2024 Whitman Fellows

University of Glasgow   
“A single cell atlas of the cercariae, the human-infective aquatic larval stage of Schistosoma mansoni”
teresa.attenborough@glasgow.ac.uk
L-311/Rawlinson
5/2/2024 - 6/14/2024
9/14/2024 - 10/10/2024

Smith College   
“Comparative investigation of CNS development between zebrafish and pygmy zebra octopus”
mbarresi@smith.edu
R-305/Patel
5/25/2024 - 8/2/2024

North Carolina State University 
“Toward a biophysical understanding of ultrafast contraction by the unicellular ciiliate Spirostomum ambiguum”
mary.elting@ncsu.edu
L-110/L-106/Oldenbourg
6/1/2024 - 7/31/2024

Union College   
“Neurobiological investigation of loom-responsive descending interneurons in the control of mantis shrimp ballistic strikes”             
kate.feller@gmail.com
L-223
6/18/2024 - 8/13/2024 

Johns Hopkins University: School of Medicine    
“Ultra-high throughput characterization of cephalopod brain development at single cell resolution”
loyalgoff@jhmi.edu
MRC-306/Albertin
5/29/2024 - 7/6/2024
7/28/2024 - 8/31/2024

City University of New York: Hunter College/AMNH         
“Innervating Envenomation: Neuronal control of toxin release in cephalopods”
mholford@hunter.cuny.edu
R-208
6/20/2024 - 8/30/2024

Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
“Investigation of Evolutionary Origin of Sleep States and State-Specific Neural Representations”            
takatoh@mit.edu
L-113
6/24/2024 - 9/1/2024

University of California: Santa Barbara   
“Evolution is Infectious: Phage defense mechanisms as a driver of diversification in microbial aggregates”           
ejunkins@ucsb.edu
L-118F
7/14/2024 - 9/9/2024

University of California: Berkeley            
“Darwin’s Origin of Species viewed through the lens of molecular and cellular biology” 
nking@berkeley.edu
Library Office
8/27/2024 – 9/24/2024
10/8/2024 – 10/21/2024

Rockefeller University   
“Transgenic analysis of the novel, arsenic-resistant nematode Tokorhabditis tufae”      
jlee08@rockefeller.edu
L-118D
6/2/2024 – 7/20/2024

University of California: Los Angeles       
“Investigations of sensory system representation in the midbrain"
dleitch@ucla.edu
R-222
6/9/2024 – 8/18/2024

Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences          
“Translational control of oocyte meiosis”
plenart@mpinat.mpg.de
R-310/312/R-109
6/27/2024 – 8/11/2024

University of Barcelona 
"Use of Xenopus tadpoles to study the role of endolysosome dynamics in synaptic remodeling"     
allobet@ub.edu
R-423/NXR
6/21/2024 – 7/28/2024

Columbia University      
“Studying lymphocyte migration in 3D microenvironments using advanced and low phototoxicity imaging"
em3375@cumc.columbia.edu
L-219/Library
6/23/2024 - 8/23/2024

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill           
“Innovative Imaging of Cellular Dynamics”
asm@unc.edu
L-107
6/19/2024 - 7/26/2024 

University of Chicago    
“Pre-visit for Whitman Fellowship project - Biotic and abiotic signalling in planula settlement in Clytia and Aurelia”      
jmalamy@bsd.uchicago.edu
L-118B
6/30/2024 - 8/3/2024
4/30/2024 - 5/3/2024

University of Chicago    
“Evolution of 3D Genome Folding Mechanisms and Gene Regulatory Strategies in Metazoans”      
hmarlow@uchicago.edu
R-212
7/15/2024 - 9/20/2024 

Royal Belgian Institute of natural Sciences           
“Ostracods in a changing world”
darwinula@gmail.com
L-341/Arkhipova
7/15/2024 - 8/15/2024 

Case Western Reserve University            
“The hair cell mechanotransduction apparatus of cephalopods”
bmm30@case.edu
L-216
6/16/2024 - 8/24/2024 

German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) 
“Condensate Biology of Synaptic Vesicle Clusters in the Synaptic Boutons of Lamprey”    
dragomir.milovanovic@dzne.de
R-408/Morgan
6/28/2024 - 8/8/2024   

Yale University 
“The evolutionary origin of synaptic transmission in early animals”            
jacob.musser@yale.edu
L-225/226
7/1/2024 - 8/15/2024

Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience
“Investigations of active sleep in cuttlefish and octopuses”             
hobenhaus@gmail.com
R-206
7/2/2024 - 9/10/2024

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
“Examining Salt Marsh Species Interactions and Vegetation Dynamics Across 50 years of Nutrient-Enrichment and Sea-level Rise”    
tquirk@lsu.edu
SB-226
9/1/2024 - 10/31/2024

Trinity College  
“The evolutionary developmental (Evo-Devo) neurobiology of early stress in niche shifting red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) and glass frogs (Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni)”
sally.seraphin@trincoll.edu
R-423/NXR/LB264
5/23/2024 - 8/3/2024

University of Chicago    
"Evolution of vertebrate 3D genome regulatory architecture in cyclostomes chondrichthyes and osteichthyes after whole-genome duplications"    
fspitz@uchicago.edu
R-212
7/15/2024 - 9/20/2024 

University of South Bohemia     
“Unraveling the significance of plasmid-coded cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation in oceans: a focus on Pseudanabaenales”
otakar.strunecky@gmail.com
SB-226
4/23/2024 - 6/22/2024 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University           
“Identifying marine fungi-bacterial interactions and developing genetic tools for marine-derived yeasts”
jvm15@vt.edu
L-118A
6/25/2024 - 8/14/2024 

University of North Carolina Wilmington
“Developing Astrangia poculata as a novel model organism for studying evolution and development of hard corals”       
warnerj@uncw.edu
MRC-207/Roberson
7/13/2024 - 8/10/2024 

San Diego State University         
“Generation of CRIPSR/Cas9 knockouts in Ascidian embryos”             
rzeller@sdsu.edu
R-109
9/1/2024 - 11/10/2024