Christopher D.C. Allen, Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco, CA
Project Title: Cellular interactions in asthma

Debra Auguste, Ph.D.
The City College of New York, NY
Project Title: Personalized therapeutics for inhibiting breast cancer metastasis

Emily Balskus, Ph.D.
Harvard University, MA
Project Title: Biocompatible Chemistry for In Vivo Metabolite Modification

Trever G. Bivona, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco, CA
Project Title: Discovery of Rational Companion Therapeutic Targets to Optimize Cancer Treatment

Josh L. Bonkowsky, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Utah, UT
Project Title: Trans-Cellular Activation of Transcription to Analyze Dopaminergic Axon Reorganiz

Elhanan Borenstein, Ph.D.
University of Washington, WA
Project Title: A Computational Framework for Designing Microbiome Manipulation

Cliff Brangwynne, Ph.D.
Princeton University, NJ
Project Title: Cell growth control by cell and organelle size-dependent ribosome biogenesis

Amy Hitchcock Camp, Ph.D.
Mount Holyoke College, PA
Project Title: A Feeding Tube Model for Bacterial Cell-Cell Communication

Jan Carette, Ph.D.
Stanford University, CA
Project Title: Genetic approaches to discover host factors critical to dengue virus infection

Shuibing Chen, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY
Project Title: Studying the Progression and Regression of Beta Cell Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabet

Ping Chi, M.D., Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Project Title: An integrative approach to target lineage-specific oncogenic transcription factor

Mark Churchland, Ph.D.
Columbia University Health Sciences, NY
Project Title: A dynamical systems approach to fundamental questions in neuroscience

Bianxiao Cui, Ph.D.
Stanford University, CA
Project Title: Engineering external forces for manipulating cargo transport in live neurons

Gautam Dantas, Ph.D.
Washington University of St. Louis, MO
Project Title: Metagenomic engineering of probiotic bacteria to improve intestinal colonization dynamics and relative fitness

Duc S. Dong, Ph.D.
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, CA
Project Title: Unlocking Regenerative Potential through in Vivo Genetic Reprogramming

Emily B. Falk, Ph.D.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, MI
Project Title: Can neuroscience dramatically improve our ability to design health communications

Adam Walter Feinberg, Ph.D.
Carnegie-Mellon University, PA
Project Title: Human Myocardium Engineered Using Developmentally-Inspired Protein Scaffolds

Harvinder Singh Gill, Ph.D.
Texas Tech University, TX
Project Title: >Pollen Grains as Trojan Horses for Oral Vaccination

Andrew L. Goodman, Ph.D.
Yale University, CT
Project Title: Defining the contribution of interpersonal microbial variation to drug metabolism

Jeff Gore, Ph.D.
Massachusetts institute of Technology, MA
Project Title: Early warning indicators of tipping points in biological systems

Xue Han, Ph.D.
Boston University, MA
Project Title: Light-Actuatable NanoRobots for Molecular Uncaging

Daniel A. Heller, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Research, NY
Project Title: Transient Metabolite Detection for Single-Cell Metabolomics and Diagnostics

John M. Higgins, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, MA
Project Title: Systems Biology of In Vivo Human Blood Cell Populations

Laura A. Johnson, Ph.D.
Duke University, NC
Project Title: Gene-engineered adoptive T cell immunotherapy of GBM

Rahul M. Kohli, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania, PA
Project Title: Combating Bacterial Drug Resistance by Targeting the Enzymes of Evolution

Daniel Kronauer, Ph.D.
Rockefeller University, NY
Project Title: Studying the molecular mechanisms of social life using a novel ant model system 

Björn F. Lillemeier, Ph.D.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, CA
Project Title: Decipher membrane patterns in situ with super-resolution and dynamic microscopy

Allen P. Liu, Ph.D.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, MI
Project Title: Building artificial platelets

Wendy Liu, Ph.D.
University of California Irvine, CA
Project Title: Engineering Biomaterials to Exert Molecular Control of Immune Cell Function

Gaby Maimon, Ph.D.
Rockefeller University, NY
Project Title: Linking genes to higher brain function by way of cellular electrophysiology

Luciano A. Marraffini, Ph.D.
Rockefeller University, NY
Project Title: Using CRISPR immunity to prevent the spread of virulence traits among pathogens

Wei Min, Ph.D.
Columbia University New York Morningside, NY
Project Title: Label-Free Chemical Imaging for Biological Applications

Sua Myong, Ph.D.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL
Project Title: Quantitative stepwise analysis of RNA interference

Christopher Niell, Ph.D.
University of Oregon, OR
Project Title: Connecting developmental mechanisms to visual function and perception

Axel Nimmerjahn, Ph.D.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, NY
Project Title: Novel approaches to study microglia physiology and pathology in the intact brain

Sallie R. Permar, M.D., Ph.D.
Duke University, NC
Project Title: Maternal immune protection against congenital CMV infection

Alexandrosc Pertsinidis, Ph.D.
Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, NY
Project Title: Understanding Gene Transcription from First-Principles: A single-molecule study

Martin Prlic, Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, WA
Project Title: Paving the Way for a Novel Therapeutic Approach to Combat HIV

Avital Rodal, Ph.D.
Brandeis University, MA
Project Title: Activity-dependent regulation of membrane traffic and growth signaling in neurons

Rajat Rohatgi, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University, CA
Project Title: Reconstructing Primary Cilia

Anne Schaefer, M.D., Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY
Project Title: Cognate microglia-neuron interaction and its role in inflammation

Xiaokun Shu, Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco, CA
Project Title: New principle-based technologies for identifying transient protein interactions

Vikaas S. Sohal, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco, CA
Project Title: Reverse engineering the prefrontal microcircuit

David Stoltz, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Iowa, IA
Project Title: Airway Goblet Cells: Friend or Foe?

Ming Su, Ph.D.
University of Central Florida, FL
Project Title: Enhanced radiation therapy with nanoscale frequency modulators

Alexander Eckehart Urban, Ph.D.
Stanford University, CA
Project Title: Genomic and epigenomic effects of large CNV in neurons from iPSC

Ilana B. Witten, Ph.D.
Princeton University, NJ
Project Title: Therapeutic plasticity: a novel paradigm for treating addiction

Kim A. Woodrow, Ph.D.
University of Washington, WA
Project Title: Nanomaterials for engineering protection in the genital mucosa

Andrew Yoo, Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Project Title:Microrna and Neural Factor-Mediated Direct Reprogramming of Cell Fates

Siyang Zheng, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University- University Park, PA
Project Title: Integration of Flexible Micro Spring Array and High Throughput Microfluidics for Obtaining Clinical Relevant Information from Circulating Tumor Cells

Ann C. Zovein, M.D.
University California San Francisco, CA
Project Title: Engineering human endothelium for hematopoietic stem cell production