Alumni of the Watson School of Biological Sciences

 
Dr. Amy A. Caudy conducted her thesis research in Dr. Gregory Hannon's Laboratory. Her thesis was entitled "Mechanism and applications of RNAi." Amy was awarded the prestigious Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Harold M. Weintraub Award and was also the recipient of a Howard Hughes Medical Predoctoral Institute Fellowship. She completed her postdoctoral research with Dr. John Atkinson at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Caudy is currently a Lewis-Sigler Fellow at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Genomics at Princeton University.

Dr. Ira Hall conductedhis research in Dr. Shiv Grewal's Laboratory. His thesis was entitled "A Role for RNA Interfence in Heterochromatic Silencing and Chromosome Dynamics." Ira's research contributed to the prestigious AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize during his time at the Watson School. Dr. Hall is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Virginia Medicine School of Medicine.

Dr. Patrick Paddison conducted his thesis research in Dr. Gregory Hannon's Laboratory. His thesis was entitled "RNA interference in mammals: the quest for illuminating gene function." During his time at the Watson School, Patrick was the recipient of a US Army Medical Research and Material Comment Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Paddison is currently a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow.

Dr. Emiliano Rial Verde conducted his thesis research in Dr. Holly Cline's Laboratory. His thesis was entitled "The role of the immediate-early gene arc in synaptic transmission." Emiliano was the recipient of a Howard Hughes Medical Predoctoral Institute Fellowship. Dr. Rial Verde is conducting postdoctoral research with Dr. Yuste at Columbia University.

Dr. Elizabeth Thomas conducted her thesis research in Dr. Michael Wigler's Laboratory. Her thesis was entitled "Exploring repetitive sequences in the human genome." Elizabeth was the recipient of a Howard Hughes Medical Predoctoral Institute Fellowship. She is conducting postdoctoral research with Dr. Aviv Regev at Harvard University's Center for Genomic Research.

Dr. Niraj Tolia conducted his thesis research in Dr. Leemor Joshua-Tor's Laboratory. His thesis was entitled "Structural and biochemical studies of the malaria parasite Plasmodim Falciparum protein EBA-175 involved in erythrocyte invasion." Dr. Tolia is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis.

Dr. Michelle Cilia conducted her thesis research in Dr. David Jackson's Laboratory. Her thesis was entitled "Mechanisms of intercellular communication in Arabodopsis thaliana." Michelle is currently doing postdoctoral work in the lab of Dr. Sondra Lazarowitz in the Plant Pathology Department at Cornell University.

Dr. Zachary Lippman conducted his thesis research in Dr. Rob Martienssen's Laboratory. His thesis was entitled "Transposons, heterochromatin, and epigenetic landscapes in Arabidopsis thaliana." Dr. Lippman was the recipient of the prestigious Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Harold M. Weintraub Award. Dr. Lippman was also the recipient of the Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship. He will conduct postdoctoral research with Dr. Dani Zamir in Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and work on quantiative genetics and natural variation in tomato.

Dr. Ji-Joon Song conducted his thesis research in Dr. Leemor Joshua-Tor's Laboratory. His thesis was entitled "Structural and biochemical studies of Argonaute reveal the slicing mechanism of RISC-RNAi effector complex." Dr. Song will conduct postdoctoral research with Dr. Robert E. Kingston on Chromatin modification at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Song is the recipient of the Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral fellowship.

Dr. Elena Ezhkova conducted her thesis research in Dr. William Tansey's laboratory. Her thesis was entitled "Role of the proteasome in gene control." Dr. Ezhkova will conduct postdoctoral research with Dr. Elaine Fuchs at Rockefeller University. Dr. Ezhkova is the recipient of the Women and Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at Rockefeller University.

Dr. Ahmet Denli conducted his thesis research in Dr. Gregory Hannon's laboratory. His thesis was entitled "Processing of pri-microRNAs by the Microprocessor Complex." Dr. Denli is currently a postdoctoral fellow at The Salk Institute with Dr. Fred Gage.

Dr. Masafumi Muratani conducted his thesis research in Dr. William Tansey's laboratory. His thesis was entitled “Regulation of gene expression by the ubiquitin-proteasome system." Dr. Muratani is currently a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Richard Treisman at the London Research Institute of Cancer Research UK. Dr. Muratani is the recipient of the Cancer Research UK Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Dr. Marco Mangone conducted his thesis research in the laboratory of Dr. Winship Herr. His thesis was entitled "Analysis of the HCF-1 basic region and its role in sustaining cell proliferation." He is currently conducting postdoctoral research with Dr. Fabio Piano at New York University.

Dr. Rebecca Ewald conducted her thesis research with Dr. Hollis Cline. Her thesis was entitled "“NMDA receptor subtypes and dendritic arbor morphology”. Dr. Ewald is a management trainee in Roche Diagnostics' “PERSPECTIVES”, divisional talent development program.

Dr. Chuck Kopec conducted his thesis research in Dr. Roberto Malinow's laboratory. His thesis was entitled "AMPA receptor trafficking and their effect on spine enlargement during long-term potentiation." Dr. Kopec was the recipient of a NRSA Graduate Research Fellowship during his time at the Watson School. Dr. Kopec is conducting postdoctoral research with Dr. Carlos Brody at Princeton University.

Dr. Santanu Chakraborty conducted his thesis research in Dr. Carlos Brody's laboratory. His thesis was entitled "Analysis and Modeling of Neural Connectivity in a Short Term Memory System." Dr. Chakraborty is conducting postdoctoral research with Dr. Michael Wigler at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Dr. Catherine Cormier conducted her thesis research in Dr. Yuri Lazebnik’s Laboratory. Her thesis was entitled "Caspase activation in unidentified apoptotic pathways." Catherine was the 2004 recipient of a PEO Scholar's award. Catherine was also awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Dr. Cormier is currently the Scientific Liaison of the plasmid repositories at the Harvard Institute of Proteomics.

Dr. Beth Chen conducted her thesis research in Dr. Mitya Chklovskii’s Laboratory. Her thesis was entitled "Neuronal Network of C. elegans: from Anatomy to Behavior." Dr. Chen will begin a postdoctoral fellowship in San Francisco, California in Fall 2007.

Dr. Claudia Feierstein conducted her thesis research in Dr. Zachary Mainen’s Laboratory. Her thesis was entitled "Representation of Goals, Actions, and Outcomes in Rat Orbitifrontal Cortex." Dr. Feierstein is currently conducting postdoctoral research with Dr. Pierre-Marie Lledo at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France in the Perception and Memory Laboratory.

Dr. Darren Burgess conducted his thesis research in Dr. Scott Lowe’s Laboratory. His thesis was entitled "RNAi Genetic Screens for Chemotherapy Response Modifier Genes." Dr. Burgess is conducting postdoctoral research with Dr. Alan Ashworth at the Institute of Cancer Research, Chelsea, London.


Dr. Gowan Tervo conducted his thesis research in Dr. Karel Svoboda’s Laboratory. His thesis was entitled "Development of Molecular Systems for the Inactivation of SynapticTransmission." Dr. Tervo is conducting postdoctoral research at Janelia Farms with Dr. Alla Karpova.

Dr. Elizabeth Murchison conducted her thesis research in Dr. Gregory Hannon’s Laboratory. Her thesis was entitled "Genetic Studies of Mammalian Dicer." Dr. Murchison is conducting postdoctoral research with Gregory Hannon.  She is the recipient of an American Australian Association Education Fund Fellowship, which she will use for her postdoctoral studies.

Dr. Tomas Hromadka conducted his thesis research in Dr. Anthony Zador’s Laboratory. His thesis was entitled "Representation of Sounds in Auditory Cortex of Awake Rats." Dr. Hromadka is currently a Postgraduate Research Assistant at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory with Dr. Anthony Zador.


Dr. Hiroki Asari conducted his thesis research in Dr. Anthony Zador's Laboratory. His thesis was entitled "Auditory System Characterization." Dr. Asari is currently conducting postdoctoral research in Dr. Markus Meister's laboratory at Harvard University.

Dr. Francois Bolduc conducted his thesis research in Dr. Tim Tully’s Laboratory. His thesis was entitled “Role of Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein and the RNAi Pathway in Drosophila Learning and Memory”. Dr. Bolduc is currently an Assistant Professor in the Pediatric Neurosciences Division at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Dr. Wei Wei conducted her thesis research in Dr. Roberto Malinow's Laboratory. Her thesis was entitled "The Interplay between Amyloid-beta and Neural Activity." She is currently conducting postdoctoral research with Dr. Marla Feller at the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Rebecca Bish conducted her thesis research in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Myers. Her thesis was entitled "The Function of the Ubiquitin-Binding Zinc Finger Domain in DNA Repair." She is currently conducting postdoctoral research with Dr. Eric Holland at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Dr. Christopher Harvey conducted his thesis research in Dr. Karel Svoboda’s laboratory. His thesis was entitled “Dynamics of Plasticity and Signaling at Individual Synapses.” Dr. Harvey will conduct his postdoctoral research in Dr. David Tank’s laboratory at Princeton University.
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