UCSD NIH/NCI Cancer Training Grant - Past Trainees
 
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Past Pre-Doctoral Trainees

(starting from 1993, with a few selected earlier trainees)

  • Elizabeth Barnes
    Appointment Period: 2002-2003, Grant Year: [18]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Daniel Donoghue
    Research project: Interaction between cyclin B1/CRS domain and the tumor suppressor Ptc1.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, University of Washington, Seattle

  • Sara Birtalan
    Appointment Period: 2001-2003, Grant Years: [17,18]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Partho Ghosh
    Research project: Interactions of YopE with the Rho GTPase family.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, Genentech, San Francisco, CA

  • Peter Carmichael
    Appointment Period: 1998-1999, Grant Year: [14]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Susan Taylor
    Research project: Using FRET to visualize the anchoring of PKA in vivo.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, University of Texas, Austin, TX

  • Jeremy Copp
    Appointment Period: 2001-2003, Grant Years: [17,18]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Peter van der Geer
    Research project: The role of Shc in growth factor receptor signaling.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA

  • James Covalt
    Appointment Period: 1998-2001, Grant Years: [13,14,15,16]
    Advisor during Training: Dr. Patricia Jennings
    Research project: Folding of an all beta-sheet protein, IL-1beta.
    Current position/institution: Professor, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA

  • Florence Davidson
    Appointment Period: 1985-1989, Grant Years: [01,02,03,04]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Ed Dennis
    Research project: Structure, evolution and regulation of venom and mammalian secreted PLA2's.
    Current position/institution: Laboratory of Biochemistry, Center for Cancer Research, NIH/NCI

  • Michele Day
    Appointment Period: 2004-2007, Grant Years: [20,21,22]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Susan Taylor
    Research project: Deciphering the Role of RIalpha as a Tumor Suppressor.
    Current position/institution: Finishing PhD studies in Susan Taylor Lab, UCSD.

  • Ryan Dellinger
    Appointment Period: 1997-2001, Grant Years: [13,14,15,16]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Daniel Donoghue
    Research project: Speedy: a novel cell cycle regulator of the G2/M transition.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, Penn State Cancer Institute, PA

  • Devin Drew
    Appointment Period: 1999-2001, Grant Years: [15,16]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Gouri Ghosh
    Research project: Structural studies of the I kappa B Kinase complex.
    Current position/institution: Computer Analyst

  • Jason Feinberg
    Appointment Period: 2003-2004, Grant Year: [19]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Simpson Joseph
    Research project: Ribosomal Translocation as a Regulatory Point in Translational Control.
    Current position/institution: Consultant to Patent Attorney, San Diego, CA

  • John Finke
    Appointment Period: 1998-2000, Grant Years: [13,14,15]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Patricia Jennings
    Research project: Models of protein folding and aggregation.
    Current position/institution: Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, MI

    To see Dr. Finke's faculty website, click here.

  • Robert Freeman
    Appointment Period: 1987-1991, Grant Years: [02,03,04,05,06]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Daniel Donoghue
    Research project: Protein kinases and proto-oncogenes: biochemical regulators of the eukaryotic cell cycle.
    Current position/institution: Professor, University of Rochester, NY

    To see Dr. Freeman's faculty website, click here.

  • Daved Fremont
    Appointment Period: 1992-1993, Grant Years: [07,08]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Nguyen-Huu and Dr. Ed Dennis
    Research project: Crystal structure of phospholipase A2.
    Current position/institution: Associate Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, Dept. Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

    To see Dr. Fremont's faculty website, click here.

  • Amanda Fusco
    Appointment Period: 2006-2007, Grant Years: [22]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Gouri Ghosh
    Research project: The Role of RelB in the Regulation of PlOO Processing and DNA Binding by p52 in Cancer.
    Current position/institution:

  • Randy Gastwirt
    Appointment Period: 2003-2007, Grant Years: [19,20,221,22]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Daniel Donoghue
    Research project: Spy1 Regulation of the Cell Cycle, Checkpoint Activation and Apoptosis.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSD

  • Albert Griffin
    Appointment Period: 1994-1997, Grant Years: [10,11,12]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Roger Tsien
    Research project: Helix forming peptides as spacers and receptors for fluorescent proteins.
    Current position/institution: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

  • Mark Hannink
    Appointment Period: 1986-1987, Grant Years: [02]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Daniel Donoghue
    Research project: Functions of the v-sis and the mos oncogene family and associated genes.
    Current position/institution: Professor, University of Missouri at Columbia, MO

    To see Dr. Hannink's website, click here.

  • Keely Heidtman
    Appointment Period: 2005-2006, Grant Year: [21]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Daniel Donoghue
    Research project: Association of Hedgehog and Patched in Basal Cell Carcinoma.
    Current position/institution: Research Assistant, Harvard SPH, Boston

  • Tom Huxford
    Appointment Period: 1996-1998, Grant Years: [12,13]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Gouri Ghosh
    Research project: X-ray studies of IkBa and IkB/NFkB complexes.
    Current position/institution: Assistant Professor, San Diego State University

    To see Dr. Huxford's faculty website, click here.

  • Mark Kamps
    Appointment Period: 1985-1987, Grant Years: [01,02]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Bart Sefton
    Research project: The role of tyrosine protein phosphorylation in the proliferation of cells.
    Current position/institution: Professor, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

    To see Dr. Kamps' faculty website, click here.
    To see Dr. Kamps' website at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center, click here.

  • Choel Kim
    Appointment Period: 1999-2002, Grant Years: [15,16,17]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Xuong Nguyen-Huu
    Research project: Structure of Anthranilate Phosphoribosyltransferase from the enterobacterium Erwinia Carotovora.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, UCSD, American Cancer Society Fellowship recipient

  • Candice Klingbeil
    Appointment Period: 1993-1996, Grant Years: [08,09,10,11]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Gordon Gill
    Research project: Mechanism of transmembrane signal transduction.

  • Nicole Kruse
    Appointment Period: 2003-2005, Grant Years: [19,20]
    Advisors during training: Dr. Alexandra Newton and Dr. Pat Jennings
    Research project: Conformational Changes in the Carboxyl Tail of Protein Kinase C and Interaction with Pin1.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Randy Lukasiewicz
    Appointment Period: 2004-2006, Grant Years: [20,21]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Gouri Ghosh
    Research project: Conserved Substrate Recognition Among SR Protein Kinases in Cancer.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, UCSD

  • Jeffrey Mandell
    Appointment Period: 1997-1999, Grant Years: [12,13,14]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Elizabeth Komives
    Research project: Mapping protein-protein interactions through experiment and theory.
    Current position/institution: Scientist, Ionian Technologies, San Diego, CA

  • Christine Mullen
    Appointment Period: 1996-1998, Grant Years: [12,13]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Patricia Jennings
    Research project: Investigation of the mechanism of quaternary structure formation of glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase.
    Current position/institution: Director, University of San Diego's McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program

  • Jacky Ngo
    Appointment Period: 2003-2006, Grant Years: [19,20,21]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Gouri Ghosh
    Research project: Investigations of SR Protein Kinase1 Interaction with ASF/SF2 in the Treatment of Leukemia.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, Harvard

  • Chris Phelps
    Appointment Period: 2000-2001, Grant Year: [16]
    Advisor during Training: Dr. Gouri Ghosh
    Research project: Regulation of NF-kB mediated transcription.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, Harvard

  • Steven Phelps
    Appointment Period: 2002-2003, Grant Year: [18]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Simpson Joseph
    Research project: The role of ribosomal A site binding and mRNA translocation in gene expression and cell growth.
    Current position/institution: Staff Scientist, BioPraxis, San Diego

  • Rebecca Phillips
    Appointment Period: 2001-2004, Grant Years: [17,18,19]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Partho Ghosh
    Research project: Pseudomonas toxins as cytotoxic agents.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France

  • Sharmin Schauble
    Appointment Period: 2002-2004, Grant Years: [18,19]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Susan Taylor
    Research project: Novel Mitochondrial Substrates of PKA and Their Role in Apoptosis.
    Current position/institution: Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

  • Derek Toomre
    Appointment Period: 1995-1997, Grant Years: [11,12]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Ajit Varki
    Research project: Structural and functional analysis of oligsaccharides with a novel and versatile fluorescent tag.
    Current position/institution: Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Assistant Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Professor, Yale University

    To see Derek's current research program, click here.

  • Kirsten Vroom (Limmer)
    Appointment Period: 2004-2007, Grant Years: [20,21,22]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Michael David
    Research project: Transcriptional Regulation of Schlafen (slfn) Proteins by Interferons in Malignant Transformation.
    Current position/institution:

  • Philip Wedegaertner
    Appointment Period: 1987-1991, Grant Years: [02,03,04,05,06]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Gordon Gill
    Research project: Tyrosine kinase activity in the epidermal growth factor receptor.
    Current position/institution: Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center (NCI-designated), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

    To see Phil Wedegaertner's faculty website, click here.

  • Chris White
    Appointment Period: 1994-1996, Grant Years: [10,11]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Elizabeth Komives
    Research project: Expression and characterization of small fragments of thrombomodulin.
    Current position/institution: President, White Labs, San Diego, CA

    To see Chris White's current biotechnology activities, click here.

  • Kevin Wilhelmsen
    Appointment Period: 1998-2002, Grant Years: [14,15,16,17]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Peter Vandergeer
    Research project: CSF-1 receptor regulation.
    Current position/institution: Postdoc, Netherlands Cancer Institute

  • Lilly Wong
    Appointment Period: 2002-2004, Grant Years: [18,19]
    Advisor during training: Dr. Patricia Jennings
    Research project: Activation of C-Terminal Src Kinase (Csk) Induced by Conformational Changes.
    Current position/institution: Research Scientist, Celgene, San Diego

 

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