August 12, 2016
Spring 2016 Postdoctoral Research Awards Announced
The CBC is pleased to announce that nineteen Postdoctoral Research Awards were made in Spring 2016 round, including one for a renewal proposal. The awarded projects will be conducted in the core facilities located at the three CBC universities.
Northwestern University Postdoctoral Awardees:
| APPLICANT | ADVISOR/ PI | PROPOSAL TITLE | FACILITY |
| Arora, Dhruv | Mandel, Mark | Development of Novel Imaging Methods to Study Bacterial Aggregation and Host Colonization | Center for Advanced Microscopy & Nikon Imaging Center, NU |
| Cho, Soojeong | Kim, Dong-Hyun | Development of Radiosensitizing Gold Nanoparticles for Image-Guided Radiotherapy | 1. Center for Translational Imaging – 7T Small Animal (CTI 7T), NU
2. Flow Cytometry Core Facility in Cancer Center, NU |
| Han, Yan | He, Yuan | Proteomic and Structural Analysis of Human RNA Pol III Transcription Machinery | Proteomics Center of Excellence and Core Facility, NU |
| Manzano, Mark (Renewal) |
Gottwein, Eva | CRISPR Screen for Survival Factors of Viral Lymphomas | Generation Sequencing Facility, NU |
| Muroski, Megan | Lesniak, Maciej | Multifaceted Approach Using Focused Ultrasound and Magnetic Field Treatment for the Treatment of Brain Tumors | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Research Core (MRIRC), UChicago |
| Purohit, Rahul | Rosenzweig, Amy | Cryo-electron Microscopy Studies of an Integral Membrane Copper Transporting ATPase | Biological Cryo EM Facility, NU |
| Stephens, Andrew | Marko, John | Imaging the Dynamics and Mechanics of Nuclear Blebbing | Biological Imaging Facility (BIF), NU |
UChicago Postdoctoral Awardees:
| APPLICANT | ADVISOR/ PI | PROPOSAL TITLE | FACILITY |
| Ahmadiantehrani, Somayeh | London, Sarah | Early Life Learning Experiences Induce mTOR-dependent Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission | Advanced Electron Microscopy Facility, UChicago |
| Fernandez, Celia | Arac-Ozkan, Demet | Identification and Characterization of Novel GPR56 Ligands in the Brain | 1. Mass spectrometry, Metabolomics & Proteomics Facility, UIC
2. Integrated Light Microscopy Core Facility, UChicago |
| Hentchel, Kristy | Crosson, Sean | Defining the Genetic Basis of Microbial Community Structure | Genomics Core Facility, UChicago |
| Hu, Lulu | He, Chuan | Novel Sequencing Method to Profile 5mC and 5hmC in Single Cell at Base Resolution | Genomics Core Facility, UChicago |
| Metzger, Brian | Thornton, Joseph | Experimental Evolution of DNA Binding Specificity for an Ancestral Protein | Genomics Core Facility, UChicago |
| Mir Sanchis, Ignacio | Rice, Phoebe | Cryo-EM Analysis of the Initiation of Replication of Two Mobile Elements Linked to Disease | 1. Advance Electron Microscopy Facility, UChicago
2. Structural Biology Facility, NU |
| Sasmal, Dibyendu | Huang, Jun | Direct Observation of T Cell Activation by Lattice Light-Sheet Microscopy | Integrated Light Microscopy Core Facility, UChicago |
| Zajac, Allison | Horne-Badovinac, Sally | Structural Reorganization of the ER During Type IV Collagen (Col IV) Folding | Advanced Electron Microscopy Core Facility, UChicago |
UIC Postdoctoral Awardees:
| APPLICANT | ADVISOR/ PI | PROPOSAL TITLE | FACILITY |
| Cahoon, Laty | Freitag, Nancy Poretsky, Rachel |
Elucidating Substrate Interactions of Listeria Monocytogenes Secretion Chaperones PrsA2 and PrsA1 | Mass-spectrometry, Metabolomics and Proteomics Facility, Research Resources Center, UIC |
| Firlar, Emre | Shokuhfar, Tolou | Observation of Biomineralization Dynamics in Magnetotactice Bacteria via in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy | 1. Electron Microscopy Center, Research Resources Center, UIC
2. Electron Microscopy Center, Research Resources Center East, UIC 3. Confocal Microscopy Center, Research Resources Center West, UIC |
| Klomp, Jeffrey | Malik, Asrar | Mapping the Transcriptional Landscape of Hypoxic Endothelial Cells | Genomics Core Facility, UChicago |
| Magdaleno Verduzco, Fernando | Nieto, Natalia | The Role of the HMGB1 Isoforms as Therapeutic Targets to Prevent and/or to Resolve Liver Fibrosis | 1. Surface Plasmon Resonance Facility, UIC
2. Mass spectrometry, Metabolomics & Proteomics Facility (MMPF), UIC |