January 13, 2015
Fall 2014 Postdoctoral Research Awards Announced
The CBC is pleased to announce that 16 Postdoctoral Research Awards were made in 2014 Fall 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 |
| Chen, Jia | Longnecker, Richard | Identification of small molecule compounds as inhibitors of Epstein-Barr virus infection | 1. Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, NU
2. High Throughput Analysis Lab, NU |
| Simkin, Dina | Disterhoft, John | Ca2+-binding protein expression profile underlying preserved memory function with age | MicroWestern Array Core, UChicago |
| Robert, Amelie | Gelfand, Vladimir | Application of super-resolution microscopy for analysis of intermediate filament dynamics | Center for Advanced Microscopy/Nikon Imaging Center, NU |
| Yang, Jian | Ameer, Guillermo | Periadventitial delivery of retinoic acid via thermoresponsive hydrogel | 1. Microsurgery Core, NU
2. Keck Interdisciplinary Surface Science, NU |
| Zaharieva, Emanuela | Gallio, Marco | Mechanistic and Evolutionary insights on temperature sensing and preference in Drosophila | Next Generation Sequencing Core Facility, NU |
UChicago Postdoctoral Awardees:
| APPLICANT | ADVISOR/ PI | PROPOSAL TITLE | FACILITY |
| Barlan, Kari | Horne-Badovinac Sally | Examination of the Fat2 cadherin in collective cell migration |
Mass spectrometry, Metabolomics & Proteomics Facility, UIC |
| Dominissini, Dan | He, Chuan | Pseudouridine Sequencing – a Roadmap to the New Biology of mRNA Pseudouridine Modification | Genomics Facility, UChicago |
| Kaur, Harsimran | Turkewitz, Aaron | Mass spectrometric analysis of transport complexes in secretory and endosomal trafficking | Proteomics Core Facility, NU |
| Lee, Grace | Long, Manyuan | Evolution of essential functions driven by new genes that reshape gene interaction networks | 1. Genomics Core, UChicago
2. Proteomics Core, UChicago 3. BAC Recombineering Core, IGSB, UChicago |
| Liu, Jianzhao | He, Chuan | Screening of Small Molecule Inhibitors for Nuclear RNA m6A Methyltransferase Complex | High Throughput Analysis Laboratory, NU |
| Suarez Atias, Cristian | Kovar, David R. | In vitro reconstitution of actin filament networks that drive cell motility | EM: Cryopreservation and Tomography, UChicago |
| Zheng, Guanqun | Pan, Tao | Development of high throughput methods for quantitative sequencing of transfer RNA | Genomics Core, UChicago |
UIC Postdoctoral Awardees:
| APPLICANT | ADVISOR/ PI | PROPOSAL TITLE | FACILITY |
| Calik, Michael | Carley, David W. | Co-localization of 5-HT3 and Cannabinoid Receptors on Rat Nodose Ganglion Cells | 1. Confocal Microscopy Facility, UIC
2. Research Histology and Tissue Imaging Core, UIC |
| Cook, Laura | Federle, Michael | RNASeq analysis of the transcriptome of streptococci colonizing the vaginal tract | Genomics Facility, UChicago |
| Grigera, Fernando | Kenter, Amy | Dissecting the role of Mbd4 in CSR with CRISPR/Cas9-genome engineering in a mouse | 1. Genome Editing Core, UIC
2. Transgenic Production Services, UIC |
| Tsang, Kit Man | Malik, Asrar B. | CRISPR-based screening to identify the genetic control of hypoxia in vascular differentiation | Genome Editing Core, UIC |