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2004 MBL Summer Research Fellows
Eleven scientists have received fellowships totaling $160,000 to conduct research at the MBL this summer.
Jan Ellenberg, Ph.D.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
“Meiotic chromosome dynamics in echinoderms”
Supported by the Evelyn and Melvin Spiegel, Frederik B. Bang, Lucy B. Lemann, Robert Day Allen, and Herbert W. Rand Fellowships
Simone Engelender, M.D., Ph.D.
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
“Study of synphilin-1 function and its contribution to Parkinson’s disease”
Supported by a Gruss Lipper Foundation Fellowship
John H. Henson, Ph.D.
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
“Cytoskeletal mechanisms underlying retrograde flow and spindle assembly in sea urchin cells”
Supported by an MBL Associates Fellowship
Eileen M. Lafer, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
“Basic mechanisms underlying neurotransmission”
Supported by the Herbert W. Rand, H. Burr and Susie Steinbach, James A. and Faith Miller, Erik B. Fries, Charles R. Crane, Ann E. Kammer Memorial, and Plum Foundation John E. Dowling Fellowships
Matthew E. Larkum, Ph.D.
University of Bern, Switzerland
“Characterization of the active dendritic properties of the pyramidal cells of turtle cortex – Part 2”
Supported by a Nikon Fellowship
Alex Levine, Ph.D.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
“The role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) in zebrafish mating”
Supported by a Gruss Lipper Foundation Fellowship
Donald L. Lovett, Ph.D.
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ.
“Physiological significance of methyl farnesoate in osmoregulation by Crabs”
Supported by the John O. Crane and Baxter Postdoctoral Fellowship funds
Eduardo A. Perozo, Ph.D.
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA
“Identification and characterization of novel ion channels from marine prokaryotes”
Supported by the MBL Associates, Stephen W. Kuffler, Frank R. Lillie, and M. G. F. Fuortes Fellowship funds
Ehud Razin, Ph.D.
The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
“Lysyl tRNA synthase and Ap4A: New roles in the regulation of the activity of transcription factors”
Supported by a Gruss Lipper Foundation Fellowship
Charles B. Shuster, Ph.D.
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
“Spatio-temporal regulation of cytokinesis in echinoderm embryos”
Supported by the Laura and Arthur Colwin Endowed Summer Research Fellowship Fund
Herman Wolosker, M.D., Ph.D.
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
“Role of endogenous D-serine in the brain”
Supported by a Gruss Lipper Foundation Fellowship
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