2019 Annual Report • Contents
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Scientific Director's Preface
Office of the Scientific Director
Office of Education
Office of the Clinical Director
Clinical Trials
- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship
- NICHD-NIDDK-NIDCR Inter-Institute Endocrine Training Program
- Pediatric Endocrinology Inter-Institute Training Program
- Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Training Program
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Training Program
Administrative Management Branch
Research Animal Management Branch
Scientific Core Facilities
- Ryan Dale: Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming
- Ryan Dale: Computer Support Services
- Vincent Schram: Microscopy and Imaging
- Forbes Porter: Molecular Genomics Laboratory
- Ben Feldman: Zebrafish Core
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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 Endomembrane System
- Andres Buonanno: Activity-Dependent Regulation of Neurons by the Neuregulin-ErbB Signaling Pathway
- Harold Burgess: Neuronal Circuits Controlling Behavior: Genetic Analysis in Zebrafish
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- Michael Cashel: Global Regulation of Bacterial Gene Expression by ppGpp
- Leonid Chernomordik: Membrane Rearrangements in Developmental Fusion and Cancer Progression
- 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
- Melvin DePamphilis: Regulation of Mammalian Cell Proliferation and Differentiation
- Thomas Dever: Mechanism and Regulation of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis
- Katie Drerup: Regulation and Functional Relevance of Retrograde Axonal Transport in Axons
- 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: Translational Biophotonics in Developmental Disorders and Diseases
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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: Translational Research in Inherited Neurodegenerative and Motor Neuron Diseases
- Judith Kassis: Control of Gene Expression during Development
- James Kennison: Genomics of Development in Drosophila
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- 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 of Transposable Elements
- Mary Lilly: Cell Cycle Regulation in Oogenesis
- Y. Peng Loh: Neurosecretory Proteins in Neuroprotection and Neurodevelopment
- Jon Lorsch: The Molecular Mechanics of Eukaryotic Translation Initiation
- Paul Love: Genes and Signals Regulating Mammalian Hematopoiesis
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- Todd Macfarlan: The Arms Race between Transposable Elements and KRAB-ZFPs and its Impact on Mammals
- Matthias Machner: Virulence Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogens
- Richard Maraia: RNA Metabolism in Cell Biology, Growth, and Development
- Leonid Margolis: Immune Activation and Viral Pathogenesis
- 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, Genetics, and Treatment of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Anil Mukherjee: Childhood Neurodegenerative Lysosomal Storage Disorders
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- 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 GABAergic Cell Development
- Karl Pfeifer: Molecular Genetics of an Imprinted Gene Cluster on Mouse Distal Chromosome 7
- Forbes Porter: Cholesterol Homeostasis and Lysosomal Disorders
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- Pedro Rocha: Three-Dimensional Organization of the Genome as a Determinant of Cell-Fate Decisions
- 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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- Mihaela Serpe: Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Assembly, Plasticity, and Homeostasis
- 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 Neuron Ensembles
- Gisela Storz: Regulatory Small RNAs and Small Proteins
- Constantine Stratakis: Molecular Genetics of Endocrine Tumors and Related Disorders
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- Brant Weinstein: Organ and Tissue Formation during Development
- 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