NINDS Pathway to Independence Award(K99/R00) Recipients - Fiscal Year 2008

The role of clock protein phosphorylation and degradation in circadian biology

Anthony Antonellis, Ph.D.
National Human Genome Research Institute Intramural Program
Genetic and genomic approaches for studying inherited peripheral neuropathies

William B. Cafferty, Ph.D.
Yale University
Plasticity of intact circuits restores function after a spinal cord injury.

Joanna Chiu, Ph.D.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
The role of clock protein phosphorylation and degradation in circadian biology

C. Andrew Frank, Ph.D.
University of California - San Francisco
How Ephexin Signaling Promotes Neuronal Stability

Marc Halterman, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Rochester
Defining neurotherapeutic targets in hypoxia-induced CHOP-10 signaling networks

Hiroyuki Koizumi, Ph.D.
University of California – San Diego
Doublecortin: career development plan in the neurosciences

Takako Makita, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Role of endothelins in SCG axon guidance

Kathleen O'Connor-Giles, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin Madison
Regulation of synaptic growth and plasticity in Drosophila

Michael Orger, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Revealing neural circuits that control visually guided behaviors

Monica Perez, Ph.D.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Intramural Program
Intermanual transfer of learning in healthy and spinal cord injured individuals

David Prober, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Genetic analysis of sleep disorders in zebrafish

Avital Rodal, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Structure and regulation of synaptic architecture

Orie Shafer, Ph.D.
Washington University
Circuitry and Modulation of the Circardian Clock Network of D. melanogaster

Anastassios Tzingounis, Ph.D.
University of California – San Francisco
Molecular components of the calcium activated slow afterhyperpolarization

Jiou Wang, Ph.D.
Yale University
Mechanism of SOD1-linked ALS studied in C elegans and mouse models