NINDS Pathway to Independence Award(K99/R00) Recipients - Fiscal Year 2009

Benjamin R. Arenkiel, Ph.D.
Duke University
Activity Influence on Adult-Born Neuron Circuit Integration

David W. Colby, Ph.D.
University of California - San Francisco
Detection and structural analysis of misfolded proteins causing neurodegeneration

Janghoo Lim, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
The role of Nemo-like kinase in neurodegeneration

Mladen-Roko Rasin, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University
Molecular Control of Corticospinal System Formation by Intermediate Targets

Daniel S. Reich, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Discovery of Functionally Relevant Imaging Biomarkers in Multiple Sclerosis

Debra L. Silver, Ph.D.
National Human Genome Research Institute Intramural Program
Analysis of the Exon Junction Complex in Neural Development and Microcephaly

Justin W. Taraska, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Structural dynamics of the proteins involved in calcium-triggered exocytosis