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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - August 2007

Jorge Benach - "Borrelia burgdorferi: Invasion and Chronicity"

National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 2007

Bruce Futcher - "Size Control and Commitment to Division in S. cerevisiae"

American Heart Association - July 2007

James Konopka - "A Site-Directed Crosslinking Approach for Defining the Interface Between Receptors and G Proteins"

US Army Medical Research Aquisition Activity - July 2007

Janet Leatherwood - "A Search for New Therapeutic Targets: Using Yeast to Find the GEF for Rheb"

National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 2007

David Thanassi - "Mechanism of the Usher in Assembly and Secretion on Pili"

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease - June 2007

Carol Carter - "Cellular Proteins Involved in Trafficking of HIV-1"

National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 2007

Janet Leatherwood - "Transcriptional Circuitry of the S. pombe Cell Cycle"

Arthritis Foundation, Long Island Chapter - January 2007

Nicholas Carpino - "Regulation of T cell activation and cytokine production by a novel enzyme"
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease - January 2007

Patrick Hearing - "Adenovirus as a vector for gene therapy"
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease - September 2006

Nancy C. Reich - "Role of ISG54 in response to viral infection"
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease - July 2006

James Konopka - "Regulation of morphogenesis in C. albicans"

Targeted Research Opportunities for 2006

Pandemic Influenza-Related Research Award

Janet Hearing
"A screen for inhibitors of influenza virus multiplication"

Carol Carter
"Targeting MAPK signaling to block influenza transmission"

Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Awards

Wei-Xing Zong
"Alternative Molecular Pathways in Chemotherapy-Induced Cancer Cell Death"

Walk-For-Beauty Foundation Research Award

Michael Hayman
"The Ron Receptor: A Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer"


Sean Connolly, who received his Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology in June of 2004 at Stony Brook, has been selected to receive the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools’ Doctoral Dissertation Award for 2005-2006. Connolly’s dissertation, advised by Jorge Benach, was entitled, “The Clearance of Relapsing Fever Spirochetemia is Mediated by Complement-Independent Bactericidal Antibodies.” Connolly is currently a postdoctoral fellow in Immunobiology at Yale.

Targeted Research Opportunities for 2005

Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Awards

Dafna Bar-Sagi
"Modulation of EGRR Signaling by Sprouty in Human Breast Cancer"


International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR) - July 2005

Nancy Reich - co-recipient of the 2005 award with Menachem Rubinstein & Daniela Novick from the Weizmann Institute of Science.


US Army Medical Research and Material Command - July 2005

Anjaruwee (Song) Nimnual - Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Concept Award


The Lustgarten Foundation - April 2004

Dafna Bar-Sagi
- awarded a grant to investigate predisposition to pancreatic cancer.
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Targeted Research Opportunities for 2004

Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Awards

Nancy Reich
"Regulation of the STAT3 Transcription"

Eckard Wimmer

"Detection and Treatment of Human Cancer"

Dean's Scholar in Translational Research Award

Dafna Bar-Sagi
"Investigation of the Anti-Tumor Activity of Taxoid Conjugates Against Pancreatic Cancer"

Proteomics Research Award


Carol Carter

"HIV Recruitment of the Cellular Trafficking Machinery"

Michael Hayman

"Identification of Substrates of the Tyrosine Phosphatase Shp2"