Gene Cluster on Mouse Distal Chromosome 7: Karl Pfeifer
Genes that Control Mouse Development: Heiner Westphal
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
Nutrient Control of Bacterial Gene Expression: Michael Cashel
Regulating Neurogenesis and Morphogenesis in the Zebrafish Nervous System: Ajay Chitnis
Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Genetic Events of Recognition and Resolution of RNA-DNA Hybrids: Robert Crouch
Molecular Genetics of Embryogenesis in Xenopus and Zebrafish: Igor Dawid
Control of Gene Expression During Development: Judith Kassis
Regulation of Homeotic Gene Function in Drosophila: James Kennison
Molecular Genetics of Mammalian Retrovirus Replicaiton: Judith Levin
Control of Ectodermal Development in Xenopus: Thomas Sargent
Organogenesis of the Zebrafish Vasculature: Brant Weinstein
Mechanisms for Controlling Gene Expression in Bacteria and Bacteriophages: Robert Weisberg
Laboratory of Molecular Growth Regulation
Chromatin Remodeling and Gene Activation: David Clark
Regulation of Mammalian Cell Proliferation and Development: Melvin DePamphilis
Chromatin-Based Epigenome in Development and Aging: Bruce Howard
La Antigen and Associated RNA Polymerase III Transcript Metabolism in Cell Biology, Growth, and Development: Richard Maraia
Developmental Gene Regulation of the Immune System: Keiko Ozato
Laboratory of Physical and Structural Biology
Biophysics of Large Membrane Channels: Sergey Bezrukov
Physical Forces Organizing Biomolecules: Adrian Parsegian
Intermolecular Forces, Recognition, and Dynamics: Donald Rau
Perinatology Research Branch
Mechanisms of Disease in Preterm Labor and Complications of Prematurity; Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Anomalies: Roberto Romero
Physical Disabilities Branch
Research in Physical Disabilities: Steven Stanhope
Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch
Reproductive Endocrinology and Science: Alan DeCherney
Investigation of Adrenal Gland Disorders and Disorders of Female Reproduction: Lynnette Nieman
Diagnosis, Localization, Pathophysiology, and Molecular Biology of Pheochromocytoma: Karel Pacak
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility: James Segars
Section on Cell Biology and Signal Transduction
Calcium-Based Excitability in Glial Cells: James Russell
Section on Cellular Neurobiology
Secretory Protein Trafficking and Granule Biogenesis in Neuroendocrine Cells: Peng Loh
Section on Molecular Neurobiology
Developmental Regulation of Neuronal and Muscle Plasticity: Andres Buonanno
Section on Nervous System Development and Plasticity
Nervous System Development and Plasticity: Douglas Fields
Section on Neuroendocrinology
Pineal Gland and Chronobiology; Regulation of Pineal Function: David Klein
Section on Physical Biochemistry
Physical Principles of Biomolecular Recognition, Self-Assembly, and Regulation: Sergey Leikin
Unit on Biologic Computation
Scientific Software Support and Bioinformatics: Jonathan Epstein
