Postdoctoral Fellows

Carlos Balet Sindreu, Ph.D.
Storm Lab
Molecular basis of memory formation.

Jason Berndt, Ph.D.
Moon Lab
Nuclear protein interactions during Wnt/beta-catenin dependent transcription activation.

Dave Canton, Ph.D.
Scott Lab
Roles A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) play in the regulation of the mammalian cell cycle.

Jeremy Clark, Ph.D.
Phillips Lab
Differential encoding of reward prediction errors in ventral and dorsal striatal dopamine release during learning.

Preston Few, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Regulation of sodium channels and electrical excitability.

Ying Fu, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Regulation of cardiac L-type Calcium channel by beta-adrenergic receptors.

Matthew Fuller, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Calcium channel regulation.

Simon Hinke, Ph.D.
Scott Lab
The role of PKA anchoring proteins in metabolism and diabetes using in vivo genetic models.

Eric Horne, Ph.D.
Stella Lab
Molecular production of endocannabinoids

Richard James, Ph.D.
Moon Lab
Protein-protein interactions of intracellular mediators of non-canonical Wnt signaling.

Catherine Konopka, Ph.D.
Gardner Lab
Protein aggregation in the nucleus.

Zheng Liu, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Novel phosphorylation sites by mass spectroscopy

Venkat Magupalli, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Presynaptic calcium channels

Vicente Martinez, Ph.D.
Phillips Lab
Dopamine transmission during decision making in health and mental illness.

Chris Means, Ph.D.
Scott Lab
Characterization of a novel AKAP.

Jennifer Mhyre, Ph.D.
Hague Lab
Functional studies of G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs).

Evanthia Nanou, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Investigation of calcium channels and presynaptic plasticity.

Jose David Otero-Cruz, Ph.D.
Scott Lab
Research on the functional aspects of A-kinase anchoring proteins.

Enrico Patrucco, Ph.D.
Beavo Lab
Phosphodiesterase 8A (PDE8A) functions in cardiac physiology and functioning.

Catherine Pawson, Ph.D.
Scott Lab
AKAPs in synapse form and function

Jian Payandeh, Ph.D.
Catterall Lab
Structural and functional characterization of toxin interactions with voltage-gated ion channels

Timothy Petrie, Ph.D.
Moon Lab, HHMI fellow
Investigation of mechanisms of repair and role of inflammation in zebrafish limb and organ regeneration after injury.

Cindy Reiner, Ph.D.
Nathanson Lab
M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor regulation.

Stefan Sandberg, Ph.D.
Phillips Lab
Dopamine transmission in habit formation.

Elisenda Sanz Iglesias, Ph.D.
McKnight Lab
Neuronal regulation of feeding and energy expenditure and gonadotropin regulation of mRNA expression and translational control in Sertoli cells and male germ cells in mice.

Michelle Sexton, Ph.D.
Stella Lab
Quantification of elements of the endoCannabinoid signaling system in immune cells and serum of human patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

Haripriya Shankar, Ph.D.
Chavkin Lab
Regulation of the mu and kappa opioid receptors by tyrosine kinase cascades including those involving Jun-Kinase and characterizing the steps linking b-arrestin activation and subsequent p38 MAPK activation, and defining the p38 MAPK substrates involved in kappa opioid receptor signaling.

Sara Simonson, Ph.D.
Gardner Lab
Identification of cellular functions regulated by UBP10.

Cristi Stoick-Cooper, Ph.D.
Moon Lab
Distinct Wnt signaling pathways have opposing roles in appendage regeneration.

Matthew Wanat, Ph.D.
Phillips Lab
Actions of corticotropin releasing factor on the mesolimbic dopamine system.

Mike Weisenhaus, Ph.D.
McKnight Lab
A kinase anchoring proteins

Ingo Willuhn, Ph.D.
Phillips Lab
Phasic dopamine release during compulsive drug taking.

Yuping Wu, Ph.D.
Storm Lab
Research on olfaction: new pheromone receptor in OE and study AC3 signaling pathway in pheromone chip.

Weiman Xing, Ph.D.
Zheng Lab
Structural studies of plant novel blue light receptor.

Linghai Yang, Ph.D.
McKnight Lab
Mutations in PKA that affect body weight regulation and energy expenditure.

Peggy Yang, Ph.D.
Moon Lab
Wnt secretion and signaling.

Jia Yao, Ph.D.
Bajjalieh Lab
SV2 transport function and its role in synaptic transmission.

Ruimao Zheng, Ph.D.
McKnight Lab
The molecular mechanisms of PKA and related signal pathways of the brain related to obesity.

Eric Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Zheng Lab
Structural studies of deubiquitinases involved in transcription and mRNA export, and viral proteins that hijack cellular ubiquitin ligases.