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Class 6: 2003-2007
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Lora Hooper, Ph.D.
Nancy Cain and Jeffrey A. Marcus Scholar in Medical Research,
in Honor of Dr. Bill S. Vowell
Assistant Professor, Center for Immunology and
Department of Microbiology
Dr. Hooper studies how commensal host-bacterial relationships in the intestine are established and maintained. She also seeks to understand how resident bacteria communicate with host cells and how these interactions shape innate and adaptive immunity in the gut.
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Youxing Jiang, Ph.D.
W. W. Caruth, Jr. Scholar in Biomedical Research
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
Dr. Jiang's research seeks to understand the mechanisms of cation channel selectivity and ligand-dependent gating in K channels. He is taking a multidisciplinary approach, utilizing both X-ray crystallography and electrophysiology, to probe these processes.
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Michael Kyba, Ph.D.
Virginia Murchison Linthicum Scholar in Medical Research
Assistant Professor, Center for Developmental Biology and
Department of Molecular Biology
Dr. Kyba is studying the biology of stem cells. He studies fundamental questions such as how stem cells decide whether to proliferate or differentiate and applies this knowledge to the generation of animal models for stem cell therapies.
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Weichun Lin, Ph.D.
Effie Marie Cain Scholar in Medical Research
Assistant Professor, Center for Basic Neuroscience and
Department of Cell Biology
Dr. Lin is using the mouse neuromuscular junction as a model to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying formation, maintenance, and plasticity of synapses.
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Southwestern Medical Foundation Scholar in Biomedical Research
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Dr. Ready is engaged in the discovery and application of new chemical reactions and the total synthesis of complex molecules. Work is focused both on the need to discover new, reliable and general chemical reactions and targetted syntheses.
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