| Year |
Winners |
Department |
Mentor |
Research Title |
Status/Current Position |
| 2013 |
Dan Matson |
Biochemistry |
P. Todd Stukenberg |
Spindle Checkpoint Mechanisms |
MD/PhD student |
| 2012 |
Noel C. Derecki |
Neuroscience |
Jonathan Kipnis |
Neuroimmunology; Neurodegenerative and Mental Disorders |
Hartwell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow - Univ. Virginia |
| 2011 |
Faraaz B. Chekeni |
Molecular Medicine - Physiology, Pharmacology and Pathology |
Kodi Ravichandran |
Pannexin 1 Channels Mediate Find-me Signal Release and Selective
Plasma Membrane Permeability During Apoptosis |
Resident Physician in Pediatrics, UCSF School of Medicine |
| 2010 |
Stephen P. Baker |
Biochemistry |
Patrick Grant |
Understanding how Histone Phosphorylation Regulates DNA-mediated
Cellular Processes and how Aberrant Regulation of These Processes
Influences Increased Cell Proliferation and Ultimately
Transformation
|
Research Scientist, Defense Intelligence, Dept. of Defense
|
| 2009 |
Karin Eisinger-Mathason
|
Microbiology
|
Deborah Lannigan
|
The Role of RSK2 Nuclear Translocation
in Oncogenesis
|
Research Associate, Cancer Biology,
Univ. Pennsylvania
|
| 2008 |
Ed Stites
|
Biophysics |
Kodi Ravichandran |
Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of
Oncogenic Ras Signaling |
Randy Paush Fellow, Translational
Genomics Inst. Scottsdale, AZ
|
2007
|
Michael Nelson |
Neuroscience |
Slobodan Todorovic |
T-Type Calcium Channels in Nociceptive
Neurons
|
Student, Sturm School of Law, University
of Denver
|
2006
|
Catherine Christian
|
Neuroscience |
Suzanne Moenter |
Diurnal and Estradiol-dependent
Regulation of the Neuroendocrine Signal for Ovulation
|
Postdoctoral Scholar, Neurology,
Stanford University |
| 2005 |
Michael
Kagey |
Biochemistry |
David Wotten |
Identification and Molecular
Characterization of the Polycomb Protein Pc2 as a Novel SUMO E3
Ligase |
Postdoctoral Associate, Young Lab,
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT |
| 2004 |
Nima Mosammaparast |
Microbiology |
Lucy Pemberton |
Linking Histone Nuclear Transport to
Chromation Assembly |
Associate Scientist, Brigham and Womens'
Hospital; Instructor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School
|
| 2003 |
Steven Jacobs |
Biochemistry |
Sepideh Khorasanizadeh |
Structure and Function of the
Heterochromatin Protein 1 Chromo Domain |
Research Scientist, Protein Engineering,
Centocor. Inc.
|
| 2003 |
Shaharyah Khan |
Neuroscience and MSTP |
James Bennett |
Mitochondria and Neurodegenerative
Disease: A Common Mechanism |
Chief Scientific Officer, Gencia
Corporation, Charlottesville, VA
|
| 2002 |
Carolyn Cronin |
Neuroscience and MSTP |
Heidi Scrable |
Role of Tyrosine in Retinogeniculate
Development: Generation and Use of a LAC-Regulatable Muse
Model |
Assistant Professor, Neurology,
Unversity of Maryland |
| 2001 |
Michael Nemergut |
Microbiology and MSTP |
Ian Macara |
Activity of the Nuclear Transport
Regulator RCC1 by Histones H2A and H2B |
Anesthesiologist, Rochester, MN
|
| 2001 |
Edmund Talley |
Neuroscience |
Doug Bayliss |
Neuromodulation of Hypoglossal
Motoneurons:Cellular and Developmental Mechanisms |
Program Director, Channels, Synapses and
Circuits, NIH/NINDS |
| 2000 |
John Luckey |
Microbiology and MSTP |
Victor Engelhard |
Role of Proteasomes and Non-Proteasomal
Proteases in the Generation of Class I Mhc Associated
Peptides |
Assistant Professor, Pathology, Harvard
Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| 1999 |
Claudette Fuller |
Microbiology |
Vivian Braciale |
Differential Activation of Cytotoxic CD8
+ T Lymphocytes by Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B |
Senior Researcher, Pharmaceuticals,
GlaxoSmithKline |
| 1999 |
Elizabeth Norton |
Cell Biology |
John Herr |
Monoclonal Antibody S19 and Its Cognate
Antigen SAGA-1:A Model Antigen-Antibody System for Contraceptive
Development |
Licensing Officer, UW TechTransfer,
University of Washington |
| 1998 |
Claudio Mosse |
Microbiology |
Victor Engelhard |
Antigen Processing Pathway of Tyrosine:
A Membrane Associated Melanoma Protein |
Assistant Professor, Pathology,
Vanderbilt |
| 1998 |
David Tice |
Microbiology |
Sally Parsons |
Role of c-Src in
Tumorigenesis |
Project Leader, Cancer Biology,
MedImmune Inc. |
| 1997 |
Mark Esser |
Microbiology |
Vivian Braciale |
Characterization of Activation
Requirements for Cytolytic T Lymphocyte Effector Functions |
Researcher, Vaccines and Biologics,
Merck Research Laboratories |
| 1997 |
Kristine Garza |
Microbiology |
Ken Tung |
Autoimmunity and Tolerance |
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
and Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas, El
Paso |
|
|
