2009 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Annual Report

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Jeffrey Parker Henderson, M.D., Ph.D. Iron acquisition by bacterial siderophores as a pathogenic determinant in urinary tract infections Washington University School of Medicine

Quyen T. Nguyen, M.D., Ph.D. Testing surgery guided by molecular fluorescence imaging University of California-San Diego

Darnell Kaigler, D.D.S., Ph.D. Cell therapy for the treatment of alveolar bone defects University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Robert M. Plenge, M.D., Ph.D. Genotype-phenotype studies of rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility genes Harvard Medical School

Lu Quang Le, M.D., Ph.D. Cell of origin and tumor microenvironment in NF1-associated neurofibroma development University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas Roger Lo, M.D., Ph.D. Melanoma in the skin: initiation, progression, and crosstalk with dermal fibroblasts University of California-Los Angeles Ravindra Majeti, M.D., Ph.D. Identification and targeting of human acute myeloid leukemia stem cell-specific cell surface molecules Stanford University Emanual Maverakis, M.D. gC399tr an inhibitor of autoimmunity University of California-Davis Eric Matthew Morrow, M.D., Ph.D. Identification of autism genes in special founder populations using high-density SNP microarrays Brown University Ken Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D. Physiologic and pathologic interactions of alphasynuclein with mitochondria in Parkinson’s disease University of California-San Francisco Christopher Newton-Cheh, M.D. Genomic dissection of QT interval duration and sudden death Harvard Medical School Dao Nguyen, M.D. Stringent response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation and antibiotic tolerance McGill University

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David Tevis Pride, M.D., Ph.D. Bacteriophage communities in oral health and disease Stanford University Frank J. Probst, M.D., Ph.D. Generation of mouse models for X-linked diseases Baylor College of Medicine Miguel Nicolas Rivera, M.D. Characterization of a novel X-linked tumor suppressor, WTX, in pediatric cancer Harvard Medical School Agata Smogorzewska, M.D., Ph.D. Role of the Fanconi Anemia and other DNA crosslink repair pathways in genome maintenance and cancer prevention Harvard Medical School Matthew Vander Heiden, M.D., Ph.D. Metabolic control of cancer cell proliferation by pyruvate kinase M2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joseph C. Wu, M.D., Ph.D. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of cardiac regeneration Stanford University Mark Nan Wu, M.D., Ph.D. Identification of novel genes that regulate sleep in Drosophila melanogaster Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Ann Zovein, M.D. Hemogenic endothelium: hematopoietic stem cell emergence from the vasculature University of California-San Francisco


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