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Message from the NICHD Scientific Director
B
- Tamás Balla - Phosphoinositide Messengers in Cellular Signaling and Trafficking
- Anirban Banerjee - Structural and Chemical Biology
- Jeffrey Baron - Regulation of Childhood Growth
- Peter Basser - Quantitative Imaging and Tissue Sciences
- Sergey Bezrukov - Biophysics of Large Membrane Channels
- Diana Blithe - Contraceptive Development Program
- Juan Bonifacino - Protein Sorting in the Endomembrane System
- Harold Burgess - Neuronal Circuits Controlling Behavior: Genetic Analysis in Zebrafish
C
- Zhen Chen - Statistical Methods Development and Applications to Perinatal Epidemiology
- Bobby Cheon - Social and Psychological Influences on Appetite and Eating Behaviors
- Leonid Chernomordik - Mechanisms of Membrane Fusion in the Formation of Multinucleated Osteoclasts and Myotubes
- Ajay Chitnis - Building the Zebrafish Lateral Line System
- David Clark - Chromatin Remodeling and Gene Activation
D
- An Dang Do - Investigations of Cellular Stress in Development and Diseases
- Mary Dasso - Remodeling and Tissue-Specific Roles of the Nuclear Pore Complex
- Thomas Dever - Mechanism and Regulation of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis
F
- Jeff Farrell - Transcriptional Control of Cell Specification and Differentiation
- Carlos Ferreira - Clinical and Laboratory Investigations of Rare Genetic Skeletal Disorders
G
- Amir Gandjbakhche - Translational Biophotonics in Developmental Disorders and Diseases
- Bizu Gelaye - Epidemiology of Maternal-Fetal Biomarkers, Resilience, Adversity, and Child Epigenetics (EMBRACE)
- Stephen Gilman - Social Determinants of Child Development and Mental Health
- Catherine Gordon - Predictors of Bone Health in Adolescents and Young Adults
- Katherine Grantz - Innovative Approaches to Clinical Management of Complex Pregnancy Issues
- Una Grewal - Determinants of Reproductive Health: Nutrition and Environmental Influences
H
- 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
L
- Claire Le Pichon - From Axon Damage to Disease: Common Pathways in Neurodegeneration
- Sergey Leikin - Extracellular Matrix Disorders: Molecular Mechanisms and Treatment Targets
- Henry Levin - The Integration of Retrotransposon DNA and the Consequences to the Cell
- Mary Lilly - The Role of Metabolism in the Regulation of Oocyte Development and Growth
- Aiyi Liu - Statistical Methods for Biomarkers
- Y Peng Loh - Neurosecretory Proteins in Neuroprotection and Neurodevelopment
- Paul Love - Exploring Genes and Signals Regulating Mammalian Hematopoiesis and New Approaches to Immunotherapy
M
- Todd Macfarlan - The Role of Endogenous Retroviruses and KRAB–ZFP Genes in Mammal Development and Evolution
- Matthias Machner - Virulence Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogens
- Doreen Matthies - High-Resolution Structural Biology of Membrane Protein Complexes in Their Native Environment
- Chris McBain - Hippocampal Interneurons and Their Role in the Control of Network Excitability
- Deborah Merke - Pathophysiology, Genetics, and Treatment of Congenital Adrenal Disorders
N
- Tonja Nansel - Eating Behavior from Pregnancy through Early Childhood
O
- Keiko Ozato - Gene Regulation in Innate Immunity
P
- Timothy Petros - Mechanisms Regulating Fate and Maturation of Forebrain GABAergic Interneurons
- Karl Pfeifer - Epigenetic Regulation of Mammalian Development
- Forbes Porter - Rare Genetic Disorders of Cholesterol Homeostasis and Lysosomal Diseases
R
- Pedro Rocha - Three-Dimensional Organization of the Genome as a Determinant of Cell-Fate Decisions
- Katherine Rogers - Decoding Developmental Signaling in Vertebrate Embryos
- Roberto Romero - Spontaneous Preterm Birth and Related Obstetric Syndromes: Integrating Genetic Mechanisms, Cervical Biology, Precision Diagnostics, Clinical Prediction, and Preventive Strategies
- Leah Rosin - Chromosome Structure and Function during Development
- Tracey Rouault - Regulation of Mammalian Iron Metabolism and Biogenesis of Iron-Sulfur Proteins
S
- Mihaela Serpe - Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Assembly and Homeostasis
- Sarah Sheppard - Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Lymphatic Disorders
- Yun-Bo Shi - Thyroid Hormone Regulation of Vertebrate Postembryonic Development
- Alexander Sodt - Modeling the Biophysics of Cellular Membranes
- Stanko Stojilkovic - Signaling and Secretion in Neuroendocrine Cells
- Mark Stopfer - Chemosensory Coding and Decoding by Neuron Ensembles
- Gisela Storz - Regulatory Small RNAs and Small Proteins
- Rajeshwari Sundaram - Survival, Longitudinal, and Machine-Learning approaches to Reproductive, Obstetric, and Child Health
T
- Fasil Tekola-Ayele - Genomics of Early Growth and Cardio-Metabolic Health
- Bruce Tromberg - Point of Care and Wearable Biophotonics for Characterizing Metabolism and Tissue Composition
W
- Brant Weinstein - Organ and Tissue Formation during Development
- Roger Woodgate - Studies on DNA Replication, Repair, and Mutagenesis in Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells
Y
- Edwina Yeung - Early Determinants of Child Health
Z
- Joshua Zimmerberg - Membrane Pathophysiology of the Infectious Diseases Influenza and Toxoplasmosis
Aquatic Models of Human Development
- Harold Burgess - Neuronal Circuits Controlling Behavior: Genetic Analysis in Zebrafish
- Ajay Chitnis - Building the Zebrafish Lateral Line System
- Jeff Farrell - Transcriptional Control of Cell Specification and Differentiation
- Katherine Rogers - Decoding Developmental Signaling in Vertebrate Embryos
- Sarah Sheppard - Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Lymphatic Disorders
- Brant Weinstein - Organ and Tissue Formation during Development
Bone & Matrix Biology in Development & Disease
- Carlos Ferreira - Clinical and Laboratory Investigations of Rare Genetic Skeletal Disorders
- Catherine Gordon - Predictors of Bone Health in Adolescents and Young Adults
- Sergey Leikin - Extracellular Matrix Disorders: Molecular Mechanisms and Treatment Targets
Cell & Structural Biology
- Anirban Banerjee - Structural and Chemical Biology
- Juan Bonifacino - Protein Sorting in the Endomembrane System
- Mary Lilly - The Role of Metabolism in the Regulation of Oocyte Development and Growth
- Matthias Machner - Virulence Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogens
- Gisela Storz - Regulatory Small RNAs and Small Proteins
- Roger Woodgate - Studies on DNA Replication, Repair, and Mutagenesis in Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells
Cell Regulation & Development
- Mary Dasso - Remodeling and Tissue-Specific Roles of the Nuclear Pore Complex
- Thomas Dever - Mechanism and Regulation of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis
- Alan Hinnebusch - Transcriptional and Translational Regulatory Mechanisms in Nutrient Control of Gene Expression
- Henry Levin - The Integration of Retrotransposon DNA and the Consequences to the Cell
- Mihaela Serpe - Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Assembly and Homeostasis
- Yun-Bo Shi - Thyroid Hormone Regulation of Vertebrate Postembryonic Development
Developmental Endocrinology, Metabolism, & Genetics
- Jeffrey Baron - Regulation of Childhood Growth
- An Dang Do - Investigations of Cellular Stress in Development and Diseases
- Aiyi Liu - Statistical Methods for Biomarkers
- Deborah Merke - Pathophysiology, Genetics, and Treatment of Congenital Adrenal Disorders
- Forbes Porter - Rare Genetic Disorders of Cholesterol Homeostasis and Lysosomal Diseases
- Sarah Sheppard - Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Lymphatic Disorders
- Stanko Stojilkovic - Signaling and Secretion in Neuroendocrine Cells
Developmental Translational Imaging
- Peter Basser - Quantitative Imaging and Tissue Sciences
- Amir Gandjbakhche - Translational Biophotonics in Developmental Disorders and Diseases
- Roberto Romero - Spontaneous Preterm Birth and Related Obstetric Syndromes: Integrating Genetic Mechanisms, Cervical Biology, Precision Diagnostics, Clinical Prediction, and Preventive Strategies
- Bruce Tromberg - Point of Care and Wearable Biophotonics for Characterizing Metabolism and Tissue Composition
Genetics & Epigenetics of Development
- David Clark - Chromatin Remodeling and Gene Activation
- Paul Love - Exploring Genes and Signals Regulating Mammalian Hematopoiesis and New Approaches to Immunotherapy
- Todd Macfarlan - The Role of Endogenous Retroviruses and KRAB–ZFP Genes in Mammal Development and Evolution
- Keiko Ozato - Gene Regulation in Innate Immunity
- Karl Pfeifer - Epigenetic Regulation of Mammalian Development
- Pedro Rocha - Three-Dimensional Organization of the Genome as a Determinant of Cell-Fate Decisions
- Leah Rosin - Chromosome Structure and Function during Development
Molecular Medicine
- Juan Bonifacino - Protein Sorting in the Endomembrane System
- Claire Le Pichon - From Axon Damage to Disease: Common Pathways in Neurodegeneration
- Tracey Rouault - Regulation of Mammalian Iron Metabolism and Biogenesis of Iron-Sulfur Proteins
Neurosciences
- Tamás Balla - Phosphoinositide Messengers in Cellular Signaling and Trafficking
- Dax Hoffman - Molecular Nature and Functional Role of Dendritic Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
- Claire Le Pichon - From Axon Damage to Disease: Common Pathways in Neurodegeneration
- Y Peng Loh - Neurosecretory Proteins in Neuroprotection and Neurodevelopment
- Chris McBain - Hippocampal Interneurons and Their Role in the Control of Network Excitability
- Timothy Petros - Mechanisms Regulating Fate and Maturation of Forebrain GABAergic Interneurons
- Mark Stopfer - Chemosensory Coding and Decoding by Neuron Ensembles
Physical Biology & Medicine
- Sergey Bezrukov - Biophysics of Large Membrane Channels
- Leonid Chernomordik - Mechanisms of Membrane Fusion in the Formation of Multinucleated Osteoclasts and Myotubes
- Doreen Matthies - High-Resolution Structural Biology of Membrane Protein Complexes in Their Native Environment
- Roberto Romero - Spontaneous Preterm Birth and Related Obstetric Syndromes: Integrating Genetic Mechanisms, Cervical Biology, Precision Diagnostics, Clinical Prediction, and Preventive Strategies
- Alexander Sodt - Modeling the Biophysics of Cellular Membranes
- Joshua Zimmerberg - Membrane Pathophysiology of the Infectious Diseases Influenza and Toxoplasmosis
Population Health Research
- Diana Blithe - Contraceptive Development Program
- Zhen Chen - Statistical Methods Development and Applications to Perinatal Epidemiology
- Bobby Cheon - Social and Psychological Influences on Appetite and Eating Behaviors
- Bizu Gelaye - Epidemiology of Maternal-Fetal Biomarkers, Resilience, Adversity, and Child Epigenetics (EMBRACE)
- Stephen Gilman - Social Determinants of Child Development and Mental Health
- Catherine Gordon - Predictors of Bone Health in Adolescents and Young Adults
- Katherine Grantz - Innovative Approaches to Clinical Management of Complex Pregnancy Issues
- Una Grewal - Determinants of Reproductive Health: Nutrition and Environmental Influences
- Aiyi Liu - Statistical Methods for Biomarkers
- Tonja Nansel - Eating Behavior from Pregnancy through Early Childhood
- Roberto Romero - Spontaneous Preterm Birth and Related Obstetric Syndromes: Integrating Genetic Mechanisms, Cervical Biology, Precision Diagnostics, Clinical Prediction, and Preventive Strategies
- Rajeshwari Sundaram - Survival, Longitudinal, and Machine-Learning approaches to Reproductive, Obstetric, and Child Health
- Fasil Tekola-Ayele - Genomics of Early Growth and Cardio-Metabolic Health
- Edwina Yeung - Early Determinants of Child Health
Women's Reproductive Health
- Diana Blithe - Contraceptive Development Program
- Zhen Chen - Statistical Methods Development and Applications to Perinatal Epidemiology
- Amir Gandjbakhche - Translational Biophotonics in Developmental Disorders and Diseases
- Bizu Gelaye - Epidemiology of Maternal-Fetal Biomarkers, Resilience, Adversity, and Child Epigenetics (EMBRACE)
- Catherine Gordon - Predictors of Bone Health in Adolescents and Young Adults
- Katherine Grantz - Innovative Approaches to Clinical Management of Complex Pregnancy Issues
- Una Grewal - Determinants of Reproductive Health: Nutrition and Environmental Influences
- Todd Macfarlan - The Role of Endogenous Retroviruses and KRAB–ZFP Genes in Mammal Development and Evolution
- Roberto Romero - Spontaneous Preterm Birth and Related Obstetric Syndromes: Integrating Genetic Mechanisms, Cervical Biology, Precision Diagnostics, Clinical Prediction, and Preventive Strategies
- Rajeshwari Sundaram - Survival, Longitudinal, and Machine-Learning approaches to Reproductive, Obstetric, and Child Health
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