Leonard Kaczmarek Yale University School of Medicine
Studies mitochondria, particularly ion channels in mitochondrial membranes and their role in synaptic communication between nerve cells.
Ilene M. Kaplan Union College
Examines conservation of marine resources and the effectiveness of marine policy.
U. B. Kaupp Forschungszentrum Juelich Studies egg factors (peptides) to attract sperm for fertilization.
Alexey Khodjakov Wadsworth Center Studies the centrosome and its role in cell division and cell cycle progression using laser microsurgery and sophisticated imaging.
Arthur Konnerth Technical University Munich
Jeffrey Laskin University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Studies the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on early embryogenesis of the sea urchin arbacia punctulata.
Hans Laufer University of Connecticut
Studies hormonal responses of lobsters to environmental stresses, particularly elevated temperatures and insecticides which are endocrine disruptors.
Robert Lauzon Union College Investigating whether Programmed Cell Death (PCD) is functionally required to build new organisms from putative stem cells in Botryllus schlosseri.
Anthony Leonardo Harvard University GRASS FELLOW
Investigating how computations distributed across neurons give rise to behavior.
Rodolfo R. Llinás New York University Medical Center
Studies transmitter release in the squid giant synapse.
Alex Loebel The Weizmann Institute of Science GRASS FELLOW
Christopher Lowe University of Chicago Investigates the origin and evolution of the chordate central nervous system by studying the developmental biology of a closely related group of organisms called hemichordates.
