August 18, 2014
Spring 2014 Postdoctoral Research Awards announced
The CBC is pleased to announce that 35 Postdoctoral Research Awards were made in 2014 Spring application round. The awarded projects will be conducted in the core facilities located at the three CBC universities.
Northwestern University Postdoctoral Awardees:
| APPLICANT | ADVISOR/ PI | PROPOSAL TITLE | FACILITY |
| Azarin, Samira | Lonnie Shea | Using bioinformatics approaches to identify factors regulating breast cancer metastasis | 1. Next Generation Sequencing Core, NU
2. Proteomics Core, NU |
| Chien, Karen | Paul Bryce | Discovery of Tolerance-Inducing Carbohydrates using Murine Macrophages | High Throughput Analysis Laboratory, NU |
| Cogswell, Alexis | Steven Kosak | The Form and Function of PML bodies: A Live-Cell Imaging Approach | Cell Imaging Facility, NU |
| Dewan, Adam | Thomas Bozza | The genetic analysis of neuronal identity in the olfactory system | 1. Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Flow Cytometry Satellite Core Facility, NU
2. High-Throughput Genome Analysis Core in the Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology, UChicago |
| Dubash, Adi | Kathleen J. Green | Regulation of gene expression by desmosomal armadillo proteins in cardiac cells | Next Generation Sequencing Core Facility, NU |
| Foit, Linda | Colby S Thaxton | Biomimetic, intrinsically therapeutic nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery in cancer | Developmental Therapeutics Core (DTC) within the Center of Developmental Therapeutics (CDT), NU |
| Gullick, Margaret | James Booth | Integration-related brain activity and connectivity in prereaders at risk for dyslexia | Center for Translational Imaging, NU |
| Jiang, Bin | Guillermo A. Ameer & Jason A. Wertheim | Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived Endothelial Cells in Vascular Tissue Engineering | 1. Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Facility (hESC-iPSC), NU
2. Microsurgery Core, NU 3. Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging (CAMI), NU |
| Li, Jian | Richard I. Morimoto | Temporal-Spatial Regulation of Stress Response for Organismal Proteostasis | High-throughput Genome Analysis Core (HGAC), IGSB, UChicago |
| Liu, Xianpeng | Hiroaki Kiyokawa | Identify ubiquitination substrates specific for the non-canonical E1 enzyme UBA6 | Proteomics Core, NU |
| Neto, Mario | Richard I. Morimoto | A high throughput small molecule screen for Aβ1-42 toxicity in a C. elegans animal model | High Throughput Analysis Laboratory, NU |
| Oyer, Jon | Jonathan Licht | A novel CRISPR application to discover interactions between genomic regulatory regions | Genomics Core Facility, UChicago |
| Perez White, Bethany | Spiro Getsios | Eph Receptor Binding Partners that Regulate Human Epidermal Stem Cell Fate | Proteomics Center of Excellence, NU |
UChicago Postdoctoral Awardees:
| APPLICANT | ADVISOR/ PI | PROPOSAL TITLE | FACILITY |
| Beadell, Alana | Robert Ho | Using Zebrafish to Understand how CDX Transcription Factors Specify the Spinal Cord | 1. Flow Cytometry subcore of the Cytometry and Antibody Technology Facility, UChicago
2. Genomics Core Facility, UChicago |
| Cheng, Yu | Maciej S. Lesniak | 124I-labeled Gold Nanoparticles for Exploring Glioma-Specific Targeting Platforms | The microPET/SPECT/CT Subcore in the Integrated Small Animal Imaging Research Resource (iSAIRR), UChicago |
| Chung, Eun Ji | Matthew Tirrell | Multimodal Peptide Amphiphile Micelles for Atherosclerosis | Lynn S. Florsheim Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy (MRIS) Laboratory, UChicago |
| Froyd, Cara | Erin Adams | Determining the small molecule repertoire presented by MR1 to MAIT cells | Cellular Screening Facility, UChicago |
| Geeleher, Paul | R. Stephanie Huang | Longitudinal transcriptomics of imatinib response in chronic myeloid leukemia | Genomics Core, UChicago |
| Gothard, Nosheen | Raphael C Lee | Development of a New Therapeutic Technology for Thermal Trauma | NMR Facility, UChicago |
| Gupta, Ankit | Shohei Koide | Exploiting next generation sequencing to develop highly potent monobodies | Genomics Facility, UChicago |
| Keerthivasan, Shilpa | Fotini Gounari | Epigenetic and gene expression profiling of pathogenic T regs in colon cancer patients. | Functional Genomics Facility, UChicago |
| Lambert, Guillaume | Michael J. Rust | SMRFseq: high throughput analysis of gene function | Genomics Core Facility, UChicago |
| McConnell, Sean | Jill de Jong | Uncovering diversity of the vertebrate immune system through genomic sequencing of clonal zebrafish lines | 1. Genomics Core Facility, UChicago
2. Bioinformatics Core Facility, UChicago |
| Spranger, Stefani | Thomas Gajewski | Influence of specific oncogenic pathways on T cell infiltration in primary melanoma | 1. Genomics Facility, UChicago
2. Center of Research Informatics, UChicago |
| Toroney, Rebecca | Jonathan P. Staley | Reconstituting a catalytically active, minimal spliceosome | Mass spectrometry, Metabolomics and Proteomics Facility, UIC |
| Wang, Yucai | Bozhi Tian | A Synthetic Biomineral Integrated with Silicon Nanowires | 1. Electron Microscopy Service Facility, UIC
2. BSD Integrated Microscope Core Facility, UChicago 3. Electron Probe Instrumentation Center, NU |
| Westerman, Erica | Marcus Kronforst | Characterizing the genetic link between mate preference and wing pattern in butterflies | Genomics Facility, UChicago |
| Zhang, Yilin | Ernst Lengyel | Differentiating between benign and malignant ovarian tumors using targeted contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging | Integrated Small Animal Imaging Research Resource (iSAIRR) Core Facilities, UChicago |
UIC Postdoctoral Awardees:
| APPLICANT | ADVISOR/ PI | PROPOSAL TITLE | FACILITY |
| Chen, Tianji | J Usha Raj | Identifying PDLIM5 downstream targets in human pulmonary smooth muscle cells | 1. Core Genomics Facility, UIC
2. Mass spectrometry, Metabolomics & Proteomics Facility, UIC |
| Cordoba Chacon, Jose | Rhonda D. Kineman | GH regulation of hepatic PPAR-gamma activity in mice. | Transgenic Production Service, UIC |
| D’auria, Ludovic | Ernesto R. Bongarzone | Psychosine elicits neurodegeneration by perturbation of membrane structure and function | Research Resources Center (RRC) – Confocal Microscopy Facility (CMF), UIC |
| Mosenson, Jeffrey | Wen-Shu Wu | CRAFTing a Better Gene Editing System | UIC Research Resources Center (RRC), UIC |
| Moyle-Heyrman, Georgette | Joanna E Burdette | RNAseq of the putative ovarian cancer precursor, oviductal cells, in response to SERMs | Next Generation Sequencing Core, NU |
| Nwabuisi-Heath, Evelyn | Monsheel Sodhi | The impact of RNA editing on major depressive disorder | 1. DNA Services Facility, UIC
2. Center for Biomedical Informatics, UIC |
| Youn, Seock-Won | Masuko Ushio-Fukai | Identification of Redox-sensitive Targets of Antioxidant-1 involved in Angiogenesis | Mass spectrometry, Metabolomics & Proteomics Facility, UIC |