2025 Whitman Scientists
Brady, Scott
University of Illinois at Chicago
“Molecular Mechanisms of Fast Axonal Transport and Neurodegeneration”
stbrady@uic.edu
R-211/210
5/29/2025 - 8/1/2025
Busch, Karin B.
Yale University
"Changes in the spatiotemporal organization of mitochondrial ATP synthase during long-term potentiation"
buschkar@uni-muenster.de
R-213
7/4/2025 - 7/31/2025
Chang, Fred
University of California San Francisco: School of Dentistry
"Mechanisms underlying ultrafast cellular movements"
fred.chang@ucsf.edu
L-118B
6/30/2025 - 7/27/2025
Colin, Sean
Roger Williams University
"Effects of pressure on jellyfish swimming and physiology"
scolin@rwu.edu
R-301
5/1/2025 -12/31/2025
Collepardo Guevara, Rosana
University of Cambridge
"Genome organization by liquid-liquid phase separation"
rc597@cam.ac.uk
L-104/105
7/13/2025 - 8/10/2025
Costello, John H (Jack)
Providence College
"Role of mucus in ctenophore predation"
costello@providence.edu
R-301
6/13/2025 - 9/2/2025
Coyle, Scott
University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Collaborative research: Understanding and controlling force generation by a centrin-based contractile system"
smcoyle@wisc.edu
L-110/118B
7/7/2025 - 7/11/2025
Dinner, Aaron
University of Chicago
dinner@uchicago.edu
L-118B/110
7/7/2025 - 7/11/2025
Edepli, Kirsten Sadler
New York University Abu Dhabi
"Identifying the mechanisms of octopus arm regeneration"
kirsten.edepli@nyu.edu
L-118
8/27/2025 - 9/4/2025
Elting, Mary Williard
North Carolina State University
"Understanding and controlling force generation by a centrin-based contractile system"
mary.elting@ncsu.edu
L-110
6/28/2025 - 7/21/2025
Farina, Stacy
Howard University
My lab studies comparative biomechanics of marine fishes. In particular, we study how different species pump water over their gills, and we also study how some bottom-dwelling species bury themselves in sediment to hide from predators.
stacy.farina@howard.edu
L-108
6/14/2025 - 8/16/2025
Gerlich, Daniel W
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
"Genome organization by liquid-liquid phase separation"
daniel.gerlich@imba.oeaw.ac.at
L-104/105
7/7/2025 - 8/12/2025
Gibson, Bryan Andrew
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
"Chromatin Compartmentalization through Phase Separation"
bryan.gibson@stjude.org
L-104/105
7/7/2025 - 8/4/2025
Hall, Richard (Nelson)
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
"The search for novel, laboratory-suitable, regenerative, marine meiofauna, with a focus on flatworms of the genus Macrostomum" nh2894@stowers.org
R-220/221
6/7/2025 - 6/15/2025
Hardwick, J. Marie
Johns Hopkins University
"Regulation of programmed cell death"
hardwick@jhu.edu
R-213
8/3/2025 - 8/23/2025
Herbert, Amy Louise
Stanford University
"Sea robins as model for evolutionary innovations in vertebrates"
herbert6@stanford.edu
L-223
6/9/2025 - 7/7/2025
Hershko, Avram
Technion-Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
"Control of cell division by ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation"
hershko@technion.ac.il
R-309
7/15/2025 - 9/10/2025
Holford, Mandë
City University of New York: Hunter College
"Editing the arsenal: Manipulating Cephalopod venom gland development and toxin gene expression"
mholford@hunter.cuny.edu
R-208
6/21/2025 - 8/25/2025
Holmgren, Miguel
NIH
"Glycosylation in isolated axons"
holmgren@ninds.nih.gov
R-219/215/210
6/28/2025 - 8/2/2025
Honts, Jerry Eugene
Drake University
"Collaborative Research: Understanding and controlling force generation by a centrin-based contractile system"
jerry.honts@drake.edu
L-118B/110
7/6/2025 - 7/12/2025
Jonas, Elizabeth Ann
Yale University
"Mitochondrial Ion Channels in Synaptic Plasticity"
elizabeth.jonas@yale.edu
R-213
6/9/2025 - 9/21/2025
Kaczmarek, Leonard (Len)
Yale University
"Role of Slack potassium channels in mitochondrial function"
leonard.kaczmarek@yale.edu
R-213
6/9/2025 - 9/21/2025
Lowe, Christopher (Chris)
Stanford University
"Evolution of the hypothalamus and pituitary in deuterostomes"
clowe@stanford.edu
R-211
8/25/2025 - 9/30/2025
Maienschein, Jane
Arizona State University
"History and Philosophy of Developmental Biology"
maienschein@asu.edu
Library Office
1/1/2025 - 12/31/2025
Marlow, Heather
University of Chicago
"Evolution of Animal Organogenesis through Modification to Gene Regulation"
hmarlow@uchicago.edu
R-212
7/18/2025 - 8/31/2025
McCoy, Dakota
University of Chicago
"Solar-powered symbioses in animals: light and heat physiology for animals and algae"
dakota.e.mccoy@gmail.com
L-223
8/15/2025 - 12/22/2025
Mensinger, Allen
University of Minnesota: Duluth
"Toadfish sensory physiology and bioacoustics"
amensing@d.umn.edu
L-108
6/1/2025 - 8/31/2025
Moreno, Jorge Armando
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
"The evolutionary origins and genomic basis of life-cycle reversal: A comprehensive assay in Hydrozoa"
jmoreno@stowers.org
R-220/221
6/26/2025 - 7/31/2025
Morfini, Gerardo Andres
University of Illinois at Chicago
"Mechanisms underlying axonal degeneration in human neurodegenerative diseases"
gmorfini@uic.edu
R-211/210
6/6/2025 - 6/28/2025
Musser, Jacob
Yale University
"Cell type diversities underlying tissue evolution in sponges"
jacob.musser@yale.edu
L-118
5/27/2025 - 6/4/2025
Obenhaus, Horst Andreas
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience
"Investigations of active sleep in octopuses and cuttlefish"
hobenhaus@gmail.com
R-206
10/12/2024 - 7/1/2025
Prendergast, Brian
University of Chicago
"Seasonal behavior of striped bass"
brianp@uchicago.edu
MRC
7/26/2025 - 8/8/2025
Ramani, Vijay
Gladstone Institutes / UCSF
"Studying chromatin condensation through in vitro reconstitution"
vijay.ramani@ucsf.edu
L-104/105
7/14/2025 - 7/25/2025
Rosen, Michael (Mike)
UT Southwestern Medical Center
"Chromatin organization through phase separation"
michael.rosen@utsouthwestern.edu
L-104/105
7/13/2025 - 8/3/2025
Sanchez Alvarado, Alejandro
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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asa@stowers.org
R-220/221
6/11/2024 - 7/3/2025
Sauka-Spengler, Tatjana
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Embryology course
tsauka-spengler@stowers.org
R-220/221
6/29/2025 - 7/6/2025
Seraphin, Sally
Trinity College
Red Eye Tree Frog Genomics
sally.seraphin@trincoll.edu
Library R-423/NXR
6/20/2025 - 7/20/2025
Spitz, Francois
University of Chicago
"Evolution of cell-specific regulatory programs after whole genome duplications, reduction and amplification"
fspitz@uchicago.edu
R-212
7/18/2025 - 8/31/2025
Terasaki, Mark
University of Connecticut Health Center
"Cell and tissue three dimensional organization"
markterasaki@me.com
L-217
1/1/2025 - 12/31/2025
Ward, Daniel
Ward Aquafarms, LLC
"Increase in larval shellfish survival and expansion of shellfish seed availability through novel feed sources"
dan@wardaquafarms.com
R-109
3/1/2025 - 5/28/2025
Watanabe, Shigeki
Johns Hopkins University: School of Medicine
"3D reconstruction of human brain tissues"
shigeki.watanabe@jhmi.edu
L-219
2/28/2025 - 2/28/2025
Zimmerberg, Joshua
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
"Human wellness-oriented studies of the functional significance of structures and molecules in model organisms: amyloid granules and fusexin homologs in D. pealeii"
zimmerbj@nih.gov
R-219/215/210
5/21/2025 - 9/20/2025
Zottoli, Steven (Steve)
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Striped Bass Initiative
steven.j.zottoli@williams.edu
MRC
2/20/2025 - 12/31/2025