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2004 - 2005 Visiting Scholar Directory
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Abad Rabat, Catalina
Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Research: Effects of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) as a Natural Anti-Inflammatory Modulator on Unconscious Mice
University of California--Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, c/o Dr. James A. Waschek
September 2004 - August 2005

Alcaide Alonso, Maria Pilar
Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Research: Molecular Mechanisms of Leukocyte Transmigration: Regulation and Incidence in Inflammatory Processes
Harvard University Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Francis W. Luscinskas
September 2004 - December 2005

Arregui, Carlos
Assistant Professor and Adjunct Researcher, Institute of Biotechnological Investigations, National University of San Martin (UNSAM), San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: The Role of Cadherins and Integrins in Neuronal Development
University of Iowa, Department of Biological Sciences, Iowa City, IA, c/o Dr. Jack Lilien
December 2004 - March 2005

Ashraf, Muhammad
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Research: Introgression of Novel Genetic Diversity for Stripe Rust Resistance in Wheat Through Genome Specific Microsatellite Markers
Washington State University--Pullman, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, Department of Plant Pathology, Pullman, WA, c/o Dr. Xianming Chen
August 2005 - March 2006

Bakke-McKellep, Anne Marie
Research Scientist, Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine, Oslo, Norway
Research: Assessing Strategies and Methods to Test the Safety of Genetically Modified Plant Products and Other Ingredients in Food and Feeds, Using Various Animal and In Vitro Models
University of California--Davis, Fish Nutrition and Feeding Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, Davis, CA, c/o Dr. Silas S.O. Hung
July 2004 - June 2005

Balazsne Lango, Zsuzsanna
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary
Research: The Influences of Solar Radiation on Freshwater Microbiota
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Chapel Hill, NC, c/o Dr. Robert Wetzel
August 2004 - February 2005

Barajas Velez, Miguel
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University Clinic, Cell Therapy Unit, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Research: Endocrine Pancreas Differentiation From Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells (MAPCs)
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Stem Cell Institute, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Dr. Catherine Verfaillie
October 2004 - September 2006

Barrantes, Francisco
Director and Professor, Institute of Biochemical Research of Bahia Blanca (INIBIBB), Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Research: Cellular Dynamics of Clathrin-Coated Pits and Acetylcholine-Receptor Cargo Vesicles in Mammalian Cells
Harvard University, School of Medicine, The Center for Biomedical Research, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Tom Kirchhausen
February 2005 - April 2005

Catap, Elena
Associate Scientist, Fish Health Section, Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC-AQD), Tigbauan, Philippines
Research: Biotechnological Methods of Viral Diagnosis in Cultured Fish Species
University of Hawaii--Manoa, Department of Microbiology, Honolulu, HI, c/o Dr. Philip C Loh
August 2004 - March 2005

Cortes Nunez, Jorge
Professor and Researcher, Marine Science and Limnology Research Center (CIMAR), University of Costa Rica, San Pedro, San Jose, Costa Rica
Research: Biodiversity of Marine Invertebrates in Costa Rica
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Washington, DC, c/o Dr. Stephen Cairns
May 2005 - July 2005

Dahari, Harel
Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Research: Modeling Intra-Cellular Hepatitis C Vital Dynamics
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, NM, c/o Dr. Alan S. Perelson
October 2004 - October 2005

Dedousis, Georgios
Lecturer, Department of Science in Dietetics-Nutrition, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Research: Mutation and Protein Analysis of PKD1/PKD2 Genes in an ADPKD Greek Family: An Autosomal Recessive Mode of Inheritance?
Harvard University, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Jing Zhou
July 2004 - September 2004

El Ezzi, Asmahan
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
Research: Prostate Cancer in Lebanon
University of California--Irvine, College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Epidemiology Division, Irvine, CA, c/o Dr. Hoda Anton-Culver
August 2004 - December 2005

Essa, Mohamed Ahmed
Lecturer, Faculty of Science, Botany Department, South Valley University, Sohag, Egypt
Research: Natural Products of Marine Fungi
University of California--San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, c/o Dr. William Fenical
March 2005 - September 2005

Fernandopulle, Neil
Senior Scientist, Genetech Molecular Diagnostics and School of Gene Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Research: A Molecular Anthropology Survey of the Sri Lankan Population
Stanford University, Department of Anthropological Sciences, Stanford, CA, c/o Dr. Joanne Mountain
September 2004 - May 2005

Flahaut, Sigrid
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomaterials and Biotechnologies, University of the Opal Coast, Dunkerque, France
Research: Capsular Polysaccharides Purification and Capsule Negative Mutant Construction in Staphyloccus Haemolyticus
Harvard University, Medical School, Department of Medicine-Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Jean C. Lee
November 2004 - May 2005

Hasson, Esteban
Associate Professor and Secretary of Academic Affairs, College of Sciences, Department of Ecology, Genetics and Evolution, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: Isolation of Microsatellite Markers in the Desert Adapted Cactophilic Species Drosophila Buzzatii and Its Sibling D. Koepferae for the Study of the Genetic Basis of Morphological and Physiological Interspecific Divergence
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge, Department of Biological Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, c/o Prof. Mohamed Noor
October 2004 - January 2005

Hosea, Kennedy
Lecturer, Department of Botany, Applied Microbiology Unit, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Lecturing: Molecular Biology
Hamline University, College of Liberal Arts, Biology Department, St. Paul, MN, c/o Dr. Cynthia Bauerle
August 2004 - December 2004
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Hulbert, Anthony
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Research: Aging and Obesity: A Role for Membrane Fatty Acids?
Columbia University, New York Obesity Research Center, Department of Biology, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Steven B. Heymsfield M.D.
January 2005 - June 2005

Ibrahimi, Ibrahim
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Research: In Vitro Reconstitution of Caspase-1 Activation System and Identification of Upstream Regulators of the Caspase-1 Inflammasome
Thomas Jefferson University, Kimmel Cancer Center, Center for Apoptosis Research, Philadelphia, PA, c/o Dr. Emad Alnemri
September 2004 - May 2005

Jacobsen, Monica
Senior Researcher, Center for Research in Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Virology, National Institute of Farming Technology, Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: Identification of Promoters to Drive High-Level Expression of Exogenous Genes in Babesia Bovis Merozoites
Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Health Research Center, Pullman, WA, c/o Dr. Terry McElwain
December 2004 - March 2005

Kornijow, Ryszard
Professor, Department of Hydrobiology and Ichthyobiology, Agricultural University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
Research: Vallisneria-Mediated Interactions Between Fish and Their Prey in the Hudson River and the Potential Consequences for Water Quality
Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, c/o Dr. David L. Strayer
May 2005 - October 2005

Mendoza Ramirez, Eduardo
Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Laboratory of Plant and Animal Interactions, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Research: Factors Underlying Spatial and Temporal Variation in Population Dynamics of Rain Forest Herbs and the Consequences for Understanding the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances
University of Miami, Department of Biology, Coral Gables, FL, c/o Prof. Carol Horvitz
September 2004 - June 2005

Meyer, Debra
Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa
Research: Immunological Evaluation of HIV Vaccine Candidates
Harvard University, Division of Pathogenesis, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Norman L. Letvin
July 2004 - January 2005

Moraleda Munoz, Aurelio
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Microbiology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Research: Lipid Signal in "Myxococcus xanthus" Biofilms
University of Georgia, Department of Microbiology, Athens, GA, c/o Dr. Lawrence J. Shimkets
April 2005 - April 2007

Pujolar Castanyer, Jose Martin
Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Research: Evolutionary Genetics of Pacific and Atlantic Sea Urchin Species, Using a Combination of Neutral and Selected Nuclear Gene Sequencing
University of California--Santa Cruz, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Santa Cruz, CA, c/o Dr. Grant Pogson
July 2005 - July 2007

Sharaf-Eldin, Mahmoud
Researcher, Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Research: Scale-Up of Artemisinin Production in Hairy Roots Grown in a Mist Bioreactor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester, MA, c/o Dr. Pamela Weathers
May 2005 - January 2006

Sixma, Titia
Head, Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lecturing and Research: The Role of Ubiquitin Chain Processing Proteins in the SCF Ubiquitin Ligase Function
Stanford University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Palo Alto, CA, c/o Dr. Peter K. Jackson
September 2004 - June 2005

Soler Botija, Carolina
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hospital of the Holy Cross and St. Paul, Department of Cardiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Identification of Genes Involved in Stem Cell Transdifferentiation Into Cardiomyocytes
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Gene Expression Laboratory, San Diego, CA, c/o Dr. Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte
May 2005 - April 2007

Spahr, Carl
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
Research: Structural Studies of the RNA Polymerase II Transcription Machinery: Mechanism of Start Site Selection
Stanford University, School of Medicine, Department of Structural Biology, Palo Alto, CA, c/o Dr. Roger D. Kornberg
September 2004 - August 2005

Staszkiewicz, Jaroslaw
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Animal Physiology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
Research: The Agouti Related Protein in the Mouse Testis
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Energy Balance Genomics, Baton Rouge, LA, c/o Dr. George Argyropoulos
January 2005 - June 2005

Stefanovska, Tetiana
Associate Professor, Faculty of Plant Protection, National Agricultural University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Research: Exploring Possibilities for the Use of Entomopathogenic Nematodesin IPM and Its Prospective for Agricultural Biodiversity Preservation and Sustainable Use
University of California--Davis, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Department of Nematology, Davis, CA, c/o Dr. Harry K. Kaya
October 2004 - July 2005

Sulaj, Kapllan
Head, Department of Toxicology and Food Control, Institute of Veterinary Research Bilal Golemi, Tirana, Albania
Research: Phenotypic and Genotypic Differentiation of Campylobacter spp Isolated From Food Samples and Ill Patients With Guillain Barre Syndrome
Iowa State University, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Ames, IA, c/o Dr. Qijing Zhang
September 2004 - February 2005

Suryanarayanan, Trichur
Reader, Department of Botany, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai, India
Lecturing and Research: Fungal Endophytes From Arizona Desert Plants
Arizona State University, Department of Biology, Tempe, AZ, c/o Dr. Stanley Faeth
May 2004 - July 2004

Tomas Nash, Fiona
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Evaluation of the Role of Herbivory and Other Environmental Factors in the Organization of Marine Benthic Communities
University of California--San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, c/o Prof. Enric Sala
April 2005 - March 2006

Touzet, Pascal
Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Plant Population, Genetics and Evolution, University of Human Sciences, Letters and Arts--Charles De Gaulle (Lille III), Villeneuve d'Aseg, France
Research: Evolutionary Dynamics of Gynodioecy and Mitochondrial Nucleotide Diversity in Silene
Indiana University--Bloomington, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN, c/o Dr. Lynda Delph
March 2005 - August 2005

Vazquez Moreno, Luz
Director, Division of Food Science, Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD), Hermosillo, Mexico
Research: Sequencing and Expression of Palo Fierro Lectin 2, a Protein Toxic to the Bruchid Zabrotes Subfasciatus
University of Arizona, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Tucson, AZ, c/o Dr. Joy Winzerling
August 2004 - July 2005

Yapi, Ahoua
Assistant Lecturer, Laboratory of Zoology and Animal Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Cocody--Abidjan, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Research: Biological and Chemical Assessment of a Traditional Remedy for Goiters
Howard University, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington, DC, c/o Dr. Govind Kapadia
September 2004 - July 2005

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