2014 Annual Report • Contents
Annual Report Archive (view on current site)
Board of Scientific Counselors
Scientific Director's Preface
Office of Education
Office of the Clinical Director
Clinical Trials
- NICHD-NIDDK Interinstitute Endocrine Training Program
- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship
- NICHD Medical Genetics Training Fellowship Program
- Pediatric Endocrinology Inter-Institute Training Program
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Training Program
- Cell Biology and Metabolism Program: Juan Bonifacino, Program Director
- Anirban Banerjee: Structural and Chemical Biology of Membrane Proteins
- Juan Bonifacino: Protein Sorting in the Endosomal-Lysosomal System
- 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: Assembly and Function of Chromatic Circuits in Drosophila
- Henry Levin: Retrotransposons as Models for the Replication of Retroviruses
- Mihaela Serpe: Mechanisms of Cellular Communication during Development
- Yun-Bo Shi: Thyroid Hormone Regulation of Vertebrate Postembryonic Development
- Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics: Forbes D. Porter, Program Director
- Jeffrey Baron: Regulation of Childhood Growth
- Janice Chou: Molecular Genetics of Heritable Human Disorders
- Angela Delaney: Regulation of Pubertal Onset and Reproductive Development
- Maria Dufau: Receptors and Actions of Peptide Hormones and Regulatory Proteins in Endocrine Mechanisms
- Joan Han: Neuroendocrine Regulation of Metabolism and Neurocognition
- Anil Mukherjee: Hereditary Childhood Neurodegenerative Lysosomal Storage 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
- Dax Hoffman: Potassium Channels and Dendritic Function in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons
- Y. Peng Loh: Secretory Protein Trafficking, Neuroprotection, and Cancer
- 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: Brant Weinstein, 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 Gene Expression by ppGpp
- Ajay Chitnis: Building the Zebrafish Lateral Line System
- 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
- Paul Love: Genes and Signals Regulating Mammalian Hematopoiesis
- Todd Macfarlan: Epigenome Reprogramming During Mammalian Development
- 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
- Program in Molecular Medicine: Tracey Rouault, Program Director
- Stephen Kaler: Gene Therapy for Neurometabolic Disorder
- 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
- Leonid Chernomordik: Membrane Rearrangements in Myoblast Fusion and in Cell Entry by Cationic Peptides
- Leonid Margolis: Transmission and Pathogenesis of HIV-1 and its Copathogens in Human Tissues
- Ralph Nossal: Cell Biophysics
- Donald Rau: Intermolecular Forces, Recognition, and Dynamics
- Joshua Zimmerberg: The Regulation or Disturbance of Protein/Lipid Interactions in Flu, Malaria, Diabetes, Muscular Dystrophy, Brain Trauma, and Obesity
- Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology: Alan DeCherney, Program Director
- 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
- Erin Wolff: Endometrial and Reproductive Stem Cell Biology
- Child and Family Research Section
- Section on Molecular Neurobiology
- Section on Nervous System Development and Plasticity
- Douglas Fields: Nervous System Development and Plasticity
- Section on Neuroendocrinology
- David Klein: Pineal Gland, Chronobiology, and Neuroepigenetics
- Section on Physical Biochemistry
- Laboratory on the Mechanism and Regulation of Protein Synthesis
- Bone and Extracellular Matrix Branch
- Joan Marini: Genetic Disorders of Bone and Extracellular Matrix
- Section on Neurophysiology and Biophysics
- Mark Mayer: Glutamate Receptor Structural Biology
- Section on Clinical Genomics
- Laboratory of Comparative Ethology
- Laboratory of Genomic Integrity
- Administrative Management Branch
- Research Animal Management Branch
- Scientific Core Facilities
- Peter Backlund: Mass Spectrometry
- Ben Feldman: Zebrafish Core
- Forbes Porter: Molecular Genomics Laboratory
- James Russell: Microscopy and Imaging
- Chandan Sastry: Computer Support Services
