Top, from left: Dr. Brian Turner; Peter Jordan; Barry Kappel; and Jennifer Giordano. Bottom, from left: Esin Kutluay; Simne Ng; Alicia Reid; Elizabeth Romero. (Juliana Xu not shown.)
Within the past two years, eight students of Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences have been awarded external fellowships from various national and international programs for their research work. The students applied for the fellowships in collaboration with their individual departments and the Graduate School's Fellowships and Outreach Office, which is directed by Dr. Brian Turner.
In addition, first-year student Peter Jordan is the second Weill Graduate School student to receive the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Predoctoral Fellowship in Biological Sciences. (Barry Kappel, now a second-year student at the Graduate School, was the first.) The Howard Hughes Fellowship program "promotes excellence in biomedical research by helping prospective researchers with exceptional promise obtain a high-quality graduate education."
Following are the names of the eight award recipients, their respective departments, topics and information on the duration of the fellowships.
Alicia Reid (second-year student)
Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Molecular Medicine
"Effects of Angiotensin Receptor (AT1R) Stimulation in a Cultured Cell Model of Sympathetic Nerves"
NIH Minority Marc Predoctoral Fellowship (5 years)
Barry Kappel (second-year student)
Department of Pharmacology
"Clonal Deletion of T-Cells Responsible for GVHD."
Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Predoctoral Fellowship in Biological Sciences (5 years)
Jennifer Giordano (fourth-year student)
Department of Molecular Biology
"Characterization of the Human Origin Recognition Complex"
NSERC Predoctoral Fellowship, Canada (2 years)
Elizabeth Romero (fourth-year student)
Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Molecular Medicine
"The Role of Id-Regulated Transcription Factor Complexes in Tumor Angiogenesis and Development"
NIH Minority Predoctoral Fellowship (3 years)
Esin Kutluay (fourth-year student)
Department of Biochemistry
"Quaternary Ammonium (QA) Block of KcsA Potassium Channel"
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Fellowship, Germany (3 years)
Juliana Xu (fourth-year student)
Department of Pharmacology
"Functional Studies of Rex-1 Using F9 Murine Teratocarcinoma Cells as a Model System"
Department of Army Predoctoral Fellowship (3 years)
Simne Ng (fourth-year student)
Department of Pharmacology
"The Effects of Dietary Fatty Acids on Retinoid Signaling in Human Mammary Epithelial Cells and Human Breast Cancer Cells"
Department of Defense Predoctoral Fellowship (3 years, effective July 1)
Peter Jordan (first-year student)
Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Molecular Medicine
"An Experimental and Computational Investigation of Transmural Dynamics and T-Wave Alternans in the Heart"
Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Predoctoral Fellowship in Biological Sciences (5 years)
Photo by Amelia Panico.