2007 GRANT AWARDS

Adams, Brett A.; Utah State University, "Modulation of Neuronal Ca2 channels by Monomeric G Proteins." Three Year Research Grant totaling $224,000.

Arai, Amy; Southern Illinois University, Springfield, "Role of Kisspeptin/GPR54 in Limbic System Function." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Baldwin, Kristin K.; Scripps Research Institute, California, "Mapping Fine Scale Olfactory Sensory Representations in Cortex." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Berke, Joshua D.; University of Michigan, "Transient Reorganization of Hippocampus During Spatial Encoding." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Blackshaw, Seth; Johns Hopkins University, "The Role of Non-Protein Coding, mRNA-like Transcripts in Mouse Retinal Development." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Boulanger, Lisa M.; University of California, San Diego, "Molecular Mechanisms of MHC Class I Signaling in Synaptic Plasticity." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Bozza, Thomas; Northwestern University, Evanston, "Genetic Analysis of Odor Perception in the Mouse." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Brenman, Jay E.; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, "A Genetic Model for Analysis of Late-Stage Neuronal Dendrite Development." Two Year Renewal Grant totaling $150,000.

Chafee, Matthew Valentine; University of Minnesota, "Cortical System Dynamics and Object Centered Spatial Coding." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Cowan, Christopher W.; University of Texas, Dallas, "Molecular Mechanisms of Contact-Mediated Axon Guidance." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Dalva, Matthew; University of Pennsylvania, "Exploring Links between regulation of the Cytoskeleton and Synapse Maturation." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Deisseroth, Karl; Stanford University, "Circuit Mechanisms Linking Brain Activity to Adult Neurogenesis." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Deshler, James Oliver; Boston University, "Predicting mRNA Localization Sequences in Mammalian Neurons." One Year Grant-in-Aid totaling $30,000.

Di Paolo, Gilbert; Columbia University, "Role Of Phosphatidic Acid Metabolism in Synaptic Vesicle Trafficking." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Diaz, Elva D.; University of California, Davis, "Characterization of Novel Membrane Proteins in Synapse Formation." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Dong, Xinzhong; Johns Hopkins University, "Molecular and Genetic Studies of Pain Sensing Neurons." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Felleman, Daniel J.; University of Texas, Houston, "Cortical Modules Underlying Color and Brightness Perception." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Frye, Mark Arthur; University of California, Los Angeles, "Multisensory Fusion and Motor Integration in Drosophila." Two Year Research Grant totaling $148,000.

Gamse, Joshua; Vanderbilt University, "Molecular Specifications of Asymmetry in the Zebrafish Epithalamus." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Gaufo, Gary O.; University of Texas, San Antonio, "Segmental Mechanisms of Neural Circuit Assembly." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Gelperin, Alan; Monell Chemical Senses Center, "Cellular and Synaptic Mechanisms of Odor Learning in Mice." Two Year Renewal Grant totaling $150,000.

Grill-Spector, Kalanit; Stanford University, "The Neural Basis of Object Recognition in Humans: Features, Objects or Categories." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Gu, Chenghua; Harvard University, "Novel Ligand-Receptor System Sema3E-PlexinD1 Signaling in Neural Circuitry Formation." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Harkins, Amy B.; Saint Loius University, "Vesicle Secretioin Regulated by Defined Calcium Channel Composition." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Hegde, Ashok N.; Wake Forest University, "Mechanisms Underlying Pheromone Memory: From Molecules to Behavior." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Kara, Prakash; Medical University of South Carolina, "Depth Perception Coding in Complete Cortical Microcircuits." Three Year Research Grant totaling $224,000.

Khakh, Baljit S.; University of California, Los Angeles, "Impact of Astrocyte Exocytosis on Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Krebbs, Jocelyn E.; University of Alaska, Anchorage, "Williams Syndrome Transcription Factor in Neural Development." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Kuruvilla, Rejji; Johns Hopkins University, "Control of Neuronal Development by Target-Derived Neurotrophins." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Lee, Sang H.; Medical College of Wisconsin, "Role of GKAP Trafficking in Synaptic Plasticity." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Liedtke, Wolfgang; Duke University, "Molecular Mechanisms of Evolutionary Conserved Nociception." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Ma, Le; University of Southern California, "Regulation of Axon Branching by the cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase I." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Majewska, Anna Katarzyna; University of Rochester, "Laminar Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity During Visual Deprivation." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Mazer, James A.; Yale University, "The Neural Basis of Natural Vision." Three Year Research Grant totaling $224,000.

Monuki, Edwin S.; University of California, Irvine, "Roof Plate Signaling in Dorsal Telencephalic Development." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Nishimune, Hiroshi; University of Kansas, Kansas City, "Synaptic Differentiation Organized by Presynaptic Calcium Channels." One Year Grant-in-Aid totaling $30,000.

Nitabach, Michael N.; Yale University, "Clock-Membrane Coupling in Circadian Pacemaker Neurons." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Nottebohm, Fernando; Rockefeller University, New York, "Why Does Overexposure to Song Restrict Imitation?" Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Palmer, Amy E.; University of Colorado, Boulder, "Genetically Encoded FRET Sensors to Examine Neuronal Zn2+ Dynamics." One Year Grant-in-Aid totaling $30,000.

Panda, Satchidananda; Salk Institute for Biological Studies, "Molecular Events During Light Entrainment of Circadian Behavior." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Pasupathy, Anitha; University of Washington, Seattle, "How do areas V2, V4 and IT Cortex Contribute to Object Recognition?" Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Philpot, Benjamin D.; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, "Mechanisms of Metaplasticity." Two Year Renewal Grant totaling $150,000.

Quinlan, Elizabeth M.; University of Maryland, College Park, "Molecular Mechanisms of Long-Term Memory Maintenance." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Sagasti, Alvaro; University of California, Los Angeles, "Regulation of Axon Arbor Morphology in Zebrafish Trigeminal Neurons." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Sahin, Mustafa; Children's Hospital, Boston, "Exploring the Role of SMN in miRNA Processing in Axons." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Sestan, Nenad; Yale University, "Molecular Control of Pyramidal Cell Identity and Connectivity." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Shepherd, Gordon; Northwestern University, Chicago, "Synaptic Circuit Organization of Mouse Motor Cortex." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Shi, Yanhong; Beckman Research Institute, "Regulation of Neural Stem Cell Self-Renewal by TLX Signaling." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Shi, Song-Hai; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, "The Role of the Par Protein Complex in Mouse Cerebral Cortex Development." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Siapas, Athanassios G.; California Institute of Technology, "Reward Learning and Spatial Maps in the Hippocampus." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Soderling, Scott H.; Duke University, "Regulation of Actin Signaling and Synaptic Strength by WAVE-1 and WRP." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Sun, Tao; Cornell University, "Molecular Control of the Motor Cortex Size and Motor Coordination." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Takamiya, Kogo; Johns Hopkins University, "Discovery and Functional Study of MicroRNAs in Synaptic Plasticity." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Terman, Jonathan R.; University of Texas, Dallas, "Using Drosophila to Define the Signals that Wire the Nervous System." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Thomas, Mark J.; University of Minnesota, "Dopamine-Mediated Modulation of LTP in the Nucleus Accumbens." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Tracey, W. Daniel; Duke University, "Genetic Analysis of Nociception in Drosophila." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Wang, Xiaozhong; Northwestern University, Evanston, "Genetic Analysis of Protocadherins in the Central Nervous System." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Wang, Jing W.; University of California, San Diego, "The Mapping of Olfactory Functions in the Drosophila Brain." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Washbourne, Philip; University of Oregon, "The Role of Lipid Rafts and Cell Adhesion Molecules in Synapse Formation." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Waters, Jack; Northwestern University, Chicago, "Imaging Cellular Activity in Motor Cortex in Awake, Behaving Rats." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

West, Anne E.; Duke University, "Molecular Mechanisms of GABAergic Synaptogenesis." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Wu, Gang-Yi; Baylor College of Medicine, "A Central Role of the Ras-P13K-Akt-mTOR Pathway in Dendritic Morphogenesis." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Yasuda, Ryohei; Duke University, "Ras Signaling Mechanisms in Synaptic Plasticity" Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Zakharenko, Stanislav; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, "Mechanotransduction as a Mechanism of Synaptic Plasticity." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Zhao, Haiqing; Johns Hopkins University, "Olfactory Adaptation Through Regulation of CNG Ion Channels." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Zhou, Qiang; Mount Sinai School of Medicine, "Morphological Palsticity of Corticostriatal Connections and its Regulation by Dop" Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Zhou, Feng-Quan; Johns Hopkins University, "Role of GSK-3B and Microtubule Plus End Binding Proteins in Axon Guidance." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Zylka, Mark J.; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, "Circuit-Based Mechanisms for Encoding Pain and Affect." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.