- 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
- Simon Brown
Appointment Period: 2006-2008, Grant Years: [22,23]
Advisor during training: Dr. Susan Taylor
Research project:
Investigations of CAMP-Dependant Protein Kinase A (PKA) Inhibition by Beta
Type Regulatory Subunit Up-Regulation in Breast Cancer
Current position/institution: Postdoc, Nick Dixon Lab, University of Wollongogn, Australia
- 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: Postdoc, Susan Taylor Lab, UCSD
- Kristy Drafahl
Appointment Period: 2006-2009, Grant Years: [22,23,24]
Advisor during training: Dr. Daniel Donoghue
Research project:
FGFR Kinase Activity Leads to Decreased NFkB Activity in Prostate Cancer.
Current position/institution: relocated to/seeking Postdoc position in Portland, OR
- 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
- Ravi Dinakar
Appointment Period: 2004-2008, Grant Years: [20,21,22,23]
Advisor during training: Dr. Xiang-Dong Fu
Research project:
Role of Translocated Liposarcoma in Gene Expression and Oncogenesis.
Current position/institution: Graduate Student, finishing up studies in the lab of Dr. X.-D. Fu at UCSD
- 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.
- Brian Jones
Appointment Period: 2007-2009, Grant Years: [23,24]
Advisor during training: Dr. Michael Burkart
Research project:
Investigations of polyketides FD-895 and spirohexenolide as anti-tumor agents.
Current position/institution: Grad Student, lab of Dr. Michael Burkart, UCSD
- 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
- Erika Mathes
Appointment Period: 2007-2008, Grant Years: [23]
Advisor during training: Dr. Gouri Ghosh
Research project:
Mechanism of NF-Kappa-B Regulation by I-Kappa-B.
Current position/institution: Postdoc, Gouri Ghosh Lab, UCSD
- 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
