HFSP AWARDS 2001

LONG-TERM FELLOWSHIPS (As of 11 April 2001)

BEAULIEU Martin CANADA

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Department of Neurology McGill University Montreal CANADA

Study of impaired serotonergic functions in catecholaminergic rescued VMAT2 knockout mice

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Department of Cell Biology Duke University Durham USA

Supervisor: Marc G. CARON

MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology University College London UK

Role of PACS fam ily of sorting connectors in biogenesis and exocytosis of regulated secretory organelles

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Vollum Institute Oregon Health Sciences University Portland USA

Supervisor: Gary THOMAS

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Laboratory of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance CEA / CNRS Grenoble FRANCE

Characterization of structure and dynamics of nucleic acid base pairing by liquid crystal and cross-correlated NMR

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Laboratory of Chemical Physics NIDDK / NIH Bethesda USA

Supervisor: Adrian BAX

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Department of Cell Biology University of Barcelona SPAIN

Development of cell type specific local circuits in rat primary visual cortex

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Systems Neurobiology Laboratory The Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla USA

Supervisor: Edward M. CALLAWAY

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IGBMC ULP / CNRS / INSERM Illkirch FRANCE

Molecular analysis of long range transcriptional control at the human beta-globin locus

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Basic Sciences Division Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Washington USA

Supervisor: Mark T. GROUDINE

BLAGOVESHCHENSKAYA

Anastasiya RUSSIA

BOISBOUVIER

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Jérôme FRANCE

BORRELL Victor SPAIN

BRAND Marjorie FRANCE

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BRÜCKNER Katja GERMANY

BUREAU Ingrid FRANCE

CHARRON Frederic CANADA

CHEN Taiping CANADA

CIRUNA Brian CANADA

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EMBL Heidelberg GERMANY

Cell biological aspects of tracheal development in Drosophila

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Department of Genetics Harvard Medical School Boston USA

Supervisor: Norbert PERRIMON

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Lab. de Physiologie Cellulaire de la Synapse Institut François Magendie Bordeaux FRANCE

Morphological and physiological study of cortical plasticity in vivo

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Department of Neuroscience Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory USA

Supervisor: Karel SVOBODA

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Laboratory of Cardiac Growth and Differentiation Montreal Clinical Research Institute CANADA

Characterization of Slitinduced signaling in axon collateral branching

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Dept. of Anatomy, Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California San Francisco USA

Supervisor: Marc TESSIER-LAVIGNE

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Lady Davis Institute McGill University Montreal CANADA

Structure-function analysis of de novo DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b

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Cardiovascular Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown USA

Supervisor: En LI

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Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics University of Toronto CANADA

Gastrulation and nodal signaling in zebrafish

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Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine New York University School of Medicine USA

Supervisor: Alexander SCHIER

Area “Brain Functions” Area “Molecular Approaches”

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CORNEIL Brian CANADA

CUVIER Olivier FRANCE

DAVY Alice FRANCE

DEKKER Nynke

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Queen's University Kingston CANADA

Neural correlates for the representation of head position in the posterior parietal cortex

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Division of Biology California Institute of Technology Pasadena USA

Supervisor: Richard A. ANDERSEN

From

Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Geneva SWITZERLAND

Functional dissection and reconstitution of the human condensin complex in vitro and in vivo

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory USA

Supervisor: Tatsuya HIRANO

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Dept. of Oncology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Calgary CANADA

Transmembrane ephrins: at the cross-roads of multiple signaling pathways to regulate angiogenesis

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Division of Basic Sciences Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle USA

Supervisor: Philippe SORIANO

Department of Physics Harvard University Cambridge USA

Single molecule studies of DNA-protein interactions

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Laboratoire de Physique Statistique Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris FRANCE

Supervisor: David BENSIMON

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Unité de Biochimie Microbienne Institut Pasteur Paris FRANCE

Study of the dot complex of Legionella pneumophila

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Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology Tufts University School of Medicine Boston USA

Supervisor: Ralph R. ISBERG

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THE NETHERLANDS

DERRE Isabelle FRANCE

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DURRANT Wendy UK

ECHARD Arnaud FRANCE

EL NEMER Wassim LEBANON

FERGUSON Andrew D. CANADA

FORESTIER Claire-Lise FRANCE

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The Sainsbury Laboratory John Innes Centre Norwich UK

Characterisation of SNI1 and associated proteins involved in the regulation of systemic acquired resistance

To

Developmental, Cell and Molecular Biology Group Duke University Durham USA

Supervisor: Xinnian DONG

From

Institut Curie Paris FRANCE

Identification of proteins whose phosphorylation status regulates progression in mitotic events in Drosophila

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Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California San Francisco USA

Supervisor: Patrick O'FARRELL

From

INSERM Université Paris 7 FRANCE

Molecular mechanisms of integrin crosstalk

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Laboratory of Host Pathogen Interactions University of California San Francisco USA

Supervisor: Eric Joel BROWN

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Department of Microbiology and Immunology McGill University Montreal CANADA

Crystal structure of the sterol-sensing domain of HMG-CoA reductase

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Department of Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas USA

Supervisor: Johann DEISENHOFER

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Centre d'Immunologie de MarseilleLuminy Université de la Méditerranée Marseille FRANCE

Recognition of glycolipids by the T cell antigen receptor

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Department of Molecular Biology Princeton University USA

Supervisor: Albert BENDELAC

Area “Brain Functions” Area “Molecular Approaches”

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FRISCHKNECHT From

Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics EMBL Heidelberg GERMANY

Dissecting TRAP dependent gliding motility and cell invasion of Plasmodium sporozoites

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Département d'Immunologie Institut Pasteur Paris FRANCE

Supervisor: Robert MENARD

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Institute for Theoretical Physics University of Saarbrücken GERMANY

Determination of the transcriptome of single neurons

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Laboratoire de Neurobiologie ESPCI Paris FRANCE

Supervisor: Jean ROSSIER

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Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire de la Synapse Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris FRANCE

In vivo analysis of neurotransmitter receptor and CamKII messengers transport in Drosophila nervous system

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Wellcome / CRC Institute University of Cambridge UK

Supervisor: Daniel ST. JOHNSTON

From

Institut Curie Paris FRANCE

Actin polymerization: role of CR16 in the N-WASP conformational switch

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Department of Cell Biology Harvard Medical School Boston USA

Supervisor: Marc W. KIRSCHNER

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Department of Cell Biology Biozentrum, University of Basel SWITZERLAND

Identification of RNA-proteins interactions with DNA microarrays

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Department of Biochemistry Stanford University USA

Supervisor: Daniel HERSCHLAG

Friedrich GERMANY

FUETTERER Claus GERMANY

GARDIOL Alejandra ITALY

GAUTREAU Alexis FRANCE

GERBER André SWITZERLAND

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GIL Jesus SPAIN

GIUGLIANO Michele ITALY

GORBUNOVA Vera ISRAEL

GOTTSCHALK

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Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Madrid SPAIN

Regulators of the p16INK4A tumour suppressor

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Laboratory of Cancer Biology University College London UK

Supervisor: David H. BEACH

From

Dept. of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering University of Genoa ITALY

Activity-dependent network modification studied by substrate multielectrodes

To

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California Berkeley USA

Supervisor: Mu-Ming POO

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Department of Biology McGill University Montreal CANADA

Identification of genes controlling replicative senescence

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Department of Cell Biology and Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston USA

Supervisor: Olivia M. PEREIRA-SMITH

From

Institute of Molecular Biology and Tumor Research Philipps-University Marburg GERMANY

Investigating the mechanisms of nicotine adaptation in Caenorhabditis elegans

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Department of Biology University of California La Jolla USA

Supervisor: William R. SCHAFER

From

Department of Cell Biology Erasmus University Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS

A mouse model for RETT syndrome

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Department of Biology Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Cambridge USA

Supervisor: Rudolf JAENISCH

Alexander GERMANY

GRIBNAU Joost THE NETHERLANDS

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HALL Anita UK

HARADA Takayuki JAPAN

JANSSEN Peter BELGIUM

JOVINE Luca ITALY

KARPUJ Marcela ISRAEL

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Department of Biochemistry Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine London UK

Dopaminergic neuron development and neural stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease

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Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology Karolinska Institute Stockholm SWEDEN

Supervisor: Ernest ARENAS

From

Dept. of Degenerative Neurological Diseases National Institute of Neuroscience Tokyo JAPAN

Regeneration of photoreceptors in the degenerated retina

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Center for Developmental Biology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas USA

Supervisor: Takahisa FURUKAWA

From

Laboratory of Neuro- and Psychophysiology Catholic University of Leuven Medical School BELGIUM

The neural representation of decisions during orientation discrimination in macaque area LIP

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Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics University of Washington Medical School Seattle USA

Supervisor: Michael SHADLEN

From

Structural Studies Division MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge UK

Structural studies of mammalian fertilisation proteins

To

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York USA

Supervisor: Paul M. WASSARMAN

From

Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot ISRAEL

Chimeras of two related genes, PrP and Doppel, for analysis of the structural requirements for prion propagation

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Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases University of California San Francisco USA

Supervisor: Stanley B. PRUSINER

Area “Brain Functions” Area “Molecular Approaches”

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KIM Do-Hyung KOREA

KOBAYASHI Katsunori JAPAN

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Division of Molecular and Life Sciences Pohang University of Science and Technology KOREA

Characterization of HIV-1 gp41 conformational changes during the viral entry process

To

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Cambridge USA

Supervisor: Peter S. KIM

From

Department of Neurophysiology University of Tokyo JAPAN

Molecular mechanisms underlying the propagation of synaptic modifications

To

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California Berkeley USA

Supervisor: Mu-Ming POO

Department of Neurobiology and Zoology Ruhr University Bochum GERMANY

A neural code for the perception of motion

To

Vision Center Laboratory The Salk Institute for Biological Studies San Diego USA

Supervisor: Thomas D. ALBRIGHT

From

Protein Design Unit EMBL Heidelberg GERMANY

Computer-based gene recombination experiments to promote evolutionary protein design

To

Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology Pasadena USA

Supervisor: Frances ARNOLD

From

INSERM Paris FRANCE

Effect of innate immunity on T cell responses to bacterial infection

To

Laboratory of Antimicrobial Immunity Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research New York USA

Supervisor: Eric G. PAMER

KREKELBERG From Bart THE NETHERLANDS

LACROIX Emmanuel BELGIUM

LAUVAU Grégoire FRANCE

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LE GOOD Jessie Ann UK

LEE Soo-Kyung KOREA

LI Su CHINA

LIEBERAM Ivo GERMANY

LOPEZ Xabier SPAIN

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Department of Biochemistry University of Alberta Edmonton CANADA

Regulation of axis specification and germ layer formation by SPC1 and 4 activities

To

ISREC Epalinges SWITZERLAND

Supervisor: Daniel CONSTAM

From

Center for Ligand and Transcription Chonnam National University Kwangju KOREA

The role of N -CoR in the REST-mediated repression

To

Department of Medicine University of California La Jolla USA

Supervisor: Michael G. ROSENFELD

From

Department of Biochemistry University of Utah Salt Lake City USA

Structural studies of the yeast S. cerevisiae spindle pole body

To

Division of Cell Biology MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge UK

Supervisor: John V. KILMARTIN

From

Institute for Genetics University of Cologne GERMANY

Molecular determinants of spinal motor axon guidance

To

Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Columbia University New York USA

Supervisor: Thomas M. JESSELL

From

Laboratoire de Chimie Biophysique Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg FRANCE

Improving hapten design for hydrolysis of amides

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Department of Chemistry University of Oxford UK

Supervisor: William Graham RICHARDS

Area “Brain Functions” Area “Molecular Approaches”

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LUSCHNIG Stefan GERMANY

From

Abteilung Genetik Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie Tübingen GERMANY

Analysis of the gene expression program during morphogenesis of the Drosophila tracheal system

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Department of Biochemistry Stanford University School of Medicine USA

Supervisor: Mark A. KRASNOW

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Institute of Molecular Cell Biology Hebei Normal University Shijiazhuang CHINA

Understanding the conserved COP/DET/FUS genes function bygenome expression profiling

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Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Yale University New Haven USA

Supervisor: Xing-Wang DENG

MARTY From Thomas SWITZERLAND

Department of Cell Biology Biozentrum, University of Basel SWITZERLAND

Analysis of the transepithelial migration of Drosophila germ cells

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Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine New York University Medical School USA

Supervisor: Ruth LEHMANN

From

School of Biosciences University of Birmingham UK

Mechanisms of RNA uptake in C. elegans

To

Hubrecht Laboratory University of Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS

Supervisor: Ronald H. A. PLASTERK

Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics University of Nijmegen THE NETHERLANDS

Updating visual space during head movements: the implications of rotational and translational kinematics

Department of Psychology and Biology York University Toronto CANADA

Supervisor: John Douglas CRAWFORD

MA Ligeng CHINA

MAY Robin C. UK

MEDENDORP From Wijbrand Pieter THE NETHERLANDS

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MELLITZER Georg AUSTRIA

MIEDA Michihiro JAPAN

MILKEREIT Philipp E. GERMANY

MORISSET Séverine FRANCE

MORITA Yasuhiro JAPAN

B M

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Division of Developmental Neurobiology National Institute for Medical Research London UK

Genetic analysis of the role of Otx2 in brain regionalisation and neurogenesis

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Dept. of Molecular Embryology of Vertebrates IGBMC Illkirch FRANCE

Supervisor: Siew-Lan ANG

From

Laboratory for Developmental Gene Regulation RIKEN Saitama JAPAN

Function of orexin-containing neurons

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Department of Molecular Genetics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas USA

Supervisor: Masashi YANAGISAWA

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Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg Universität Heidelberg GERMANY

Characterization of a new class of eukaryotic proteins involved in nuclear steps of ribosome biogenesis

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Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Eucaryotes Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse FRANCE

Supervisor: Nicole GAS

From

INSERM Paris FRANCE

The role of histamine in attentional function: interaction with acetylcholine

To

Department of Experimental Psychology University of Cambridge UK

Supervisor: Trevor W. ROBBINS

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Department of Biological Chemistry Johns Hopkins Medical School Baltimore USA

Biosynthesis and function of mycobacteria cell wall glycolipids

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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Melbourne Parkville AUSTRALIA

Supervisor: Malcolm J. McCONVILLE

Area “Brain Functions” Area “Molecular Approaches”

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MOSTOSLAVSKY From

Hadassah Medical School Hebrew University Jerusalem ISRAEL

Gene closure at the heavy chain locus

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Department of Medicine Children's Hospital Boston USA

Supervisor: Frederick W. ALT

From

Center for Ligand and Transcription Chonnam National University Kwangju KOREA

Identification of new molecules that induce NF-kB activation

To

Department of Molecular Biology Massachusetts General Hospital Boston USA

Supervisor: Brian SEED

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Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics University of Toronto CANADA

Structural and functional studies of Ab1 kinase

To

Laboratories of Molecular Biophysics The Rockefeller University New York USA

Supervisor: John KURIYAN

From

Cell Biology Division MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge UK

Signal integration during neuronal growth cone guidance

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Department of Biological Chemistry University of California Los Angeles USA Institut für Biologie Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen GERMANY

Supervisor: Stephen Lawrence ZIPURSKY

Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge USA

Supervisor: Earl Keith MILLER

Raul ARGENTINA / ISRAEL

NA Soon-Young KOREA

NAGAR Bhushan CANADA

NERN Aljoscha GERMANY

NIEDER Andreas GERMANY

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Preverbal representation of numerosity in the neocortex of macaque monkeys

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NISHIMURA Hiroyuki JAPAN

NOTON Elizabeth A. UK

NUSSBAUM Alexander GERMANY

OGASAWARA Koetsu JAPAN

OTOMO Takanori JAPAN

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Department of Medical Chemistry Kyoto University JAPAN

The generation of a mouse model of human Pemphigus Vulgaris

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Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard University Cambridge USA

Supervisor: Jack L. STROMINGER

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Chromosome Replication Laboratory Imperial Cancer Research Fund South Mim m s UK

Identification of output genes of the mammalian circadian clock

To

Dept. of Neurobiology University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester USA

Supervisor: Steven M. REPPERT

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Institute for Cell Biology Eberhard Karls University Tübingen GERMANY

Factors determining dominance/subdominance of class I MHC restricted epitopes and their related CD8+ T cell responses

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Department of Neuropharmacology The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla USA

Supervisor: J. Lindsay WHITTON

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Department of Immunology University of Tokyo JAPAN

Analysis of ITAM receptors in NK cell functions

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Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of California San Francisco USA Institute for Protein Research Osaka University Suita JAPAN

Supervisor: Lewis L. LANIER

Department of Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Sloan-Kettering Institute New York USA

Supervisor: Michael K. ROSEN

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Development of sensors for in vivo real-time imaging of GTPase signaling

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PALATNIK Javier ARGENTINA

PATTON E. Elizabeth CANADA

PRALLE Arnd GERMANY

RAVEH Tal ISRAEL

ROEPER Katja GERMANY

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Molecular Biology Division University of Rosario ARGENTINA

The role of embryonic patterning genes in flower development

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Plant Biology Laboratory The Salk Insitute for Biological Studies La Jolla USA

Supervisor: Detlef WEIGEL

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Programme in Molecular Biology and Cancer Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto CANADA

Cell cycle and cancer genetic pathways in Zebrafish

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Division of Hematology and Oncology Children' s Hospital Boston USA

Supervisor: Leonard I. ZON

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Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics EMBL Heidelberg GERMANY

Structure-function relationships in ion-channels studied by single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy

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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California Berkeley USA

Supervisor: Ehud Yeheskel ISACOFF

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Department of Molecular Genetics Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot ISRAEL

Telomere dynamics in the pathogenesis of epithelial cancers

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Department of Adult Oncology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston USA

Supervisor: Ronald DePINHO

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Department of Neurobiology University of Heidelberg GERMANY

Characterisation of kakapo, a cytoskeletal linker involved in integrin-mediated adhesion

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Wellcome / CRC Institute University of Cambridge UK

Supervisor: Nicholas H. BROWN

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SAKAI Katsuyuki JAPAN

SELIMI Fekrije FRANCE

SRAYKO Martin CANADA

SULLIVAN James A. UK

SUTANI Takashi JAPAN

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University of Tokyo JAPAN

Two memory systems at work: dynamic interactions between short-term and longterm memory

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Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology Institute of Neurology London UK

Supervisor: Richard E. PASSINGHAM

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Institut des Neurosciences Université Paris VI FRANCE

Characterization of a new receptor family controlling synaptogenesis by regulating mitochondrial homeostasis

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Department of Molecular Biology Rockefeller University New York USA

Supervisor: Nathaniel HEINTZ

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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Calgary CANADA

Identification of novel proteins that modulate microtubule dynamics in C. elegans and Xenopus

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Heidelberg GERMANY

Supervisor: Anthony A. HYMAN

From

Department of Plant Sciences University of Cambridge UK

Role of the COP9 M signalosome in regulating the action of the photomorphogenic repressor COP1

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Dept. of Molecular, Cell and Development Biology Yale University New Haven USA

Supervisor: Xing-Wang DENG

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Department of Gene Mechanisms Kyoto University JAPAN

Molecular mechanism of sister chromatid cohesion: structural studies of nonSMC cohesin proteins

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Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard University Cambridge USA

Supervisor: Stephen C. HARRISON

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TOMOYASU Yoshinori JAPAN

TUGARINOV Vitali ISRAEL

VERKADE Heather AUSTRALIA

VERSELE Matthias BELGIUM

VOICULESCU Octavian ROMANIA

B M

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Division of Morphogenesis National Institute for Basic Biology Okazaki JAPAN

Elucidation of animal diversity by comparing Drosophila and Tribolium wing development

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Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan USA

Supervisor: Robin E. DENELL

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Department of Structural Biology The Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot ISRAEL

Structural studies of the dimeric p53 protein and its interactions with DNA

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Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology University of Toronto CANADA

Supervisor: Lewis E. KAY

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University of Melbourne AUSTRALIA

Endoderm cell migration in zebrafish gut development

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Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California San Francisco USA

Supervisor: Didier STAINIER

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Department of Molecular Cell Biology University of Leuven Heverlee-Leuven BELGIUM

Function and structure of yeast septins

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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California Berkeley USA

Supervisor: Jeremy W. THORNER

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INSERM Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris FRANCE

Regulation of gene expression during the cell movements of early morphogenesis

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Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology University College London UK

Supervisor: Claudio D. STERN

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WATANABE Reika JAPAN

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Research Institute for Microbial Diseases Osaka University JAPAN

Intracellular transport of GPIanchored proteins in yeast

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Department of Biochemistry Biozentrum, University of Basel SWITZERLAND

Supervisor: Howard RIEZMAN

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