ARY GOLDBERGER
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER

TEMPORAL BEHAVIORS AND PHYSIOLOGIC SYSTEMS, FRACTAL GEOMETRY, AND CHAOS THEORY

LAURIE GLIMCHER
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF XBP-1 AND THE UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE (UPR)

CHRISTOF KOCH
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

PURSUING CONSCIOUSNESS INTO THE MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE: A COMBINED COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND IMAGING APPROACH

MARK MERCOLA
THE BURNHAM INSTITUTE

PROGRAM IN 3-D HUMAN CELL BEHAVIOR

ERIC KANDEL, RICHARD AXEL, THOMAS JESSELL, LARRY ABBOTT 
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

TRANSFORMATION OF SENSORY-MOTOR REPRESENTATIONS BY STATE DEPENDENT MODULATION

JOSH HUANG
COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY

PLACTICITY OF GABAergic INHIBITORY CIRCUITS IN THE NEOCORTEX

DALIBOR SAMES
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

IMAGING FUNCTIONAL NETWORKS IN VIVI USING SMALL MOLECULAR PROBES

SCOTT EMMONS
ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC RECONSTRUCTION OF THE c ELEGANS MALE NEVOUS SYSTEM

DAVID PELLMAN
DANA-FARBER CANCER CENTER

STUDY OF CYTOKINESIS AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

MICHAEL LEVIN
TUFTS UNIVERSITY

MEMORY STORAGE IN CELLS OUTSIDE THE BRAIN

DAVID CORE & LISA GOODRICH
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

HIGH-THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS OF GENES ESSENTIAL FOR INNER EAR DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION USING LARGE SCALE SCREENING METHODS

MICHAEL GRUSBY
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

STAT IN PROTEINS IN IMMUNE RESPONSES

JAMES GUNTON
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY 

STATISTICAL PHYSICS OF CONDENSATION OF GLOBULAR PROTEINS 

THOMAS FRANKE
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

AKT ACTION IN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDER

FRED JONES
THE NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE

A MULTILEVEL APPROACH TO DETERMINE THE ROLE OF DOPAMINE IN REWARD-BASED LEARNING

THOMAS KELLY
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER INSTITUTE

THE DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN IN VITRO DNA REPLICATION SYSTEM DERIVED FROM HUMAN CELLS

JAMES MCNEW
RICE UNIVERSITY

CONTROLLING THE SPEED OF NEUROTRANSMISSION

CORI BARGMANN            
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY

THE EFFECT OF INTERNAL STATES OF BEHAVIOR

JAMES BERGER     
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

DEVELOPMENT OF RAPID, MICRO-SCALE TECHNOLOGIES FOR INCREASING THROUGHPUT IN PROTEIN EXPRESSION, PURIFICATION AND STRUCTURE DETERMINATION

CARLA SHATZ       
STANFORD UNIVERSITY

IMMUNE GENES: A MOLECULAR BRAKE FOR SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY

AJIT VARKI
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

SIALIC ACIDS: THE COMPARATIVE GLYCOBIOLOGY OF THE GREAT APE

JUAN CARLOS IZPISUA BELMONTE
THE SALK INSTITUTE

AN INTEGRATED EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELLING APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND EMBRYONIC FORM: THE VERTEBRATE HEART

JIAJUN CHEN
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

EMPLOYING GENOMIC AND GENETIC ASSAYS TO IDENTIFY SENSE-ANITSENSE GENES

MICHAEL MAHAN
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

EPIGENETIC CONTROL OF GENE EXPRSSION: DO BACTERIA HAVE A PROGRAMMED PLAN OF ATTACK?

CHARLES LITTLE
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

EARLY VERTEBRATE MORPHOGENESIS: HOW LARGE-SCALE TISSUE DESIGN RELATES TO CELLULAR-LEVEL AND BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSES AND FEEDBACK

JOSH WAND
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

THE STUDY OF DETERMINANTS OF AMYLOID STRUCTURE ANDHOW TO CONTROL THEM USING NMR SPECTROSCOPY OF ENCAPSULATED PROTEINS IN LOW VISCOSITY FLUIDS

STEVEN GOLDMAN          
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

AN ASTROCYTIC BASIS FOR HUMANITY

ANTONIA DAMASIO        
UNIVERISTY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

THE NEURAL BASIS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: IMPLICATIONS FOR NEUROBIOLOGY

MARIO CAPECCHI
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

TO DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY TO DETERMINE AND STUDY GENETIC FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAMMALIAN DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION

W. DAVIS PARKER, JR.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

MITOCHONDRIAL GENES: AN UNEXPLORED AXIS OF BIOLGICAL VARIABILITY

TIMOTHY HOLY
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

POPULATION CODES AND PLASTICITY IN THE ACCESSORY OLFACTORY SYSTEM

SUSAN LINDQUIST
WHITHEAD INSTITUTE

INVESTIGATING THE PRION FORMATION OF NEURONAL C P E B

TERRY ORR-WEAVER
WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE

GLIAL CELL FATE AND FUNCTION: THE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN DNA COPY NUMBER DURING DEVELOPMENT

STANLEY PRUSINER
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

DECIPHERING THE MOLECULAR LANGUAGE OF PRION STRAINS

PIETRO DE CAMILLI
YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF SYNAPTIC VESICLE BIOGENESIS

HAIFIN LIN
YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

THE ROLE OF THE MASTER GENE piwi IN CONTROLLING THE EPIGENETIC PROGRAMMING OF STEM CELLS

DEREK DENTON
SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   

RESEARCH IN BRAIN FUNCTION: INVESTIGATING INSTINCT AND PROMORDIAL EMOTIONS USING METHODS OF SYSTEM BIOLOGY

CLIFFORD B. SAPER
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER                                  

NEURAL NETWORK FOR WAKEFUL CONSCIOUSNESS

CHARLES J. WEITZ
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

PERIOD PROTEIN COMPLEXES OF THE MAMMALIAN CIRCADIAN CLOCK

FRED GAGE
SALK INSTITUTE

LINE RETROTRANSPOSITIONS AND NEURONAL DIVERSITY IN THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN

ROBERT S. EISENBERG
RUSH MEDICAL COOLEGE

CAPILLARY EVAPORATION AND BUBBLE GATING IN ION CHANNELS