2024 Whitman Fellows

University of Glasgow
鈥淎 single cell atlas of the cercariae, the human-infective aquatic larval stage of Schistosoma mansoni鈥
teresa.attenborough@glasgow.ac.uk
L-311/Rawlinson
5/2/2024 - 6/14/2024
9/14/2024 - 10/10/2024

Smith College
鈥淐omparative investigation of CNS development between zebrafish and pygmy zebra octopus鈥
mbarresi@smith.edu
R-305/Patel
5/25/2024 - 8/2/2024

North Carolina State University
鈥淭oward a biophysical understanding of ultrafast contraction by the unicellular ciiliate Spirostomum ambiguum鈥
mary.elting@ncsu.edu
L-110/L-106/Oldenbourg
6/1/2024 - 7/31/2024

Union College
鈥淣eurobiological investigation of loom-responsive descending interneurons in the control of mantis shrimp ballistic strikes鈥
kate.feller@gmail.com
L-223
6/18/2024 - 8/13/2024

Johns Hopkins University: School of Medicine
鈥淯ltra-high throughput characterization of cephalopod brain development at single cell resolution鈥
loyalgoff@jhmi.edu
MRC-306/Albertin
5/29/2024 - 7/6/2024
7/28/2024 - 8/31/2024

City University of New York: Hunter College/AMNH
鈥淚nnervating Envenomation: Neuronal control of toxin release in cephalopods鈥
mholford@hunter.cuny.edu
R-208
6/20/2024 - 8/30/2024

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
鈥淚nvestigation of Evolutionary Origin of Sleep States and State-Specific Neural Representations鈥
takatoh@mit.edu
L-113
6/24/2024 - 9/1/2024

University of California: Santa Barbara
鈥淓volution is Infectious: Phage defense mechanisms as a driver of diversification in microbial aggregates鈥
ejunkins@ucsb.edu
L-118F
7/14/2024 - 9/9/2024

University of California: Berkeley
鈥淒arwin鈥檚 Origin of Species viewed through the lens of molecular and cellular biology鈥
nking@berkeley.edu
Library Office
8/27/2024 鈥 9/24/2024
10/8/2024 鈥 10/21/2024
Rockefeller University
鈥淭ransgenic analysis of the novel, arsenic-resistant nematode Tokorhabditis tufae鈥
jlee08@rockefeller.edu
L-118D
6/2/2024 鈥 7/20/2024

University of California: Los Angeles
鈥淚nvestigations of sensory system representation in the midbrain"
dleitch@ucla.edu
R-222
6/9/2024 鈥 8/18/2024

Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
鈥淭ranslational control of oocyte meiosis鈥
plenart@mpinat.mpg.de
R-310/312/R-109
6/27/2024 鈥 8/11/2024

University of Barcelona
"Use of Xenopus tadpoles to study the role of endolysosome dynamics in synaptic remodeling"
allobet@ub.edu
R-423/NXR
6/21/2024 鈥 7/28/2024

Columbia University
鈥淪tudying lymphocyte migration in 3D microenvironments using advanced and low phototoxicity imaging"
em3375@cumc.columbia.edu
L-219/Library
6/23/2024 - 8/23/2024

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
鈥淚nnovative Imaging of Cellular Dynamics鈥
asm@unc.edu
L-107
6/19/2024 - 7/26/2024

University of Chicago
鈥淧re-visit for Whitman Fellowship project - Biotic and abiotic signalling in planula settlement in Clytia and Aurelia鈥
jmalamy@bsd.uchicago.edu
L-118B
6/30/2024 - 8/3/2024
4/30/2024 - 5/3/2024

University of Chicago
鈥淓volution of 3D Genome Folding Mechanisms and Gene Regulatory Strategies in Metazoans鈥
hmarlow@uchicago.edu
R-212
7/15/2024 - 9/20/2024

Royal Belgian Institute of natural Sciences
鈥淥stracods in a changing world鈥
darwinula@gmail.com
L-341/Arkhipova
7/15/2024 - 8/15/2024

Case Western Reserve University
鈥淭he hair cell mechanotransduction apparatus of cephalopods鈥
bmm30@case.edu
L-216
6/16/2024 - 8/24/2024

German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
鈥淐ondensate Biology of Synaptic Vesicle Clusters in the Synaptic Boutons of Lamprey鈥
dragomir.milovanovic@dzne.de
R-408/Morgan
6/28/2024 - 8/8/2024

Yale University
鈥淭he evolutionary origin of synaptic transmission in early animals鈥
jacob.musser@yale.edu
L-225/226
7/1/2024 - 8/15/2024

Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience
鈥淚nvestigations of active sleep in cuttlefish and octopuses鈥
hobenhaus@gmail.com
R-206
7/2/2024 - 9/10/2024
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
鈥淓xamining Salt Marsh Species Interactions and Vegetation Dynamics Across 50 years of Nutrient-Enrichment and Sea-level Rise鈥
tquirk@lsu.edu
SB-226
9/1/2024 - 10/31/2024

Trinity College
鈥淭he evolutionary developmental (Evo-Devo) neurobiology of early stress in niche shifting red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) and glass frogs (Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni)鈥
sally.seraphin@trincoll.edu
R-423/NXR/LB264
5/23/2024 - 8/3/2024

University of Chicago
"Evolution of vertebrate 3D genome regulatory architecture in cyclostomes chondrichthyes and osteichthyes after whole-genome duplications"
fspitz@uchicago.edu
R-212
7/15/2024 - 9/20/2024

University of South Bohemia
鈥淯nraveling the significance of plasmid-coded cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation in oceans: a focus on Pseudanabaenales鈥
otakar.strunecky@gmail.com
SB-226
4/23/2024 - 6/22/2024

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
鈥淚dentifying marine fungi-bacterial interactions and developing genetic tools for marine-derived yeasts鈥
jvm15@vt.edu
L-118A
6/25/2024 - 8/14/2024

University of North Carolina Wilmington
鈥淒eveloping Astrangia poculata as a novel model organism for studying evolution and development of hard corals鈥
warnerj@uncw.edu
MRC-207/Roberson
7/13/2024 - 8/10/2024

San Diego State University
鈥淕eneration of CRIPSR/Cas9 knockouts in Ascidian embryos鈥
rzeller@sdsu.edu
R-109
9/1/2024 - 11/10/2024