2017 Annual Report • Contents
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Board of Scientific Counselors
Scientific Director's Preface
Office of the Scientific Director
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
Administrative Management Branch
Research Animal Medicine Branch
Scientific Core Facilities
- Peter Backlund: Mass Spectrometry
- Ben Feldman: Zebrafish Core
- Forbes Porter: Molecular Genomics Laboratory
- Vincent Schram: Microscopy and Imaging
- Dave Songco: Computer Support Services
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- Tamás Balla: Phosphoinositide Messengers in Cellular Signaling and Trafficking
- Anirban Banerjee: Structural and Chemical Biology of Membrane Proteins
- Jeffrey Baron: Regulation of Childhood Growth
- Peter Basser: Quantitative Imaging and Tissue Sciences
- Sergey Bezrukov: Biophysics of Large Membrane Channels
- Juan Bonifacino: Protein Sorting in the Endosomal-Lysosomal System
- Marc Bornstein: Child and Family Development Across the First Three Decades
- Andres Buonanno: Neuregulin–ErbB Processing and Signaling in Neuronal Development and Psychiatric Disorders
- Harold Burgess: Neuronal Circuits Controlling Behavior: Genetic Analysis in Zebrafish
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- Michael Cashel: Global Regulation of Gene Expression by ppGpp
- Leonid Chernomordik: Fusion Mediated by HIV-1 Env and by HAP2 Gamete Protein Fusogens
- Ajay Chitnis: Building the Zebrafish Lateral Line System
- Janice Chou: Molecular Genetics of Heritable Human Disorders
- David Clark: Chromatin Remodeling and Gene Activation
- Robert Crouch: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular-Genetic Events Governing the Recognition and Resolution of RNA/DNA Hybrids
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- Mary Dasso: Mechanisms of Nuclear Genome Organization and Maintenance
- Igor Dawid: Molecular Genetics of Embryogenesis in Zebrafish and Xenopus
- Melvin DePamphilis: Regulation of Mammalian Cell Proliferation and Differentiation
- Thomas Dever: Mechanism and Regulation of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis
- Katie Drerup: Regulation of Retrograde Axonal Transport in Developing and Mature Neural Circuits
- Maria Dufau: Receptors and Actions of Peptide Hormones and Regulatory Proteins in Endocrine Mechanisms
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- Douglas Fields: Nervous System Development and Plasticity
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- Amir Gandjbakhche: Quantitative Biophotonics for Tissue Characterization and Function
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- Alan Hinnebusch: Transcriptional and Translational Regulatory Mechanisms in Nutrient Control of Gene Expression
- Dax Hoffman: Molecular Nature and Functional Role of Dendritic Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
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- Stephen Kaler: Viral Gene Therapy for Inherited Neurometabolic Disorders
- Judith Kassis: Control of Gene Expression during Development
- James Kennison: Genomics of Development in Drosophila melanogaster
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- Chi-Hon Lee: Assembly and Function of Drosophila Chromatic Circuits
- Sergey Leikin: Extracellular Matrix Disorders: Molecular Mechanisms and Treatment Targets
- Claire Le Pichon: The Neuronal Stress Response in Neurodegenerative Disease and Pain
- Henry Levin: The Biological Impact and Function of Transposable Elements
- Mary Lilly: Cell Cycle Regulation in Oogenesis
- Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz: Interplay between Membrane Organelles, Cytoskeleton, and Metabolism in Cell Organization and Function
- Y. Peng Loh: Neurosecretory Proteins in Neuroprotection, Neurodevelopment, and Cancer
- Jon Lorsch: The Molecular Mechanics of Eukaryotic Translation Initiation
- Paul Love: Genes and Signals Regulating Mammalian Hematopoiesis
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- Todd Macfarlan: Evolving Mechanisms of Transcriptional Control in Mammals
- Matthias Machner: Deciphering Microbial Virulence Mechanisms
- Richard Maraia: RNA Metabolism in Cell Biology, Growth, and Development
- Leonid Margolis: Pathogenesis of HIV-1 and its Copathogens in Human Tissues
- Joan Marini: Genetic Disorders of Bone and Extracellular Matrix
- Chris McBain: Hippocampal Interneurons and Their Role in the Control of Network Excitability
- Deborah Merke: Pathophysiology and Genetics of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Anil Mukherjee: Childhood Neuro-degenerative Lysosomal Storage Disorders
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- Ida Owens: Molecular Biology, Regulation, and Biochemistry of UDP–Glucuronosyltransferase Isozymes
- Keiko Ozato: Gene Regulation in Innate Immunity
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- Karel Pacak: Diagnosis, Localization, Pathophysiology, and Molecular Biology of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
- Timothy Petros: Mechanisms Regulating Interneuron Development
- Karl Pfeifer: Molecular Genetics of an Imprinted Gene Cluster on Mouse Distal Chromosome 7
- Forbes Porter: Cholesterol Homeostasis and Genetic Syndromes
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- Roberto Romero: Mechanisms of Disease in Preterm Labor and Complications of Prematurity; Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Anomalies
- Tracey Rouault: Regulation of Mammalian Intracellular Iron Metabolism and Biogenesis of Iron Sulfur Proteins
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- Thomas Sargent: Control of Ectodermal Development in Vertebrate Embryos
- Mihaela Serpe: Mechanisms of Synapse Assembly, Maturation, and Growth during Development
- Yun-Bo Shi: Thyroid Hormone Regulation of Vertebrate Postembryonic Development
- Alexander Sodt: Modeling the Biophysics of the Membrane
- Stanko Stojilkovic: Signaling and Secretion in Neuroendocrine Cells
- Mark Stopfer: Olfactory Coding and Decoding by Ensembles of Neurons
- Gisela Storz: Regulatory Small RNAs and Small Proteins
- Constantine Stratakis: Molecular Genetics of Endocrine Tumors and Related Disorders
- Stephen Suomi: Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Primate Biobehavioral Development
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- Brant Weinstein: Development of the Vertebrate Circulatory System
- Roger Woodgate: Studies on DNA Replication, Repair, and Mutagenesis in Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells
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- Jack Yanovski: Physiology, Psychology, and Genetics of Obesity
