Eighteen scientists have received fellowships totaling $303,867 to conduct research at the MBL this summer.
Ricardo Araneda Columbia University
“Noradrenergic modulation of granule cell inhibitory activity in the olfactory bulb”
Eva Enders Fisheries and Oceans Canada
“Effects of turbulent flow on the lateral line system of fishes”
Ilya Fleidervish The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“The role of late sodium channels in dynamic control of neuronal integration”
Fabrizio Gabbiani Baylor College of Medicine
“Characterization of local membrane properties and action potential backpropagation within the dendritic tree of a looming sensitive neuron”
Maria Gomez Boston University School of Medicine
“Mechanisms of extra-synaptic neurotransmitter release”
Mia Horowitz Tel Aviv University
“Imaging EHDs and their interacting proteins”
William Jeffery University of Maryland
“Evolutionary origin of neural crest stem cells”
Matthew Kreitzer Indiana Wesleyan University
“Regulation of hydrogen flux from cone and rod horizontal cells”
Matthias Landgraf The University of Cambridge
“Imaging the development of neural activity patterns during the acquisition of embryonic motor behavior”
Katsuya Miyake Medical College of Georgia
“Resealing of plasma membrane disruptions in sea urchin eggs”
Ronald Pethig University of Wales, Bangor
"Construction and studies of artificially engineered pancreatic beta-cell assemblies"
Jonathon Pines University of Cambridge
“The role of cyclin-Cdks in cell division”
Anton Post Hebrew University
“Niche adaptation and evolution of marine cyanobacteria”
Omar Quintero Franklin and Marshall College
“Myosin 19 in a novel myosin involved in mitochondrial movement”
Daphne Soares University of Maryland
“Regeneration in the visual system of the blind cave fish Astyanax mexicanus”
Jason Swedlow University of Dundee
“Tracking kineotchores in living cells”
Kevin Vaughan University of Notre Dame
“Isoform-specific targeting of cytoplasmic dynein in neurons”
Harold Zakon The University of Texas
“Cloning of myogenic genes from highly derived muscles of fish”
