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President's
Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipients 1999 - 2000
Biological Sciences
Education: B.A. College of St. Rose, Biology/Chemistry; M.S. Dartmouth Medical School, Biochemistry; Ph.D. University Zurich, Molecular Biology Dissertation: Aspects of Signal Transduction Pathways in Drisophila: Isolation of Smoothened, a Component Downstream of Hedgehog Signal, and Characterization of a Gooseberry Enhancer Element Responsive to the Wingless Signal Thesis Advisor: Markus Noll, Institute for Molecular Biology, University of Zurich Research Topic: Analyses of Genes and Mechanisms That Control Lifespan in Caenorhabditis Elegans Mentor: Cynthia Kenyon, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, UC San Francisco
Education: B.A. Wesleyan University, Anthropology; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Functional Anatomy and Evolution Dissertation: The Metaxarpals of Austraopithecus afarensis: Locomoter and Behavioral Implications of Cross-Sectional Geometry Thesis Advisor: Alan Walker, Professor of Anthropology, Penn State University Research Topic: Structure and Function of the Hand of the Early Hominid Australopithecus Africanus: an Engineering Analysis Mentor: Henry McHenry, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis Current Position: Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, UC Los Angeles
Education: A.B. Bryn Mawr College, Biology; Ph.D. Harvard University, Genetics Dissertation: The Role of the Recombination Activating Genes, rag1 and rag 2, in V(D)L Recombination Thesis Advisor: Marjorie A. Oettinger, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School Research Topic: Regulation of Sister Chromatid Cohesion in Budding Yeast Mentor: Andrew W. Murray, Professor of Physiology, University of California, San Franciso Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Education: B.S. University of Illinois, Biology; Ph.D. Washington University, Molecular Cell Biology Dissertation: Characterization of a protein S. Acyltransferase Thesis Advisor: Maurine E. Linder, Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University Research Topic: Analysis of Messenger RNA Nuclear Export Mentor: Christine Guthrie, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
Education: B.A. Lehigh University, Arts and Science; M.A. University of Texas, Austin, Geological Sciences; Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, Chemistry Dissertation: Classical and quantum dynamics of vibrational energy flow in benzene: the CH (v-2) overtone Thesis Advisor: Peter J. Rossky, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin Research Topic: Examining the aspartyl protense HIV-Ps high-level calculations to determine functionality and suggest potential inhibitors Mentor: Peter Kollman, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco Current Position: Lecturer and Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University
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