2024 Whitman Scientists

Arenas Sabogal, Oscar Mauricio

University of California: Berkeley
“Circuit dynamics and mechanical stimuli processing in simple nerve nets”
omasvc@berkeley.edu
R-201/Grass Lab
5/27/2024 - 8/31/2024

Brady, Scott Thomas

University of Illinois at Chicago
“Molecular Mechanisms of Fast Axonal Transport and Neurodegeneration”
stbrady@uic.edu
R-211/R-109
6/1/2024 - 8/7/2024

Busch, Karin B.

University of Münster
“High resolution imaging of neuronal cristae after LTP”
buschkar@uni-muenster.de
R-213
6/15/2024 - 8/20/2024

Chang, Fred

University of California San Francisco: School of Dentistry
“Unconventional Contractile Mechanisms”
fred.chang@ucsf.edu
L-106
7/1/2024 - 7/31/2024

Colin, Sean

Roger Williams University
“Kinematics of flexible animals found in the deep ocean”
scolin@rwu.edu
R-301
5/1/2024 - 8/31/2024

Collepardo Guevara, Rosana

University of Cambridge
“Genome organization by liquid-liquid phase separation”
rc597@cam.ac.uk
L-104/105
7/1/2024 - 8/3/2024

Colón-Ramos, Daniel Alfonso

Yale University
“Mapping neurodevelopment in developing organisms with a novel multiview microscope and automated data analysis”
daniel.colon-ramos@yale.edu
L-219
6/30/2024 - 7/14/2024

Costello, John H (Jack)

Providence College
“Functional design of siphonophore propulsion and behavior”
costello@providence.edu
R-301
5/1/2024 - 9/12/2024

de Bellard, Maria Elena

California State University: Northridge
“EVOLUTION of NOCICEPTION in elasmobranchs”
mariaelena.debellard@csun.edu
MRC
8/7/2024 - 8/25/2024

DeGiorgis, Joseph Alan (Joe)

Providence College
“Controlling Light in the Squid Photoreceptor”
joe_degiorgis@hotmail.com
Library 402
7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024

Di Santo, Valentina

Stockholm University
“The walking fish: Integrating biomechanics, energetics and robotics to study water-land transition”
valentinadisanto@gmail.com
R-207
10/1/2023 - 10/30/2024

Diaz, Elva Denise

University of California: Davis
“Molecular mechanisms of excitatory synapse development”
ediaz@ucdavis.edu
R-201/Grass Lab
5/26/2024 - 8/31/2024

Evans, Ben Jonathan

Mcmaster University
“Sex determination of African clawed frogs (Xenopus)”
evansb@mcmaster.ca
R-423/NXR
7/1/2024 - 7/31/2024

Gerlich, Daniel W

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA)
“Genome organization by liquid-liquid phase separation”
daniel.gerlich@imba.oeaw.ac.at
L-104/105
6/30/2024 - 8/10/2024

Gibson, Bryan Andrew

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
“Genome organization by liquid-liquid phase separation”
bryan.gibson@stjude.org
L-104/105
6/29/2024 - 7/22/2024

Gibson, Matt

Stowers Institute for Medical Research
“Cell and Developmental Biology in Astrangia Poculata”
mg2@stowers.org
R-220/221
7/8/2024 - 7/16/2024

Hammarlund, Emma

Lunds Universitet
“The breadth of environmental signals that influence RNA editing.”
emma.hammarlund@med.lu.se
R-319/321
8/4/2024 - 8/11/2024

Hardwick, J. Marie

Johns Hopkins
“Regulation of programmed cell death”
hardwick@jhu.edu
R-213
8/1/2024 - 8/25/2024

Herbert, Amy Louise

Stanford University
“Sea robins as a model for evolutionary trait gain”
herbert6@stanford.edu
L-114
5/20/2024 - 7/19/2024

Hershko, Avram

Technion Faculty of Medicine
“Control of cell division by ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation.”
hershko@technion.ac.il
R-309
7/5/2024 - 9/10/2024

Holmgren, Miguel

NINDS
“Protein Processing by isolated giant axons”
holmgren@ninds.nih.gov
R-219/215/210
5/8/2024 - 10/30/2024

Howarth, Robert

Cornell University
“Investigating nitrogen pollution in West Falmouth Harbor”
howarth@cornell.edu
Starr 226
7/5/2023 - 12/31/2025

Jonas, Elizabeth Ann

Yale University
“Mitochondrial ion channels in synaptic plasticity”
elizabeth.jonas@yale.edu
R-213
6/14/2024 - 9/20/2024

Kaczmarek, Leonard Konrad (Len)

Yale University
“Modulation of synaptic transmission by potassium channels that alter mitochondrial function”
leonard.kaczmarek@yale.edu
R-213
6/3/2024 - 9/16/2024

Kanso, Eva

University of Southern California
“Interplay of morphogenesis, mechanics, and genetics in the gastrovascular development of the jellyfish Aurelia Aurita”
kanso@usc.edu
R-301
7/15/2024 - 8/16/2024

Lowe, Christopher (Chris)

Stanford University
“Developmental Biology of Hemichordates”
clowe@stanford.edu
R-211
9/1/2024 - 9/30/2024

Moreno, Jorge Armando

Stowers Institute for Medical Research
“Investigating the evolutionary origins and genomic basis of immortality in the immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)”
jmoreno@stowers.org
R-220/221
6/11/2024 - 9/30/2024

Morfini, Gerardo Andres

University of Illinois at Chicago
“Mechanisms underlying axonal degeneration in human neurodegenerative diseases.”
gmorfini@uic.edu
R-211/109
7/1/2024 - 7/15/2024

Obenhaus, Horst Andreas

Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Trondheim, Norway
“Sleep replay and its relation to learning and memory in cephalopods”
hobenhaus@gmail.com
R-206
10/6/2023 - 6/30/2024

Ozel, Neset

Stowers Institute for Medical Research
“Gene regulatory networks of neuronal diversity and connectivity”
nozel@stowers.org
R-220/221
6/24/2024 - 7/1/2024

Powell, Wade H

Kenyon College
“Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Deficiency and Transgenesis in Xenopus: New Research Organisms for Developmental Biology and Toxicity Screening”
powellw@kenyon.edu
R-423/NXR
7/1/2024 - 8/3/2024

Ramani, Vijay

University of California: San Francisco
“Genome organization by liquid-liquid phase separation”
vijay.ramani@ucsf.edu
L-104/105
7/1/2024 - 8/10/2024

Redding, Sy

University of Massachusetts Medical School
“Genome organization by liquid-liquid phase separation”
sy.redding@umassmed.edu
L-104/105
7/3/2024 - 8/10/2024

Rosen, Michael Keith (Mike)

UT Southwestern Medical Center
“A Phase Separation Model for Chromatin Organization”
michael.rosen@utsouthwestern.edu
L-104/105
7/1/2024 - 7/31/2024

Sanchez Alvarado, Alejandro

Stowers Institute for Medical Research
“Regeneration”
asa@stowers.org
R-220/221
6/11/2024 - 7/3/2025

Shubin, Neil

The University of Chicago
“The origin and function of walking behaviors in fish”
nshubin@uchicago.edu
R-207
3/30/2023 - 5/30/2025

Sleight, Victoria Anne (Vicky)

University of Aberdeen
“Three-dimensional ultrastructural framework for shellfish biomineralisation”
victoria.sleight@abdn.ac.uk
L-312
6/30/2024 - 8/16/2024

Terasaki, Mark

University of Connecticut Health
“Serial section light and electron microscopy of marine embryos”
markterasaki@me.com
L-217
5/15/2024 - 10/1/2024

Wagner, Denisa D

Harvard University: Harvard Medical School
“Role of inflammasome, potassium ion channels, and GSDMD in neutrophil migration and NETosis”
denisa.wagner@childrens.harvard.edu
R-205/R-210
6/16/2024 - 8/17/2024

Waterman, Clare M

NHLBI/NIH
“Role of inflammasome in neutrophil chemotaxis”
watermancm@nhlbi.nih.gov
R-205/R-210
5/24/2024 - 8/31/2024

Zakas, Christina

North Carolina State University
“Population Demography of a Marine Annelid in Cape Cod”
czakas@ncsu.edu
MRC-306/307
7/1/2024 - 7/23/2024

Zimmerberg, Joshua

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
“Amyloid-Like Bodies of Squid CNS Are a Condensate of Heterogeneous Proteins”
zimmerbj@nih.gov
L-108
5/1/2024 - 9/1/2024

Zottoli, Steven J

MBL
“Striped Bass Magic”
steven.j.zottoli@williams.edu
MRC
1/17/2023 - 1/1/2025