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Acquistapace, Patrizia
Apprentice, Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Research: Behavioral Responses to Predator and Food Stimuli by the Crayfish-Orconectes Virilis (Crustacea, Decapoda, Cambaridae)
Department of Biology, Ann Arbor, MI, Duke University, Nicholas School for the Environment, Marine Laboratory, Durham, NC, c/o Dr. Dan Rittschof
January 2001 - October 2001

Al-Ghais, Saif
Secretary General, Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Research: Development of Environmental Science and Coral Reef Conservation in the Arabian Region
Huxley College of Environmental Studies, Bellingham, WA, January 2001 - August 2001

Al-Layl, Khaled
Chair, Department of Biology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Research: The Effect of Biotoxins From Red Tide
Department of Biological Sciences, Dayton, OH, October 2000 - May 2001

Ashenafi, Mogessie
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology Unit, Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Research: Molecular Characterization of Bacteriocins Produced by Lactobacillus spp. Isolated From Indigenous Fermented Foods
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Ames, IA, September 2000 - September 2001

Babiak, Igor
Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Biochemistry, Olsztyn University of Agriculture and Technology, Olsztyn, Poland
Research: Genomic Information Transfer in Aquaculture Fish Species by Transplanting Embryonic Cells
School of Natural Resources, Columbus, OH, September 2000 - June 2001

Badr, Abdel Fattah
Professor and Head, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Research: Molecular Search for the Ancestors and Domestication History of the Egyptian Clover (Trifolium Alexandrium)
Miami University, Department of Botany, Oxford, OH, c/o Dr. Linda Watson
February 2001 - November 2001

Barron, Andrew
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW, United Kingdom
Research: Biogenic Amines and Honey Bee Behavior
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Entomology, Champaign, IL, c/o Dr. Gene Robinson
Dates to be determined.

Bou Arevalo, German
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biological Sciences, Autonoma University, Madrid, Spain
Research: Interaction of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins with the Signal Transduction Pathways in Immune System Cells
Laboratory of Viral Immunology, Department of Immunology, Rochester, MN, July 2000 - July 2001

Braam, Lavienja
Postdoctoral Student, Department of Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
Research: The Effects of Vitamin K Supplements on Bone and Vascular Development
Tufts University, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Vitamin K Laboratory, Medford, MA, c/o Dr. Sarah L. Booth
July 2000 - October 2000

Brogren, Carl-Henrik
Senior Research Biochemist, Division of Microbiological Safety, Institute of Food Safety and Toxicology, Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Soborg, Denmark
Research: Innovative Mutation Analysis: Lessons From Cancer Biology
La Jolla, CA, June 2001 - December 2001

Bujdakova, Helena
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Lecturing and Research: The Role of FHP1 in Candidiasis
Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Columbus, OH, August 2000 - December 2000

Campos, Eleonora
Research Fellow, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Agronomy and Technology, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: B. Abortus Gene Products in Development of a Vaccine Against Bovine Brucellosis
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Greenville, NC, August 2001 - November 2001

Cruciani, Fulvio
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
Research: Analysis of Y Chromosome Polymorphisms in African Populations
School of Medicine, Department of Genetics, Stanford, CA, October 2000 - January 2001

Eriksson, Carl
Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden
Research: Beyond Population Ecology: Extending the Human Dimension into Swedish Wildlife Management
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Department of Rural Sociology, Madison, WI, Dates to be determined.

Forrest, Lucy
Department of Biochemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Research: Olfactory Receptors: Simulation Studies on the Discrimination of Odorants
School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Baltimore, MD, October 2000 - October 2001

Gisbert, Enric
Researcher, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Development and Management of a Shortnose Sturgeon "Acipenser Brevirostrum" Broodstock
Department of Animal Science, Davis, CA, January 2001 - January 2002

Ibanez de Sans, Maria Elena
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Sustaining Rare Domestic Breeds' Germplasm Through Nuclear Transfer and Assisted Reproduction Technologies
School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Medford, MA, August 2000 - August 2002

Ibarra de Siri, Silvia
Senior Researcher, Department of Ecology, Scientific Research Center and Higher Education of Ensenada, Enseneda, Baja California, Mexico
Research: Effect of Changes in Light Nutrient Levels and Herbivory on Turtlegrass Biomass and Production
Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, Dauphin Island, AL, April 2001 - December 2001

Jimenez, Jose
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Analysis of Gene Expression in Type 2 Diabetes: An Oligonucleotide Array Approach
Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Cambridge, MA, March 2001 - February 2002

Kaya, Zeki
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Research: Genetic Characterization of Ancient Conifer Wood Specimens
Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, Syracuse, NY, October 2000 - April 2001

Koh, Chong-Lek
Professor, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Research: Characterization of the Regulation of B-Lactamase Genes in Alg+ and Alg- "Pseudomonas Aeruginosa" Strains
Department of Biological Sciences, Miami, FL, August 2000 - July 2001

Koning, Frits
Senior Investigator, Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Research: The Role of NK T Cells in the Development of Celiac Disease
Division of Developmental Immunology, San Diego, CA, August 2000 - July 2001

Lloret Romero, F. Javier
Research Associate, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Research: Synthesis, Regulation, and Role of the Exopolysaccharides in the Infection Process and Module Development
Department of Biology, 68-633, Cambridge, MA, October 2000 - September 2002

Ludlow, Anna
Doctoral Candidate, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Research: Regulation of TGF-BETA Activation in Vivo
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA, February 2001 - February 2002

Lushnikova, Tamara
Senior Scientist, Molecular and Cell Biology Institute, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Research: Phylogenetic Approach for Identification of the Candidate Genes in Human Chromosomal Region 9p22-p23
Department of Biological Sciences, Huntington, WV, August 2000 - March 2001

Maroti, Peter
Head, Department of Biophysics, Josef Attila University, Szeged, Hungary
Research: Role of Protons in Energy Converting Proteins
School of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Urbana, IL, January 2001 - June 2001

Mensah, Merlin
Senior Lecturer, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Research: Regulating Quality Standards for Botanicals-Medicines and Food Supplements
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology, West Lafayette, IN, February 2001 - July 2001

Merican, Amir
Lecturer, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Research: Bioinformatics Analysis of Bacterial Genome: Predicting Gene Function and Genome Evolution
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cambridge, MA, September 2000 - January 2001

Merilaita, Sami
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Research: Evolution of Cryptic Animal Coloration
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, June 2000 - June 2001

Montoro, Rafael
Lecturer, Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
Research: Role of Electrical Synapses in the Development of Neuronal Circuits
Department of Biological Sciences, New York, NY, June 2000 - June 2001

Moya Larano, Jorge
Researcher, Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology, and Ecology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Behavioral Mechanisms in Extreme Interference Competition
College of Agriculture, Department of Entomology, Lexington, KY, July 2000 - June 2002

Munoz de Toro, Monica
Professor, Faculty of Biochemistry and Biological Sciences, National University of the Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
Research: The Effect of In-Utero Exposure to Low Environmentally-Relevant Doses of Xenoestrogen on Mammary Gland Development and Growth
School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Boston, MA, June 2001 - September 2001

Ogilvie-Graham, Thomas
Senior Veterinary Staff Officer, Army Veterinary and Remount Services, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Research: GM Animal Feed Manufacture and User Reaction in the United States
College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, Dates to be determined.

Papadopoulos, George
Professor, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Epirus, Arta, Greece
Research: Investigation of HLA-DQ Binding Properties to Antoantigens of Type 1 Diabetes
Robert H. Williams Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Seattle, WA, July 2000 - September 2000

Pedraza Reyes, Mario
Professor, Experimental Biology Research Institute, School of Chemistry, Unniversity of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Research: Role of the Mismatch Repair System in the Adaptive Mutation Process of "Bacillus Subtilis"
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Richardson, TX, January 2001 - October 2001

Perez, Marcos
Researcher, Department of Evolutionary Genetics, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Research: The Phylogenetic Relationship Among Freshwater Aeglidae
Department of Zoology, Provo, UT, September 2000 - September 2001

Perez, Miriam
Researcher, Department of Fish Food Technology, Cold Institute, Higher Council for Scientific Research, Madrid, Spain
Research: Fortification of Surimi Products with Essential Fatty Acids and Fat Soluble Vitamins
Department of Food Science, Raleigh, NC, Department of Food Science, Raleigh, NC,

Radwan, Jacek
Assistant Professor, Department of Zoopsychology and Animal Ethology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Research: Experimental Test for Association Between Phenotypic Quality and Mutational Load
University of New Mexico--Albuquerque, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, NM, c/o Dr. Paul J. Watson
September 2000 - June 2001

Rudolph, Maria
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile
Lecturing: Cyclooxygenases Gene Expression in Mammary Carcinomas
Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Columbus, OH, October 2000 - January 2001

Santamaria, Inigo
Researcher, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Research: Signal Transduction Pathways Analysis Implicated in In Vivo Processes of Tumor Intravasation and Invasion
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, New York, NY, July 2000 - June 2001

Santos, Carlos
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Business Administration, School of Experimental Sciences, Pablo de Olavide University, Sevilla, Spain
Research: The Effects of the CLK-1 Geneon Levels and Intracellular Distribution of Coenzyme Q
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Los Angeles, CA,

Settembrini, Beatriz
Associate Director, Argentina Museum of Natural History, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: Gene Expression of Transmitter Molecules in the Olfactory Pathway of Disease Vector Insects
Arizona Research Laboratories, Division of Neurobiology, Tucson, AZ, Arizona Research Laboratories, Division of Neurobiology, Tempe, AZ, January 2001 - April 2001

Vilcek, Stefan
Principal Scientific Worker, Department of Infectology and Tropical Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine, Kosice, Slovak Republic
Research: Genetic Diversity and Analysis of BVDV2 Strains
Agricultural Research Service, Midwest Area, Ames, IA, September 2000 - December 2000

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