Grants Awarded in 2007

View the grants awarded in 2007, organized by funding topic. Click on individual grants to learn more.

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Bridging Brain, Mind & Behavior
SCHOLAR AWARDS
Johns Hopkins University Lisa Feigenson, Ph.D.	Developmental origins of hierarchical memory representations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pawan Sinha, Ph.D.	Learning to see in late childhood
New York University Lynne Kiorpes, Ph.D.	Uncovering the neural basis of developmental disability
State University of New Jersey - Rutgers György Buzsáki, M.D., Ph.D.	Neuronal mechanisms of episodic memory
University of California - San Diego Pamela Reinagel, Ph.D.	Linking visual behavior to neural processing in the thalamus
University of Wisconsin - Madison Jenny R. Saffran, Ph.D.	Prediction as a mechanism of infant language acquisition
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY AWARDS
Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University Jason S. Robert, Ph.D.	Comparative neurobiology, model organisms, and the human brain
New York University Elizabeth A. Phelps, Ph.D.	Affect, learning and decision making
State University of New Jersey - Rutgers Stephen J. Hanson, Ph.D.	Assessing Brain Interactivity: Model Specification, Causality and Dynamics
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Fred H. Gage, Ph.D.	Neurogenesis in rodents: genetic and molecular approaches to study the physiology of neurogenesis and its behavioral effects on hippocampal memory tasks
University of Wisconsin - Madison Giulio Tononi, M.D., Ph.D.	Brain work and brain plasticity

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Researching Brain Cancer
RESEARCH AWARDS
City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute Yanhong Shi, Ph.D.	Nuclear receptor TLX and its targeting microRNAs inbrain tumor stem cells
Columbus Children’s Research Institute Jiayuh Lin, Ph.D.	STAT3 as a novel therapeutic target for glioblastoma multiforme
Stanford University Matthew P. Scott, Ph.D.	Regulation of medulloblastoma by the sterol synthesis pathway
Stanford University J. Martin Brown, Ph.D.	Increasing the radiocurability of GBM by inhibition of tumor vasculogenesis
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Gera Neufeld, Ph.D.	The effects of Class-3 semaphorins on the development and progression of brain tumors

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Studying Complex Systems
RESEARCH AWARDS
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Madalena D. Costa, Ph.D.	Multiscale analysis of complex biological systems
Cornell University Stephen P. Ellner, Ph.D.	Contemporary rapid evolution in complex ecological communities
Princeton University Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, Ph.D.	Transport in river networks: A complex system perspective for biodiversity
The University of Pennsylvania Joshua B. Plotkin, Ph.D.	Robustness and adaptability in evolving viral populations
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Sharon C. Glotzer, Ph.D.	Emergence of complex material structures from particle assembly
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Gürol Mehmet Süel, Ph.D.	Nonlinear systems dynamics in differentiation circuits
University of Utah Frederick R. Adler, Ph.D.	The ecology and evolution of the common cold
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY AWARDS
Arizona State University Vimla L. Patel, Ph.D.	Cognitive Complexity and Error in Critical Care, ER, and Trauma