2005 Herchel Smith Awardees |
Aaron Alexander-Bloch, 2006, (Philosophy), oxidative stress as a factor in the onset of schizophrenia; Ashley Bush, Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Egle Cekanaviciute, 2007, (Biology), neuronal aspect of decision-making and behavior in monkeys; Ranulfo Romo, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City. Allan Chu, 2007, (Physics/Math), manipulation of individual carbon nanotubes in a microfluidic channel using dielectrophoresis; Donhee Ham, Harvard University. Ezra Cohen, 2007, (Biochemistry), infection of Plasmodium protozoan by double-stranded phage viruses; investigation of the var family of genes; Colin Sutherland, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Wei Gan, 2007, (Biochemistry), role of RNA interference in gene control; Siqi Liu, Beijing Genomics Institute. Shantanu Gaur, 2008, (Biology), biochemical activity of receptor GPR56 at the cell surface; Xianhua Piao, Harvard Medical School. Jaline Gerardin, 2007, (Chemistry/Physics), folding potential for sequence-structure protein pairs through Monte-Carlo simulations; Eugene Shakhnovich, Harvard University. Ana Glavan, 2008, (Chemistry/Biomedical Engineering), cell-based phenotypic and biochemical assays in fragrance design; Uila Bonchera, The Firmenich Co., Geneva. Jenny Jin, 2007, (Chemistry), co-crystallization of DNA with membrane transport protein SpoIIIE; Greg Verdine, Harvard University. Albert Kao, 2007, (Biophysics), quantum dot-based flouresence approaches to tracking intracellular calcium and extracellular ATP signaling in glial networks; Gabriel Silva, University of California, San Diego. Justin Kim, 2007, (Chemistry/Physics), total synthesis of an anti-tumor agent, Peloruside A; David A. Evans, Harvard University. Henry LaPierre, 2006, (Chemistry), effects of metal substituents on thermal ring opening reactions of cyclobutenes; Masahiro Murakami, Kyoto University. Patricia Li, 2007, (Chemistry), utilization of organocuprates to synthesize medium-sized rings in biologically active compounds; David Spring, University of Cambridge, England. Kathy Miu, 2007, (Engineering), investigation of the vibrissae tactile sensory encoding and translation in rats; Garrett Stanley, Harvard University. Alisa Mueller, 2007, (Biochemistry), investigation of the interaction between TadA and its substrate tRNA; Greg Verdine, Harvard University. Rosa Ng, 2007, (Biochemistry), role of a novel AP-1 interactin protein in coat turnover at Golgi and endosomal membranes; Rainer Pepperkok, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany. Jennifer Rood, 2007, (Biochemistry), genetic modification of non-ribosomal protein synthase domains; Mohamed Marahiel, Phillips University, Marburg, Germany. Saviz Sepah, 2006, (Psychology), measuring the improvement of cognitive functioning using hemispheric-synchronization audio technology; Stephen Kosslyn, Harvard University. Scott Smukalla, 2007, (Biology), identification and analysis of the protein CotC on the spore coat of Bacillus subtilis; Ezio Ricca, University of Naples, Italy. Limor Spector, 2007, (Physics), data analysis of neutrino oscillations from the MINOS experiment; Mark Thompson, University of Cambridge, England. Alexander Subtelny, 2007, (Chemistry), generation of the enediyne component of the deoxykedarcidin carbocyclic ring; Andrew Myers, Harvard University. Thorold Theunissen, 2007, (Biology), development of regenerative therapy for damaged cardiac tissue using embryonic stem cells; Christine Mummery, Netherlands Institute of Developmental Biology, Utrecht. Parvinder Thiara, 2007, (Chemistry), self-assembled monolayers and new techniques in mass spectrometry to analyze interfacial chemical reactions; Milan Mrksich, University of Chicago. Matthew Tobey, 2007, (Chemistry/Physics), RNA-binding protein isolated in mammalian brain tissue; Pamela Silver, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston. Joseph Torella, 2008, (Biochemistry), molecular regulation of aging using budding yeast as a model; David Sinclair, Harvard Medical School. Jonathan Tsao, 2008, (Electrical Engineering/Computer Science), static random access memory and software components of field-programmable neuron arrays; Gu-Yeon Wei, Harvard University. Amy Xu, 2007, (Biomedical Engineering), enzymatic activity of reverse transcriptase during DNA synthesis on a stretched RNA template; Sunney Xie, Harvard University. Rena Xu, 2007, (Biochemistry), DNA-binding domains of the bacterial topoisomerase DNA gyrase; Greg Verdine, Harvard University. Dongbo Yu, 2007, (Biochemistry), development of modular mitochondrial tag reagents for small molecules of interest from diversity-oriented synthesis; Stuart Schreiber, The Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Nan Zhu, 2007, (Biology), determinants in the HBV genome associated with viral persistence and chronic infection of the liver; Priscilla Yang, Harvard Medical School. Henry LaPierre, 2006, (Chemistry), effects of metal substituents on thermal ring opening reactions of cyclobutenes; Masahiro Murakami, Kyoto University. |