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Agudo Cantero, Judith Researcher, Center of Animal Biotechnology and Gene Therapy, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Research: Study of the Role of Endocannabinoids in the Development of the Hepatic Insulin Resistance During Excessive Caloric Intake Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Genomic Science, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Brian Brown March 2010 - March 2011 |
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Al Jabr, Ahmed Associate Professor, Agriculture and Food Sciences College, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia Research: In Vitro Insect Cell Culture Protocol for Pest Control and Molecular Biology Studies U.S. Department of Agriculture, Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, c/o Dr. Dawn Gundersen-Rindal October 2009 - July 2010 |
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Alayied, Hassan Deputy Director, Natural Resources and Environment Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Research: Evaluation of the Neem Extract: Azadirachtin in Terms of Insect Repellency, Persistency and Efficacy University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL, c/o Dr. John L. Capinera August 2009 - August 2010 |
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Aliyeva, Saida Research Assistant, Water Microbiology Department, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan Research: Creation of Safe Microbial Bio-Preparation for Cleaning of Caspian Sea Oil Pollution Washington State University--Pullman, Chemical Engineering Department, Pullman, WA, c/o Dr. James N. Petersen September 2009 - February 2010 |
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Amarakoon, Icolyn Research Fellow, Biotechnology Centre, University of the West Indies--Mona, Kingston, Jamaica Research: Genotypic Testing of Antiretroviral Drug Resistance of HIV/AIDS in Jamaican Patients University of Maryland--Baltimore, Institue of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, c/o Dr. Jean Carr June 2010 - August 2010 |
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Andreo, Veronica Doctoral Candidate, National University of Rio Cuarto, Rio Cuarto, Argentina Research: Estimating Oligoryzomys Longicaudatus' Distribution and Potential Hantavirus Risk for the Northwestern of Chubut, Argentina Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Department, Baltimore, MD, c/o Dr. Gregory Glass October 2009 - December 2009 |
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Andrew, Jonathan Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria Research: Development of DNA Vaccine Encoding the Transsialidase Gene Against Trypanosomiasis Yale University, Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, New Haven, CT, c/o Dr. Elisabetta Ullu February 2010 - August 2010 |
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Balog, Adalbert Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Technical Science, Sapientia University, Targu-Mures, Romania Research: Ecological Speciation Influenced by Shared Predators Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Science, New Haven, CT, c/o Prof. Oswald Joseph Schmitz April 2010 - September 2010 |
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Bertin, Samuel Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Nice, Nice, France Research: Role of Toll-Like Receptors Induced Autophagy in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Gastrointestinal Cancers Initiation University of California--San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, c/o Dr. Eyal Raz September 2009 - June 2010 |
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Breccia, Javier Researcher, Department of Chemistry, National University of La Pampa, Santa Rosa, Argentina Research: Engineering Enzymes Involved in Foods Biotransformations University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Bio-Technology Institute, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Dr. Antony Dean February 2010 - May 2010 |
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Brown, Paul Senior Lecturer, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies--Mona, Kingston, Jamaica Research: recA- and relA- Gene Regulation in Pathogenic Leptospira Species University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, MN, c/o Dr. Randall Singer June 2010 - September 2010 |
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Cabanillas, Ana Assistant Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, National University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina Research: CCN6-Mediated Regulation of ZEB1 During Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, Breast Pathology Program and Fellowship, Ann Arbor, MI, c/o Dr. Celina G. Kleer August 2009 - November 2009 |
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Cuozzo, Sergio Researcher, National Council for Science and Technology--Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina Research: Molecular Studies of the Degradation of Organo-Chloride Pesticides in Actinomycetes University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, MD, c/o Dr. Russell T. Hill October 2009 - December 2009 |
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Danilova, Svetlana Researcher, Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated, Moscow, Russia Research: Production and Analysis of Transplastomic Tobacco Plants Expressing the Mature Surfactant Protein C Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick, Waksman Institute, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, New Brunswick, NJ, c/o Prof. Pal Maliga September 2009 - June 2010 |
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Di Bitetti, Mario Adjunct Researcher, Ecological Research Laboratory of the Yungas, National University of Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina Research: Effect of Different Land Uses and Intraguild Interactions on the Diversity and Structure of the Mammal Assemblages of Northern Argentina University of Florida, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Program for Studies in Tropical Conservation, Gainesville, FL, c/o Dr. Lyn Branch September 2009 - November 2009 |
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Duarte Borges, Rita Researcher, Center of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal Research: Connectivity in Temperate Fish Populations and Advances in Fish Larvae Identification University of California--Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, c/o Dr. Jennifer Caselle August 2009 - August 2010 |
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El Karoui, Meriem Research Scientist, Lactic Acid Bacteria and Opportunist Unit, National Institute for Agronomy Research, Jouy-en-Josas, France Research: DNA Repair in Single Escherichia Coli Cells Harvard University, Department of Systems Biology, Boston, MA, c/o Prof. Johan Paulsson July 2009 - July 2010 |
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El-Naggar, Atif Lecturer, College for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Research: Medical and Industrial Importance of Sea Urchins of the Red Sea Brigham Young University, Department of Integrative Zoology, Provo, UT, c/o Dr. Richard Heckmann September 2009 - June 2010 |
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Fuentes, Federico Doctoral Candidate, Biotechnology Research Institute, National University of San Martin, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina Research: Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase PTP1B in Hippocampal Synaptogenesis University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, c/o Dr. Kendra K. Bence August 2009 - January 2010 |
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Garcia, Cybele Assistant Researcher, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina Research: Junin Arenavirus Infection Impact on Host Genes Expression: Characterization of Junin Virus Infection Microarray Profile University of Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, Worchester, MA, c/o Dr. Irene Bosch September 2009 - December 2009 |
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Gerits, Annelies Ph.D. Student, Lab of Neuro and Psychophysiology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Research: Combined PET-fMRI Study of Non Human Primates and/or Human Subjects to Link fMRI Activity Directly With Neuronal Activity Massachusetts General Hospital, Radiology Department, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Bruce R. Rosen June 2010 - June 2011 |
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Ghazal, Hassan Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Polyydisciplinary Faculty of Nador, University Mohammed Premier, Oujda, Morocco Research: Comparative Analysis of Gene Families Using Protein Clusters From Plant Genomes National Center for Biotechnology Information, Bethesda, MD, c/o Dr. Tatiana Tatusova July 2009 - November 2009 |
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Gonzalez, Ana Associate Research Scientist, National University of the North-East, Corrientes, Argentina Research: The Evolutionary Reduction of the Bodies of Lophophytum and Helosis (Balanophoraceae) University of Texas--Austin, Integrative Biology, Austin, TX, c/o Prof. Jim Mauseth October 2009 - December 2009 |
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Hayes, Vanessa Group Leader, Cancer Genetics, Children�s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research, Randwick, Australia Research: Using Next Generation Sequencing to Determine DNA Variation Relevant to Prostate Cancer Pennsylvania State University--University Park, Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, University Park, PA, c/o Dr. Ross Hardison August 2009 - December 2009 |
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Herrera Seitz, Maria Associate Research Scientist, National University of Mar Del Plata, Mar Del Plata, Argentina Research: Functional Analysis of the Putative Alkane Chemoreceptor AlkN University of California--Davis, Department of Microbiology, Davis, CA, c/o Prof. Rebecca Parales September 2009 - December 2009 |
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Hrckova, Kristyna Doctoral Student, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic Research: Green Algae of the Soils of the Atacama Desert in Chile John Carroll University, Department of Biology, Cleveland, OH, c/o Dr. Jeffrey R. Johansen September 2009 - December 2009 |
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Hvoslef-Eide, Anne Kathrine Prorector for Studies and Associate Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway Research: Elucidation on the Abscission Event Using the Inducible Poinsettia System University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Department of Horticultural Science, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Prof. Jerry D. Cohen September 2009 - August 2010 |
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Janda, Milan Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology Center, Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic Research: Exploring Biodiversity of Rainforest Ants: Evolutionary and Ecological Approach Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA, c/o Prof. Naomi E. Pierce November 2009 - August 2010 |
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Jordan, Philip Postdoctoral Researcher, MRC Genome Damagae and Stability Center, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom Research: Human Fertility- Bridging the Gap Between Model Organisms The Jackson Laboratory, Reproductive Biology Department, Bar Harbor, ME, c/o Dr. Mary Ann Handel April 2010 - March 2011 |
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Kaczmarek, Monika Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanisms of Hormone Action, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Research: Effects of Malnutrition During the Critical Stages of Early Development on Reproductive Performance Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge, Genomics Core, Molecular Genetics and Thermogenesis, Baton Rouge, LA, c/o Dr. Leslie P. Kozak October 2009 - April 2010 |
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Kone, Mongomake Teaching Assistant, Department of Natural Sciences, Laboratory of Biology and Plant Breeding, University of Abobo-Adjame, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire Lecturing and Research: Silencing of Two Cassava Geminiviruses Using a Single Inverted Repeat Construct Delaware State University, Department of Biotechnology, Dover, DE, c/o Dr. Vincent Fondong December 2009 - August 2010 |
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Kovacs, Gabor Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary Research: A Hidden World: Truffles and Other Hypogeous Fungi of Semiarid Areas Oregon State University, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Corvallis, OR, c/o Dr. Joseph W. Spatafora January 2010 - April 2010 |
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Kozeretska, Iryna Associate Professor, Department of General and Molecular Genetics, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine Research: The Effects of Chernobyl Radiation on Jumping Genes in the Fruit Fly University of South Carolina--Columbia, Biological Sciences, Columbia, SC, c/o Dr. Timothy Mousseau May 2010 - August 2010 |
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Mahmoud, Kamel Associate Professor, Department of Animal Production, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan Research: Early Post-Hatch Broiler Nutrition: Diet Composition and Parent Stock Age Impact on Gastrointestinal Tract Development and Growth Parameters North Carolina State University, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Poultry Science, Raleigh, NC, c/o Dr. Frank W. Edens September 2009 - May 2010 |
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Marikar, Faiz Mohideen Mohamed Thassim Senior Lecturer, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka Research: Phylogenetic Studies of Sri Lankan Birds Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Baltimore, MD, c/o Prof. Elizabeth Chen November 2009 - June 2010 |
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McLaughlin, Pamela Lecturer, University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica Research: Analysis of the Transcriptome of Piper Amalago Var. Nigrinodum, An Endemic Jamaican Medicinal Plant Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences, Miami, FL, c/o Prof. Eric von Wettberg May 2010 - July 2010 |
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Mezaka, Anna Scientific Assistant, Department of Botany and Ecology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Research: Epiphytic Bryophyte and Lichen Community Ecology in Temperate Forest Ecosystems Oregon State University, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Corvallis, OR, c/o Dr. Bruce McCune November 2009 - July 2010 |
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Miquet, Johanna Researcher, Department of Biochemistry, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina Research: Evaluation of Signaling Mediators Involved in the Development of Liver Tumors in Transgenic Mice Over-Expressing Growth Hormone Southern Illinois University--School of Medicine, School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, c/o Dr. Andrzej Bartke November 2009 - February 2010 |
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Nasyrov, Muhtor Vice Rector, Department of Plant Physiology and Microbiology, Samarkand State University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Research: New Techniques for Precise, Realistic Evaluation of Water Stress and Drought Effects in Crop Plants U.S. Department of Agriculture, Plant Science Institute, Crop Systems and Global Change Lab, Beltsville, MD, c/o Dr. James Bunce September 2009 - July 2010 |
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Ozsoy, Ergi Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Research: Functional and Evolutinoary Genomics of Insect Host Plant Shifts University of California--San Diego, Department of Biology, La Jolla, CA, c/o Dr. Therese Markow January 2010 - August 2010 |
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Pecl, Gretta Senior Research Fellow, Tasmanian Aquaculture & Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Research: Ecological Modeling in a Changing World: Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Recruitment and Sustainability of Marine Resources University of Alaska--Fairbanks, School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK, c/o Dr. Gordon Kruse May 2010 - August 2010 |
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Pedrini, Nicolas Researcher, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, La Plata, Argentina Research: Biochemical Pathways for Insect Hydrocarbon Degradation in Entomopathogenic Fungi University of Florida, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Gainesville, FL, c/o Dr. Nemat Keyhani October 2009 - January 2010 |
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Peichoto, Maria Assistant Researcher and Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of the Northeast, Corrientes, Argentina Research: Comparative Analysis of the Venom Proteomes of the Colubrid Snakes Philodryas Baroni, Philodryas Patagoniensis, Hypsiglena Torquata and Trimorphodon Biscutatus, and Evaluation of Antitumor Effects of Their Components University of Northern Colorado, School of Biological Sciences, Greeley, CO, c/o Dr. Stephen P. Mackessy October 2009 - January 2010 |
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Pleijel, Fredrik Researcher, Department of Marine Ecology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Research: Preparation of the Book "Polychaetes", Second Revised Edition Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Marine Biology Research Division, La Jolla, CA, c/o Dr. Greg Rouse January 2010 - December 2010 |
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Radin, Dragoslava Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Research: Enhanced Detection of Noroviruses From Food Samples: Use of Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction University of Tennessee--Knoxville, Institute of Agriculture, Department of Food Science and Technology, Knoxville, TN, c/o Dr. Doris D'Souza October 2009 - March 2010 |
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Rognli, Odd Arne Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway Research: Genetic Variation in Grass Cell Wall Genes and Influence on Forage Digestibility and Biofuel Conversion University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Department of Plant Biology, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Prof. Kathryn A. VandenBosch September 2009 - August 2010 |
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Roome, Talat Senior Research Fellow, H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, Pharmacology Section, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan Research: Regulatory Role of iPLA2B on Monocyte Chemotacfic Protein-1 Mediated Monocytes Chemotaxis: A Potential Target for Anti-Inflammatory Strategy Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland, OH, c/o Dr. Martha K. Cathcart December 2009 - November 2010 |
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Rotllan Vila, Noemi Postdoctoral Researcher, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain Research: The Dependence on Reverse Cholesterol/Lipid Transport (RCT) for HDL-Mediated Effects on Plaque CD68+ Cells During Regression New York University, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Edward A. Fisher May 2010 - April 2011 |
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Sharma, Subodh Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal Research: Macroinvertebrates as Indicators of Climate Change Towson University, Department of Biological Sciences, Towson, MD, c/o Dr. Susan Gresens September 2009 - March 2010 |
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Shefer (Hasenshprung), Kinneret Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Research: The Role of miRNAs in Alternative Splicing Regulation University of California--Santa Cruz, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Santa Cruz, CA, c/o Prof. Manual Ares August 2009 - July 2010 |
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Slimane, Saida Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Tunis Carthage University, Tunis, Tunisia Research: Improved and Sustainable: Citrus Pest Management in Tunisia University of California--Riverside, Kearney Agricultural Center, Indcove Research and Extension Center, Riverside, CA, c/o Dr. Beth Grafton Cardwell November 2009 - September 2010 |
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Slomczynska, Maria Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Research: Oxidative Stress Response and Androgen Receptor Dynamics University of Texas--Health Science Center at San Antonio, Institute of Biotechnology, Office of Grants Management, San Antonio, TX, c/o January 2010 - May 2010 |
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Steigedal, Magnus Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway Research: Survival of Mycobacterium Inside Macrophages: Identification of New Therapeutic Targets Harvard University, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Eric J. Rubin January 2010 - December 2010 |
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Sueur, Cedric Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology, Physiology and Ethology, Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg I), Strasbourg, France Research: Influence of Social Networks on Group Decision-Making and Group Cohesion: A Modeling Approach Coupled to a Field Study Princeton University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton, NJ, c/o Dr. Iain Couzin October 2009 - March 2010 |
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Taymans, Jean-Marc Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Neurobiology and Gene Therapy, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Research: Elucidation of the Working Mechanism of the Catalytic Core Region of Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase Type 2, a Parkinson's Disease Linked Gene National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Cell Biology and Gene Expression Unit, Bethesda, MD, c/o Dr. Mark Cookson July 2009 - November 2009 |
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Vascotto, Carlo Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, University of Udine, Udine, Italy Research: Regulation of AP Endonuclease in Cancer Cells Indiana University-Purdue University--Indianapolis, Department of Pediatrics, Indianapolis, IN, c/o Dr. Mark R. Kelley January 2010 - July 2010 |
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Venkataramegowda, Sivaram Reader, Department of Botany, Division of Apiculture and Biodiversity, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India Research: Deployment of Trained Honeybees to Detect Explosives and Harmful Agents in the Environment University of Montana--Missoula, Division of Biological Sciences, Missoula, MT, c/o Prof. Jerry J. Bromenshenk May 2010 - December 2010 |
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Yakandawala, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Senior Lecturer, Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka Research: Application of Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism in Plant Systematics Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Section of Botany, Pittsburgh, PA, c/o Prof. Cynthia Morton January 2010 - May 2010 |
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