2022 Whitman Directory

Avila, Conxita
conxita.avila@ub.edu
Starr 235
Whitman Center Fellow
University of Barcelona
7/1/2022 - 9/9/2022
Global change and ecosystems ecology: evaluating the challenges for marine benthic macroorganisms in polar waters

Boudreau, Vincent
viboud@gmail.com
L-118/118E
Whitman Center Fellow
University of California: San Francisco
5/27/2022 - 7/30/2022
Stentor pyriformis: a novel model for uncovering the role of symbiosis in regulating photosynthesis

Brady, Scott
stbrady@uic.edu
R-207/206
Whitman Center Scientist
University of Illinois at Chicago
5/15/2022 - 8/31/2022
Molecular mechanisms of fast axonal transport and neurodegeneration

Brangwynne, Clifford
cbrangwy@princeton.edu
L-226
Whitman Center Fellow
Princeton University
6/17/2022 - 8/15/2022
RNA Phase Transitions

Breen, Michael
michael.breen@mssm.edu
L-118F
Whitman Center Scientist
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
7/11/2022 - 8/22/2022
Large-scale collaborative genetic and genomic investigations of neurodevelopmental disorders

Buxbaum, Joseph
joseph.buxbaum@mssm.edu
L-118F
Whitman Center Scientist
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
7/4/2022 - 8/31/2022
Large-scale collaborative genetic and genomic investigations of neurodevelopmental disorders

Chang, Fred
fred.chang@ucsf.edu
L-114
Whitman Center Scientist
University of California San Francisco: School of Dentistry
6/29/2022 - 7/30/2022
Probing the biophysical properties of cytoplasm

Clark, Matthew
matthew.clark@bucknell.edu
R-201
Grass Fellow
Bucknell University
5/29/2022 - 9/3/2022
Neural circuitry governing flight control in Drosophila melanogaster.

Cocas, Laura
lauracocas@gmail.com
R-201
Grass Associate Director
Santa Clara University
5/30/2022 - 9/3/2022
The Role of Neuronal Activity in Neuron to OPC Circuits

Colin, Sean
scolin@rwu.edu
R-301
Whitman Center Scientist
Roger Williams University
4/12/2022 - 8/31/2022
Bending traits of natural propulsors

Crawford, Karen
kcrawford@smcm.edu
MRC-306
Whitman Center Scientist
St. Mary's College of Maryland
5/16/2022 - 8/1/2022
CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in Doryteuthis pealii embryos to determine the role of Homeobox gene function.

de la Torre, Jose
jdelator@sfsu.edu
R-322
Whitman Center Fellow
San Francisco State University
6/29/2022 - 8/2/2022
Developing members of the Thaumarchaeota into new research models for understanding evolution of cellular structure and cell division.

DeGiorgis, Joseph
joe_degiorgis@hotmail.com
L-118B
Whitman Center Scientist
Providence College
5/1/2022 - 8/31/2022
Electron Microscopy of the squid visual system

Diaz, Elva
ediaz@ucdavis.edu
R-201
Whitman Center Scientist (Grass Director)
University of California: Davis
5/29/2022 - 9/3/2022
Molecular mechanisms of excitatory synapse development and plasticity

Edepli, Kirsten
kirsten.edepli@nyu.edu
L-118
Whitman Center Scientist
New York University Abu Dhabi
7/7/2022 - 8/4/2022
Investigating DNA methylation function and patterning in cephalopods

Emerson, Mark
memerson@ccny.cuny.edu
L-118/118D
Whitman Center Fellow
The City College of New York, CUNY
6/19/2022 - 8/25/2022
Characterization of retinal development in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea

Fenton, André
afenton@nyu.edu
R-209
Whitman Center Fellow
New York University
6/18/2022 - 8/20/2022
Integrating across levels of biology to learn how memory is sustained

Gemmell, Bradford
bgemmell@usf.edu
R-301
Whitman Center Scientist
Univeristy of South Florida
8/9/2022 - 8/16/2022
Locomotion, feeding and defense of gelatinous zooplankton

Gerlich, Daniel
daniel.gerlich@imba.oeaw.ac.at
L-104/105
Whitman Center Scientist
IMBA, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
6/24/2022 - 8/13/2022
Chromatin phase transitions during the cell cycle

Gladfelter, Amy
amyglad@unc.edu
L-225
Whitman Center Scientist
UNC Chapel Hill
6/13/2022 - 8/15/2022
Analyzing role of RNA in biomolecular condensates

Gomes, Edgar
edgargomes@medicina.ulisboa.pt
R-205/206
Whitman Center Fellow
Instituto Medicina Molecular
6/16/2022 - 8/19/2022
Cytoskeleton and endoplasmic reticulum crosstalk during nuclear positioning

Grice, Dorothy
dorothy.grice@mssm.edu
L-118F
Whitman Center Scientist
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
7/6/2022 - 8/22/2022
Large-scale collaborative genetic and genomic investigations of neurodevelopmental disorders

Hardwick, J. Marie
hardwick@jhu.edu
R-213
Whitman Center Scientist
Johns Hopkins University
7/1/2022 - 8/31/2022

Heath-Heckman, Elizabeth
each@msu.edu
R-310
Whitman Center Fellow
Michigan State University
6/6/2022 - 7/15/2022
Applying CRISPR Techniques to the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis

Herbert, Amy
herbert6@stanford.edu
R-208
Whitman Center Fellow
Stanford University
5/10/2022 - 7/19/2022
Sea robins as a model for the genetic basis of novel traits in vertebrates

Hershko, Avram
hershko@technion.ac.il
R-311
Whitman Center Scientist
Technion Faculty of Medicine
7/1/2022 - 9/15/2022
Control of cell division by ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation.

Higley, Michael
m.higley@yale.edu
R-322
Whitman Center Fellow
Yale University
6/6/2022 - 8/14/2022
RNA editing and homeostatic plasticity in the squid optic lobe

Holford, Mandë
mholford@hunter.cuny.edu
R-211/212
Whitman Center Fellow
City University of New York: Hunter College
6/12/2022 - 9/6/2022
Venom Evolution, Organogenesis and Physiology Using Conoidean Marine Snails

Holmgren, Miguel
holmgren@ninds.nih.gov
R-219
Whitman Center Scientist
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
5/1/2022 - 10/29/2022
Localized processing of proteins by the squid giant axon

Holt, Liam
ljholt@gmail.com
L-225
Whitman Center Scientist
New York University
6/15/2022 - 8/15/2022

Howarth, Robert
howarth@cornell.edu
Offsite
MBL Fellow
Cornell University
7/5/2022 - 9/12/2022
Ongoing research on West Falmouth Harbor

Jeffery, William
jeffery@umd.edu
R-108
Whitman Center Scientist
University of Maryland: College Park
5/15/2022 - 9/5/2022
Regeneration in the Tunicate Ciona

Jesuthasan, Suresh
sureshj@ntu.edu.sg
R-421
Whitman Center Fellow
Nanyang Technological University
6/23/2022 - 7/21/2022
An investigation of the amphibian Leydig cell: from mucosal immunology to conservation biology

Jonas, Elizabeth
elizabeth.jonas@yale.edu
R-213
Whitman Center Scientist
Yale University
6/1/2022 - 9/15/2022
Mitochondrial ion channels in synaptic plasticity

Kaczmarek, Leonard
leonard.kaczmarek@yale.edu
R-213
Whitman Center Scientist
Yale University
6/12/2022 - 9/14/2022
Ion channel regulation of synapse maturation

Kaelberer, Melanie
melanie.kaelberer@duke.edu
R-201
Grass Fellow
Duke University
5/30/2022 - 9/3/2022
From brain to gut: Vagal mediated modulation of neuropod cells

Kimura, Akatsuki
akkimura@nig.ac.jp
L-104/105
Whitman Center Scientist
National Institute of Genetics
6/17/2022 - 8/22/2022
Characterization of forces to move the cell nucleus

Leitch, Duncan
duncan.leitch@gmail.com
R-222
Whitman Center Fellow
University of British Columbia
6/20/2022 - 8/22/2022
Neurophysiology of Forebrain Circuitry in Crocodilians

Lowe, Christopher
clowe@stanford.edu
R-207
Whitman Center Scientist
Stanford UNiversity
9/6/2022 - 9/30/2022
Gene regulatory evolution in deuterostomes

Maddox, Amy
asm@unc.edu
L-107
Whitman Center Fellow
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6/27/2022 - 8/12/2022
Cell and Developmental Ultrastructure and Dynamics

Mahadevan, L
lmahadev@g.harvard.edu
R-211/212
Whitman Center Scientist
Harvard University
6/16/2022 - 8/5/2022
Venom Evolution, Organogenesis and Physiology Using Conoidean Marine Snails

Maienschein, Jane
maienschein@asu.edu
L-228
Whitman Center Scientist
Arizona State University and MBL
1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022
History and Philosophy of Embryology and Cell Biology

Martinez Acosta, Veronica
vgmartin@uiwtx.edu
L-104/105
Whitman Center Fellow
University of the Incarnate Word
6/10/2022 - 8/20/2022
Developing a Genetic Toolbox for the study of photoreception in a successful regenerating model system.

McKinney , Sean
samckinn@outlook.com
R-220/221
Whitman Center Scientist
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
8/25/2022 - 9/7/2022
Deep Learning Course-Audit for Stowers Institute Member

Mensinger, Allen
amensing@d.umn.edu
L-113
Whitman Center Scientist
University of Minnesota: Duluth
6/5/2022 - 9/15/2022
Toadfish Bioacoustics

Milovanovic, Dragomir
dragomir.milovanovic@dzne.de
R-408
Whitman Center Fellow
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
7/1/2022 - 7/29/2022
Molecular Determinants of Synaptic Vesicle Clustering at Lamprey Synapses

Miyashita, Tetsuto
tmiyashita@nature.ca
R-209
Whitman Center Fellow
Canadian Museum of Nature
8/23/2022 - 10/7/2022
Mapping the Nervous System in a Non-chordate Deuterostome Saccoglossus kowalevskii

Morfini, Gerardo
gmorfini@uic.edu
R-207/206
Whitman Center Scientist
University of Illinois
6/1/2022 - 9/1/2022
Axon-specific effects of neuropathogenic proteins on kinase-based signaling and organelle motility.

Obenhaus, Horst
hobenhaus@gmail.com
R-201
Grass Fellow
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
5/28/2022 - 9/4/2022
Reactivation of recent experience during sleep and its relation to learning and memory in cephalopods

Prendergast, Brian
brianp@uchicago.edu
MRC
Whitman Center Scientist
University of Chicago
7/20/2022 - 8/14/2022
Seasonal and Circadian Rhythms of Striped Bass Behavior in a Natural Environment

Putland, Rosalyn
rosalyn.putland@cefas.co.uk
R-201
Grass Fellow
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
5/30/2022 - 9/3/2022
Hearing in squid: Ontogeny and effect of anthropogenic sound

Ragkousi, Katerina
kragkousi@amherst.edu
R-308
Whitman Center Fellow
Amherst College
5/15/2022 - 7/24/2022
Cell polarity oscillations in sea anemone epithelia

Ragsdale, Clifton
cragsdale@uchicago.edu
R-313
MBL Fellow
University of Chicago
6/15/2022 - 8/20/2022
MRC squid genomes inform the tempo and mode of cephalopod gene regulatory network evolution

Randi, Francesco
francesco.randi@gmail.com
R-201
Grass Fellow
Princeton University
5/30/2022 - 9/3/2022
Whole-brain imaging in rotifers: towards comparative neuroscience of small brains

Range, Ryan
range@auburn.edu
R-207
Whitman Center Scientist
Auburn University
9/10/2022 - 9/30/2022
A Wnt signaling network specifies and patterns the anterior-posterior axis in hemichordate embryos

Raymond, Jennifer
jenr@stanford.edu
R-201
Whitman Center Scientist (Forbes Lecturer)
Stanford University
7/9/2022 - 7/30/2022
Forbes Lecturer

Redding, Sy
sy.redding@umassmed.edu
L-104/105
Whitman Center Scientist
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
7/4/2022 - 8/4/2022
Chromatin phase transitions during the cell cycle

Rhee, Juliana
juliana.rhee@gmail.com
R-201
Grass Fellow
Rockefeller University
5/29/2022 - 9/3/2022
Internal State Dynamics of Social Behaviors in Cephalopods

Rieger, Sandra
srieger@miami.edu
R-421
Whitman Center Fellow
University of Miami
6/25/2022 - 8/3/2022
Determining the role of Anterior Gradient Protein in the regulation of microbial communities during axolotl limb regeneration

Rohner, Nicolas
nro@stowers.org
R-220/221
Whitman Center Scientist
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
7/25/2022 - 8/6/2022

Schön, Isabelle
ischoen@naturalsciences.be
L-341
Whitman Center Fellow
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
5/10/2022 - 5/31/2022
Further developing ostracods as emerging aquatic model organisms for evolutionary and biological research

Schön, Isabelle
ischoen@naturalsciences.be
L-341
Whitman Center Fellow
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
8/8/2022 - 8/29/2022
Further developing ostracods as emerging aquatic model organisms for evolutionary and biological research

Schreiter, Eric
schreitere@janelia.hhmi.org
R-208
Whitman Center Scientist
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Janelia Research Campus
7/24/2022 - 8/7/2022
Imaging new molecular tools in marine models

Seraphin, Sally
sally.seraphin@trincoll.edu
R-423
Whitman Center Fellow
Trinity College
6/2/2022 - 8/15/2022
A new model for ACEs?: Evolutionary developmental (Evo-Devo) neurobiology of stress in hyloid frogs

Sharma, Indu
duncan.leitch@gmail.com
L-104/105
Whitman Center Fellow
Hampton University
6/22/2022 - 8/7/2022
The inherent cyclic shape of bacteria: does it relate to grazing resistance?

Simakov, Oleg
oleg.simakov@univie.ac.at
R-313
Whitman Center Fellow
University of Vienna
6/13/2022 - 8/20/2022
MRC squid genomes inform the tempo and mode of cephalopod gene regulatory network evolution

Tamm, Sid
tamm@bu.edu
R-108
Whitman Center Scientist
Boston University, Emeritus Professor
4/4/2022 - 9/2/2022
Defecation in Ctenophores

Tebo, Alison
teboa@janelia.hhmi.org
R-208
Whitman Center Scientist
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
7/24/2022 - 8/7/2022
Implementation of chemigenetic probes in emerging model organisms

Terasaki, Mark
markterasaki@me.com
L-216/217
Whitman Center Scientist
University of Connecticut Health
5/15/2022 - 10/1/2022
Serial section microscopy of marine larvae

Udvadia, Ava
audvadia@uwm.edu
R-421
Whitman Center Fellow
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
7/1/2022 - 8/31/2022
Elucidating evolutionarily conserved mechanisms regulating successful optic nerve regeneration in vertebrate species

Vargas-Muniz, Jose
jose.vargasmuniz@siu.edu
L118/118A
Whitman Center Fellow
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
6/27/2022 - 8/1/2022
Developing marine-derived yeasts into genetically tractable cell division model systems.

Veenstra, Gert Jan
g.veenstra@science.ru.nl
R-423
Whitman Center Fellow
Radboud University
7/2/2022 - 8/13/2022
Evolution and development of cardiac cell types

Wagner, Denisa
denisa.wagner@childrens.harvard.edu
R-205
Whitman Center Scientist
Harvard University: Harvard Medical School
6/1/2022 - 8/31/2022
Delineation of the role of the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Netosis by Timelapse Microscopy

Wang, Z Yan
zywang22@uw.edu
R-201
Grass Fellow
University of Washington
5/30/2022 - 9/3/2022
Neuroendocrinology of octopus death

Waterman, Clare
watermancm@nhlbi.nih.gov
R-205
Whitman Center Scientist
NIH/NHLBI
6/1/2022 - 11/1/2022
Role of Inflammasome in neutrophil migration

Webster, Nicole
nwebster@clarku.edu
R-213
Whitman Center Fellow
Clark University
3/5/2022 - 5/13/2022
Neural fate specialization in Spiralia

Wikstrom, Jakob
jakob.wikstrom@ki.se
L-118
Whitman Center Scientist
Karolinska Institute
6/15/2022 - 8/20/2022
Sharks’ remarkable healing ability post-injury - can the spiny dogfish shark shed light on human wound healing biology?

Wilbanks, Elizabeth
ewilbanks@ucsb.edu
L-106
Whitman Center Fellow
University of California: Santa Barbara
7/3/2022 - 8/30/2022
Co-evolution from predators to mutualists in the “pink berry” microbiome of Sippewissett Marsh

Yu, Ron
cry@stowers.org
R-220/221
Whitman Center Scientist
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
7/27/2022 - 8/24/2022
Computational Models of Object Recognition

Zakas, Christina
czakas@ncsu.edu
R-310
Whitman Center Fellow
North Carolina State University
5/29/2022 - 8/6/2022
Single-Cell Regulation of RNA During Embryogenesis using the Marine Model Streblospio benedicti

Zimmerberg, Joshua
zimmerbj@nih.gov
L-108
Whitman Center Scientist
NIH
7/25/2022 - 11/25/2022
Identification of endogenous amyloid-like bodies in the cns of doryteuthis pealeii