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2007 NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program (Re-issuance) (DP1)
RFA-RM-07-005
PI Name Institution Name Title
BARRETT, LISA FELDMAN Trustees of Boston College Emotions are emergent events constrained by affective and conceptual processes.
BEARMAN, PETER COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE Social Determinants of the Autism Epidemic
BROWN, EMERY NEAL MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL A Systems Neuroscience for the Study of General Anesthesia
CLANDININ, THOMAS R STANFORD UNIVERSITY Dissecting the functional anatomy of the visual system: a new way forward
COLLINS, JAMES J Trustees of Boston University A Network Biology Approach to Antibiotic Action and Bacterial Defense Mechanisms
GARDEL, MARGARET LISE The University of Chicago 2007 NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program
HENSCH, TAKAO Children's Hospital Corporation Dissecting Non-coding RNA Function in Critical Period Brain Development and Disorders
HORWITZ, MARSHALL S University of Washington NIH Director's Pioneer Award
ISMAGILOV, RUSTEM F The University of Chicago 2007 NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program
JENSEN, FRANCES E Children's Hospital Corporation Understanding the Cognitive Impact of Early Life Epilepsy
SCHNITZER, MARK J STANFORD UNIVERSITY Massively Parallel Brain Imaging
TURRIGIANO, GINA G Brandeis University Probing the Structure of the Synapse Using Superresolution Light Microscopy
 
2007 NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program (DP2)
RFA-RM-07-009
PI Name Institution Name Title
Aagaard-Tillery, Kjersti BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Characterization of the Fetal Primate Epigenome and Metabolome Under In Utero
Bailey, Ryan UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Personalized Clinical Diagnostics and Beyond: Integrated Ring Resonator Arrays
Boyden, Edward MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Novel Tools and Principles for Precisely Controlling Brain Activity
Champagne, Frances COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE Epigenetic Mechanisms Mediating the Inheritance of Reproductive Behavior
Davies, Sean VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Transformed Probiotic Bacteria for Treatment of Chronic Diseases
Fernandez-Funez, Pedro UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON Mechanisms of Prion Misfolding
Fortune, Sarah HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) Variation in M. tuberculosis in response to host selection
Garraway, Levi DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE Defining Melanoma Therapeutic Avenues by Integrative Functional Genomics
Gumbo, Tawanda UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MED CTR/DALLAS Efflux pump inhibitors to reduce duration of antituberculosis therapy
Hacohen, Nir MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Revealing pathogen-sensing pathways using RNAi libraries
Heldwein, Ekaterina TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON Structural and mechanistic studies of herpesvirus entry into host cells
Hochedlinger, Konrad MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Reprogramming of somatic cells by defined factors
Jacobson, Kristen UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO From Neighborhoods to Neurons and Beyond
Jankowsky, Joanna CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Selective neuronal silencing to study cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
Jasanoff, Alan MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Genetically-controlled MRI contrast agents for functional brain imaging
Johnson, Mark BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL MicroRNA Biogenesis and the Cancer Proteome
Llinas, Manuel PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Novel antimalarial strategies using metabolomic network discovery
Papa, Feroz UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO New Tools to Measure and Correct Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Single Living
Pe'Er, Dana COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE

Genetic variation and regulatory networks: Mechanisms and complexity

Plath, Kathrin UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES CHROMATIN AND EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE
Rape, Michael UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY Ubiquitin-dependent mechanisms of tissue-specific cell cycle control
Rosenblatt, Jody UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Identification of signals that extrude an apoptotic cell from an epithelium
Saghatelian, Alan HARVARD UNIVERSITY Discovery metabolite profiling of the prolyl peptidases
Shorter, James UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Amyloid elimination by Hsp104 and substrate-optimized variants
Sipkins, Dorothy UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Stem cell, tumor and bone marrow microenvironment cross-talk in vivo
Spiegel, David YALE UNIVERSITY Small-Molecule Antibody Recruiting Therapeutics for Treating Human Disease
Szigethy, Eva UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH Understanding and Treating Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Pediatric Physical Ill
Toomre, Derek YALE UNIVERSITY Novel TIRF microscopy for analyzing trafficking and signaling at the cell co
Yang, Jing UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Tumor Metastasis
Yanik, Mehmet MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Development of on-chip ultra high-throughput whole-animal assay technologies
 
NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards Program (DP1)
RFA-RM-06-005
PI Name Institution Name Title
BOAHEN, KWABENA STANFORD UNIVERSITY Neurogrid: Emulating a Million Neurons in the Cortex
CHAKRABORTY, ARUP K. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Developing the Principles Governing T Lymphocyte-Mediated Autoimmunity Using an Approach at an Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences
GIERASCH, LILA M. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Application
HEALD, REBECCA W. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Application
KIRKEGAARD, KARLA A. STANFORD UNIVERSITY Dominant Drug Targets in RNA Viruses
KODADEK, THOMAS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MED CTR/DALLAS Novel Chemistry to Monitor and Manipulate the Immune System
LEE, CHENG C. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON Reversible Suspended Animation of Non-hibernating Mammals
NUDLER, EVGENY NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE New Approaches to Fight Infection
PIELAK, GARY J. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL In-Cell NMR of Disease-Related Proteins
RELMAN, DAVID A. STANFORD UNIVERSITY NIH Director's Pioneer Award Application
SEGAL, ROSALIND A. DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE An extended view of self: human indigenous microbial communities in health and disease
SHERLEY, JAMES L. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Pioneering Human Adult Stem Cell Discovery and Cellular Medicine
XIA, YOUNAN UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Put Nanostructures to Work for Reading and Controlling Cell Behavior
 
NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards Program (Re-issuance) (DP1)
NOT-OD-05-021
PI Name Institution Name Title
CHANDLER, VICKI L UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
CLINE, HOLLIS T COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
COSMIDES, LEDA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
DE LANGE, TITIA ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
DEISSEROTH, KARL A STANFORD UNIVERSITY NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
HARBURY, PEHR A STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
JARVIS, ERICH D DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
RANDO, THOMAS A STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
SMITH, DEREK J UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
TONONI, GIULIO UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MADISON MEDICAL SCHOOL NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
WATERMAN-STORER, CLARE M SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
WOLFE, NATHAN JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
YUAN, JUNYING HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
 
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (DP1)
RFA-RM-04-500
PI Name Institution Name Title
ABBOTT, LARRY F. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
DALEY, GEORGE Q CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (BOSTON) NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
HELLINGA, HOMME W. DUKE UNIVERSITY NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
MCCUNE, JOSEPH M J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
MCKNIGHT, STEVEN L UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MED CTR/DALLAS NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
MIRKIN, CHAD A NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
PHILLIPS, ROB CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
QUAKE, STEPHEN R CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
XIE, SUNNEY HARVARD UNIVERSITY NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

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