2010 Annual Report • Contents
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Board of Scientific Counselors
Scientific Director's Preface
Publication Highlights
Office of Education
Office of the Clinical Director
Clinical Trials
Clinical Training Programs
- Pediatric Endocrinology Inter-Institute Training Program
- NICHD Medical Genetics Training Fellowship Program
- NICHD-NIDDK Interinstitute Endocrine Training Program
- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Training Program
- Cell Biology and Metabolism Program: Juan Bonifacino, Program Director
- Irwin Arias: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Hepatocellular Polarity and Biliary Secretion in Health and Cholestasis
- Juan Bonifacino: Protein Sorting in the Endosomal-Lysosomal System
- Ramanujan Hegde: Mechanism and Regulation of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis
- Mary Lilly: Cell Cycle Regulation in Oogenesis
- Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz: Dynamics of Membrane Trafficking, Sorting, and Compartmentalization Within Eukaryotic Cells
- Matthias Machner: Modulation of Human Macrophages by the Intracellular Pathogen Legionella pneumophila
- Gisela Storz: Small Regulatory RNAs and Small Proteins
- Program in Cellular Regulation and Metabolism: Alan Hinnebusch, Program Director
- Mary Dasso: Mitotic Regulation in Higher Eukaryotes by Ran and SUMO-1
- Thomas Dever: Mechanism and Regulation of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis
- Alan Hinnebusch: Transcriptional and Translational Regulatory Mechanisms in Nutrient Control of Gene Expression
- Chi-Hon Lee: Development and Function of Drosophila Visual Circuits
- Henry Levin: Retrotransposons as Models for the Replication of Retroviruses
- Mihaela Serpe: Biochemical Genetics of Signal Transduction
- Yun-Bo Shi: Molecular Mechanism of Frog Metamorphosis
- Program in Developmental and Molecular Immunity: John Robbins, Rachel Schneerson, Joint Program Directors
- John Robbins and Rachel Schneerson: Development of Vaccines Against Bacterial Diseases, Especially in Children
- Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics: Constantine Stratakis, Program Director
- Greti Aguilera: Neuroendocrinology of Stress
- Jeffrey Baron: Regulation of Childhood Growth
- Carolyn Bondy: The X-Chromosome and Gender Effects in Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Longevity
- Kevin Catt: Peptide Hormone Receptors and Signal Transduction
- Janice Chou: Molecular Genetics of Heritable Human Disorders
- Maria Dufau: Receptors and Actions of Peptide Hormones and Regulatory Proteins in Endocrine Mechanisms
- David Klein: Pineal Gland, Chronobiology, and Neuroepigenetics
- Anil Mukherjee: Heritable Neurodegenerative, Inflammatory, and Autoimmune Disorders
- Ida Owens: Molecular Biology, Regulation, and Biochemistry of UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase Isozymes
- Forbes Porter: Cholesterol Metabolism and Genetic Syndromes
- Constantine Stratakis: Molecular Genetics of Adrenocortical Tumors and Related Disorders
- Jack Yanovski: Physiology, Psychology, and Genetics of Obesity
- Program in Developmental Neuroscience: Chris McBain, Program Director
- Tamás Balla: Phosphoinositide Messengers in Cellular Signaling and Trafficking
- Andres Buonanno: Developmental Regulation of Neuronal and Muscle Plasticity
- Dax Hoffman: Potassium Channels and Dendritic Function in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons
- Kuo-Ping Huang: Signal Transduction in Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity
- Y. Peng Loh: Secretory Protein Trafficking, Granule Biogenesis, and Cancer in Neuroendocrine Cells
- Mark Mayer: Glutamate Receptor Structural Biology
- Chris McBain: Hippocampal Interneurons and Their Role in the Control of Network Excitability
- Stanko Stojilkovic: Signaling and Secretion in Neuroendocrine Cells
- Mark Stopfer: Olfactory Coding and Decoding by Ensembles of Neurons
- Program in Genomics of Differentiation: Igor Dawid, Program Director
- Sohyun Ahn: Protein Sorting in the Endosomal-Lysosomal System
- Harold Burgess: Neuronal Circuits Controlling Behavior: Genetic Analysis in Zebrafish
- Michael Cashel: Global Regulation of Bacterial Gene Expression by ppGpp
- Ajay Chitnis: Cellular, Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Neural Fate in Zebrafish Embryos
- David Clark: Chromatin Remodeling and Gene Activation
- Robert Crouch: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Genetic Events of Recognition and Resolution of RNA/DNA Hybrids
- Igor Dawid: Molecular Genetics of Embryogenesis in Xenopus and Zebrafish
- Melvin DePamphilis: Regulation of Mammalian Cell Proliferation and Development
- Bruce Howard: The Chromatin-Based Epigenome in Development and Aging
- Judith Kassis: Control of Gene Expression During Development
- James Kennison: Regulation of Homeotic Gene Function in Drosophila
- Judith Levin: Molecular Genetics of Mammalian Retrovirus Replication
- Paul Love: Genes and Signals Regulating Mammalian Hematopoiesis
- Richard Maraia: RNA Metabolism in Cell Biology, Growth, and Development
- Keiko Ozato: Gene Regulation in Innate Immunity
- Karl Pfeifer: Molecular Genetics of an Imprinted Gene Cluster on Mouse Distal Chromosome 7
- Thomas Sargent: Control of Ectodermal Development in Vertebrate Embryos
- Brant Weinstein: Organogenesis of the Zebrafish Vasculature
- Heiner Westphal: Mouse Molecular Genetics and Stem Cell Research
- Program in Molecular Medicine: Tracey Rouault, Program Director
- Stephen Kaler: Translational Research on Mammalian Copper Transport Disorders
- Tracey Rouault: Regulation of Intracellular Iron Metabolism
- Program on Pediatric Imaging and Tissue Sciences: Peter Basser, Program Director
- Peter Basser: Tissue Biophysics and Biomimetics
- Amir Gandjbakhche: Quantitative Biophotonics for Tissue Characterization and Function
- Program in Perinatal Research and Obstetrics: Roberto Romero, Program Director
- Program in Physical Biology: Joshua Zimmerberg, Program Director
- Sergey Bezrukov: Biophysics of Large Membrane Channels
- Robert Bonner: Medical Biophysics
- Leonid Chernomordik: Membrane Fusion Mediated by Protein Fusogens
- Leonid Margolis: HIV Pathogens in Human Lymphoid Tissue
- Ralph Nossal: Cell Biophysics
- Donald Rau: Intermolecular Forces, Recognition, and Dynamics
- Joshua Zimmerberg: Membrane Remodeling During Viral Infection, Parasite Invasion, and Apoptosis; Components and Kinetics in Exocytosis
- Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology: Alan DeCherney, Program Director
- Alan DeCherney: Reproductive Endocrinology and Science
- Lynnette Nieman: Investigation of Adrenal Gland Disorders and Disorders of Female Reproduction
- Karel Pacak: Diagnosis, Localization, Pathophysiology, and Molecular Biology of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
- James Segars: Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
- Child and Family Research Section
- Section on Nervous System Development and Plasticity
- Douglas Fields: Nervous System Development and Plasticity
- Section on Physical Biochemistry
- Bone and Extracellular Matrix Branch
- Joan Marini: Genetic Disorders of Bone and Extracellular Matrix
- Section on Clinical Genomics
- Laboratory of Comparative Ethology
- Section on DNA Replication, Repair, and Mutagenesis
- Administrative Management Branch
- Research Animal Management Branch
- Scientific Core Facilities
- Jonathan Epstein: Scientific Software Support and Bioinformatics
- James Russell: Microscopy and Imaging
- Alfred Yergey and Peter Backlund: Mass Spectrometry
- Chandan Sastry: Research Informatics Support for the Division of Intramural Research