We are happy to welcome new fellows to the NICHD family. If you arrived recently to the NICHD and would like us to introduce you in our quarterly “Meet Our New Fellows” column, please contact our editor, Dr. Shana Spindler, at Shana.Spindler@gmail.com.
Hyo Won Ahn
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hometown: South Korea
PhD institution: University of Georgia
NICHD mentor: Dr. Henry Levin
Area of research: I study the impact of retrotransposons in neurological diseases.
Leah Joy Greenspan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hometown: North Babylon, New York
PhD institution: Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
NICHD mentor: Dr. Brant Weinstein
Area of research: I study the cellular dynamics and molecular mechanisms that drive endothelial regeneration after injury in Zebrafish blood vessels.
Hyungchul Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hometown: Busan, South Korea
PhD institution: Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
NICHD mentor: Dr. Karl E. Pfeifer
Area of research: I study H19 function in myotube differentiation.
Rakesh Kumar Pathak
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hometown: Rewa, India
PhD institution: VP Chest Institute, Delhi University, Delhi, India
NICHD mentor: Dr. Henry Levin
Area of research: I study the molecular mechanism involved in the genome-wide binding of LEDGF/p75, a chromatin binding factor that positions the integration of HIV1. We examine the role of LEDGF/p75 in genome-wide transcription using the HEK293T cells.
Hemant Kumar Prajapati
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hometown: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
PhD institution: IIT Bombay
NICHD mentor: Dr. David Clark
Area of research: I am studying the mechanism behind genome accessibility using budding yeast as a model organism.
Anna Dorothea Senft
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hometown: Mannheim, Germany
PhD institution: University Oxford, UK
NICHD mentor: Dr. Todd Macfarlan
Area of research: I explore roles of zinc finger proteins and endogenous retroviruses during early embryonic and extra-embryonic cell fate specification in mammals.
Chelsie Temmen
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hometown: Westphalia, Missouri
PhD institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
NICHD mentor: Dr. Bruce Simons-Morton
Area of research: I study how social and contextual factors influence adjustment and the development of risk-taking behaviors during adolescence and early adulthood.
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June 2019
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- Letter from the Editor: June 2019
- Distinct Use of Communication Machinery in the Developing Brain
- Congratulations to the 2019 NICHD TmT Finalists and Semifinalists
- The Rep Report: June 2019
- Meet Our New Fellows
- Life Outside lab: April Earth Day & May Postbac Poster Day
- Upcoming NIH-Wide Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) Events
- June Announcements
- June Events