NINDS K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award Recipients

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Eiman Abdel-Azim Ph.D.
Control of Skilled Forelimb Movements by Cerebellar Feedback Circuits
Columbia University
New York City, NY
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Taulant Bacaj Ph.D.
Postsynaptic Calcium Sensors in Synaptic Plasticity
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
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Marina Bershteyn Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Miller-Dieker Syndrome
University of California
San Francisco, CA
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Gemma Carvill Ph.D.
An Epigenomic Approach to Identifying Noncoding Mutations in Epilepsy
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
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Catherine M. Drerup Ph.D.
Identifying modulators of dynein-based cargo motility
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
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Bess Frost Ph.D.
Mechanisms and Consequences of Heterochromatin Loss in Tauopathies
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
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Alicia Guemez Gamoba Ph.D.
Role of PDCH12 in Neural Circuit Formation During Brain Development and Disease
Rockefeller University
New York City, NY
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Liang Han Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Itch Sensation
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
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Keith Hengen Ph.D.
Homeostatic Plasticity Mechanisms Support Brain Function in vivo
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
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Michael Krieg Ph.D.
The Mechanical Control of Mechanosensation
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
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Esther Krook-Magnuson Ph.D.
On-demand Optogenetic Cerebellar Intervention for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
University of California
Irvine, CA
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Naiara Aquizu Lopez Ph.D.
Exploring the role of AMP Deaminases in Neuronal Development and Degeneration
Scripps Research Institute
San Diego, CA
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Hui Lu Ph.D.
Mechanisms and Rescue of Neural Circuit Dysfunction in Mecp2 Mutant Mice
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
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Adrien Peyrache Ph.D.
Neuronal Coordination in the Thalamo-Cortical Head-Direction System
New York University
New York City, NY
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Emanuela Santini Ph.D.
Striatal Specific Alterations in Translation, Synaptic Function, and Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder
New York University
New York City, NY
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Yuanquan Song Ph.D.
Mechanistic studies of novel factors regulating axon regeneration in the PNS/CNS
University of California
San Francisco, CA
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Nicolas Tritsch Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, MA
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Eric Vitriol Ph.D.
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
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Matthew C. Weston Ph.D.
Regulation of Synapse and Network Dynamics by mTOR
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
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Christiane D. Wrann D.V.M.,Ph.D.
Molecular mechanisms of exercise benefits in synapse plasticity and cognition
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
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