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Board of Scientific Counselors
Overview of the Year's Institutional Achievements
Cell
Biology and Metabolism Branch
Protein Trafficking in the Endosomal-Lysosomal
System: Juan Bonifacino
Cell Cycle Regulation in Oogenesis: Mary Lilly
Roles of the Sec7 Domain ARF GTPase Exchange
Factors in Membrane Trafficking: Catherine Jackson
Localization and Dynamics of Intracellular Organelles:
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
Gene Regulation in Response to Environmental
Signals: Gisela Storz
Regulation of Intracellular Iron Metabolism:
Tracey Rouault
VHL Tumor Suppressor Gene: Richard Klausner
Developmental Endocrinology
Branch
Growth and Metabolism: Carolyn Bondy
Women’s Health: Carolyn Bondy
The Menstrual Cycle and Human Reproduction: Lawrence
Nelson
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Bone Growth:
Jeffrey Baron
Neuroendocrinology of Stress: Greti Aguilera
Growth and Obesity: Jack Yanovski
Endocrine Genetics: Constantine Stratakis
Endocrinology and Reproduction
Research Branch
Phosphoinositide-Calcium Signaling in Cell Regulation:
Tamás Balla
Peptide Hormone Receptors and Signal Transduction:
Kevin Catt
Structure and Function of Peptide and Protein
Hormones: Hao-Chia Chen
Gonadal Receptors and Mechanism of Action of Peptide
Hormones in Steroidogenic Cells: Maria Dufau
Signal Transduction In Synaptic Transmission:
Kuo-Ping Huang
Intracellular Signaling in Endocrine and Neuroendocrine
Cells: Stanko Stojilkovic
The Biotransformation of Endobiotics bv Sulfonation:
Charles Strott
Heritable Disorders Branch
Connective Tissue Disorders: Joan Marini
Inborn Errors of Metabolism: William Gahl
Molecular Biology of Dysmorphology: Forbes Porter
Molecular Genetics of Heritable Human Disorders:
Janice Chou
Heritable Disorders of Phospholipid Metabolism
and of the Lipid Modification of Proteins: Anil Mukherjee
Genetic Disorders of Drug Metabolism: Ida Owens
Laboratory of Cellular
and Molecular Biophysics
The Mechanism of Exocytosis: Joshua Zimmerberg
Membrane Intermediates in Biological Fusion: Leonid
Chernomordik
Transfer of Protein from Electrophoretic Bands
into Mass Spectrometry by Direct Electroelution: Andreas Chrambach
Protein/Peptide Mass Spectrometry: Alfred Yergey
Cell Interactions in Three-Dimensional Tissue
Culture: Leonid Margolis
Laboratory of Cellular
and Molecular Neurophysiology
Structure and Function of Glutamate Receptors:
Mark Mayer
Laboratory of Cellular and
Synaptic Neurophysiology
Hippocampal Interneurons and Their Role in Controlling
Excitability: Chris Mcbain
Regulation of Neuronal Gene Expression by Action
Potentials: Douglas Fields
Regulation of Glial Development in the Central
Nervous System: Vittorio Gallo
Neurotrophic Regulation of Synapse Development
and Plasticity: Bai Lu
Second Messenger Systems in Glia and Pineal
Cells: James Russell
Laboratory of Comparative Ethology
Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Primate
Biobehavioral Development: Stephen Suomi
Mechanisms Regulating Auditory Communication and
Social Behavior in Primates and other Mammals: John Newman
Child and Family Development in the First Two Decades
of Life: Marc Bornstein
Child Development in Context: Michael Lamb
Laboratory of Developmental
and Molecular Immunity
Vaccines Against Human Pathogenic Bacteria: John
Robbins
Human Immune Response to Polysaccharide-Protein
Conjugate Vaccines: Rachel Schneerson
Laboratory of Developmental
Neurobiology
Protein Trafficking and Secretory Granule Biogenesis
in Neuroendocrine Cells: Peng Loh
Transcriptional Mechanisms Regulating Activity-Dependent
Gene Expression: Andres Buonanno
Tetanus and Botulinum Neurotoxins and Neuronal
Cell Biology: Elaine Neale
Activity-Dependent Selective (Hebbian) Synapse
Modulation: Phillip Nelson
Neuropeptide-Mediated Regulation of Development:
Douglas Brenneman
Dynamic Regulation of the Melatonin Rhythm Enzyme:
David Klein
Laboratory of Gene Regulation
and Development
Analysis of the S-Phase Checkpoint in Higher Eukaryotes:
Mary Dasso
Mechanism and Regulation of Eukaryotic Protein
Synthesis: Thomas Dever
Transcriptional and Translational Regulatory
Mechanisms in Nutrient Control of Gene Expression: Alan Hinnebusch
Epigenetic Gene Silencing: Rohinton Kamakaka
Molecular Genetics of Retrotransposons: Henry
Levin
Molecular Analysis of Frog Metamorphosis: Yun-Bo
Shi
The Role of Smc-Family Proteins and Associated
Factors in Chromosome Segregation: Alexander Strunnikov
Laboratory of Integrative
and Medical Biophysics
Cell Biophysics: Ralph Nossal
Medical Biophysics: Robert F Bonner
Quantitative Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy:
Amir Gandjbakhche
Tissue Biophysics and Biomimetics: Peter Basser
Laboratory of Mammalian
Genes and Development
Genes That Fashion the Mouse Embryo: Heiner Westphal
Signals Regulating T Cell Development: Paul Love
Molecular Genetics of an Imprinted Gene Cluster
on Mouse Distal Chromosome 7: Karl Pfeifer
Laboratory of Molecular
Genetics
Molecular Genetics of Embryogenesis in Xenopus And
Zebrafish: Igor Dawid
Regulation of Spatial Organization and Terminal
Differentiation in Vertebrate Embryos: Thomas Sargent
Vertebrate Neural Development: Ajay Chitnis
The Formation of the Vascular System in Zebrafish:
Brant Weinstein
Control of Gene Expression During Development: Judith
Kassis
Regulation of Homeotic Genes in Drosophila: James
Kennison
Integrative Control of Macromolecular Synthesis:
Michael Cashel
Use of RNA-DNA Hybrids for Replication and Repair
of DNA and as Drug Therapy: Robert Crouch
Molecular Genetics of Mammlian Retrovirus Replication:
Judith G. Levin
The Mechanism and Control of Transciption Termination:
Robert Weisberg
Laboratory of Molecular
Growth Regulation
Developmental Gene Regulation of the Immune System:
Keiko Ozato
Mechanisms of Eukaryotic RNA Expression and Functions
of the Human La Antigen: Richard Maraia
Gene Expression at the Beginning of Mammalian
Development: Melvin Depamphilis
Control of Mammalian Cell Proliferation: Bruce
Howard
The Laboratory of Physical
and Structural Biology
Physical Forces Organizing Biomolecules: Adrian
Parsegian
Direct Measurement and Computation of Forces
Between Membranes or Macromolecules: Donald Rau
Biophysics of Large Membrane Channels: Sergey Bezrukov
Physical Principles of Biomolecular Recognition,
Self-Assembly, and Regulation: Sergey Leikin
Pediatric And Reproductive
Endocrinology Branch
Hereditary Endocrine Disorders of the HPA Axis:
George Chrousos
Interactions Between the Immune System
and the HPA Axis: George Chrousos
Molecular Biology, Histology, Biochemistry, and
Localization of Pheochromocytoma: Karel Pacak
The Physiology of Hypercortisolism: Lynnette Nieman
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility: James
Segars
Perinatology Research
Branch
Pathophysiology of Premature Labor and Complications
of Prematurity: Roberto Romero
Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Anomalies: Roberto
Romero
Section on Developmental
Genomics
Developmental Genomics: Wai-Yee Chan
Section on DNA Replication,
Repair and Mutagenesis
DNA Replication, Repair, and Mutagenesis:
Roger Woodgate