Fall 2025

• Drs. Ellie Duan (An Sci) and Soon Hon Cheong (Clin Sci) for “Functional Role of Maternal Factors MOF and H4k16ac In Bovine Embryonic Genome Activation.”
• Dr. Andrew White (Biomed Sci), collaborator: Dr. Melissa Reeves (University of Utah) for “Defining the mutational landscape and role of TNF signaling in response to carcinogen exposure and resistance in the spiny mouse.”
• Dr. Luis Schang (MI), collaborator: Dr. Wiliam Lai (MBG) for “Epigenetic regulation of viral latency.”
• Dr. Marjolein van der Meulen (Bio Eng, MA Eng), collaborator: Dr. Ben Cosgrove (Bio Eng) for “Contribution of Cellular Senescence toward Differences in Joint Damage between Osteoarthritis and Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis.”

Fall 2024

• Dr. Colleen Lau for “Epigenetic regulation of natural killer cell memory.”
• Dr. Angela Poole, collaborator:Abigail Synder, for “Genome scale profiling of the gut mycobiome to identify potential effects on human health.”
• Drs. Nilay Yapici and Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou for “Genomic characterization of taste processing neurons in the brainstem.”
• Dr. Jacquelyn Evans for “Transcriptomic analysis of canine gastric adenocarcinoma.”
• Dr. Jongmin Kim, collaborator: Charles Danko, for “Polycomb regulation of Pol II dynamics and chromatin structure in spermatogenesis.”
• Dr. Ayshwarya Subramanian, collaborators: David Russell and Jen Grenier, for “Systems biology approaches to decode macrophage signaling in diabetic kidney disease.”

Fall 2023

• Dr. Brian Rudd, collaborators: Andrew Grimson, and Iwijn De Vlaminck for “In vivo barcoding for high dimensional profiling of single cells in space and time.”
• Dr. Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou, collaborator: Andrew Miller for “Applying genomics to study the basis of aggressive and tame behaviors in domesticated silver fox.”
• Dr. Leonardo Campagna, collaborator: Maria Recuerda for “A pangenomic approach to understanding the genetics of plumage coloration in a rapid avian radiation.”
• Dr. Daniel Berry, collaborator: Toly Aydemir for “Investigating the role of the zinc transporter, Zip14, in adipose tissue biology.”
• Dr. John Schimenti, collaborator: Mariana Wolfner for “Phosphoproteomics of mouse egg activation.”

Fall 2022

• Drs. Ilana Brito and Cynthia Leifer received $30,000 for “Macrophage responses in the context of IBD: Disentangling the role of genetic polymorphisms and pro-inflammatory bacteria.”
• Drs. Michael Sheehan and Charles Danko received $30,000 for “Consequences of genetic variation on transcription and behavior in complex natural environments.”
• Drs. Jan Lammerding and John Lis received $20,000 for “Applying Genomics Approaches to Study Nuclear Mechanotransduction.”
• Drs. Yi Athena Ren and Iwijn De Valminck received $20,000 for “Spatial-temporal control of ovarian follicle rupture: Exploring fundamental mechanisms behind a unique process with a big impact.”
• Drs. Jessica Hayward, Adam Boyko, and Rory Todhunter received $20,000 for “Low-pass whole-genome sequencing and imputation to improve power for genome-wide association study of canine hip dysplasia.”

Fall 2021

• Drs. Nina Overgaard Therkildsen and Philipp Messer received $30,000 for “Investigating the genomic basis of rapid adaptation in an invasive migratory fish.”
• Drs. Jonathan Butcher and Iwijn De Vlaminck received $30,000 for “Collective Neighborhood Signaling Controlling Fetal Ventricular Growth and Maturation.”
• Drs. Jingyue (Ellie) Duan and Soon Hon Cheong received $20,000 for “Establishment of Bovine Embryos Model to Determine the Effect of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) on Mammalian Embryo DNA Methylation and Zygotic Transcription.”
• Drs. Norah Smith, Andrew Grimson, and Brian Rudd received $20,000 for “Natural genetic variation in CD8+ T cell immunity”
• Drs. Nora Prior, Ehren Bentz, and Alexander Ophir received $20,000 for “Social-bonding induced changes in chromatin architecture.”

Fall 2020

• Drs. Yi Athena Ren and Paul Soloway received $30,000 for “The luteinizing hormone surge-induced chromatin remodeling in the regulation of ovulation and luteal function.”
• Drs. Andrew Clark and Mariana Wolfner received $20,000 for “Characterizing the transcriptional regulation of single-copy protein-coding genes on the Drosophila Y chromosome.”
• Drs. Natasza Kurpios and Iwijn De Vlaminck received $20,000 for “Spatiotemporal single-cell RNA sequencing of muscular-lymphatic heterogeneity and function in the mouse intestine.”
• Dr. David Lin received $20,000 for “Neuronal Derived Extracellular Vesicles in CNS and PNS Regeneration.”
• Dr. Nathan Vacanti received $20,000 for “Blocking Metabolic Adaptations that allow Hypoxic Triple-Negative Breast Tumor Cores to Suppress Apoptosis.”
• Dr. Tolunay Beker Ayedemir received $10,000 for “Mitochondrial ZIP14 regulates intracellular Mn redistribution in astrocytes.”
• Drs. Zhenlong Gu and Kimberly O’Brien received $10,000 for “Impact of Iron Status on Single Cell Mitochondrial DNA Mutation.”

Fall 2019

• Drs. Joeva Barrow and Anna Thalacker-Mercer received $30,000 for “Leveraging high-throughput small molecule screens towards the treatment of mitochondrial disease.”
• Drs. Julia Felippe, Paul Soloway, and Cedric Feschotte received $30,000 for “The epigenomic network in common variable immunodeficiency: are transposable elements behind the scenes?”
• Dr. Andrea Flesken-Nikitin received $20,000 for “Molecular and cellular changes during the early stages of serous endometrial carcinoma.”
• Dr. Amnon Koren received $20,000 for “CRISPR-Mutagenesis Coupled to Single-Cell DNA Sequencing for Discovering Novel Regulators of Human DNA Replication Timing.”
• Dr. Shu-Bing Qian received $20,000 for “A Genetic Circuit Formed by Ribosomes”
• Drs. Irby Lovette and Leonardo Campagna received $10,000 for “Regulation of melanogenesis and its relevance to promoting avian phenotypic differentiation and speciation.”
• Dr. Ned Place received $10,000 for “Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of primordial germ cell heterogeneity in postnatal naked mole-rat ovaries.”

Fall 2018

• Drs. Tracy Stokol and Duane Hassane received $14,958 for “Comparative Genomic Evaluation of Canine Acute Myeloid Leukemia.”
• Drs. Natasza Kurpios, Charles Danko, and Eva Oxford received $6,424 for “Identification of transcriptional regulatory elements associated with the development of cardiac rhythm disturbances in Playrr deficient mice.”
• Dr. Jeremy Searle and Mr. Benjamin Johnson received $14,400 for “Transcriptomic analysis of mitonuclear epistasis in lungless salamanders.”
• Drs. Haiyuan Yu and Hening Lin received $15,000 for “Towards a comprehensive atlas of 3D structural interactome networks across human tissues.”

Fall 2017

• Dr. Sylvia Lee received $10,000 for “Conserved patterns of histone modifications through aging.”
• Dr. David Lin received $15,000 for “Multi-omic analysis of single cells using a microfluidic device.”
• Drs. Nina Overgaard Therkildsen and Philipp Messer received $15,000 for “Using historical DNA samples to characterize the genomic basis for fisheries-induced evolution.”
• Dr. Andrew White received $10,000 for “Identifying miRNAs necessary for melanoma growth and development.”
• Dr. Jennifer Grenier received $15,000 (shared technology award) for “Technology Development of Single-cell Gene Expression Profiling at Cornell.”
• Dr. Robert Weiss received $10,000 (shared equipment award) for “Molecular combing instrumentation to dissect molecular characteristics of replicating DNA.”

Fall 2016

• Dr. Paula Cohen received $15,000 for “Establishing an in vitro spermatogonial stem cell (SSC) culture system for a CRISPR mutagenesis screen to identify genes required for entry into meiosis in mouse and human.”
• Dr. Jeremy Searle received $15,000 for “A population genomic study of a non-model organism utilizing cost-effective 3’RNAseq.”
• Dr. Sergiy Libert received $13,000 for “Genomics Approach to Uncover Mechanisms of Oocyte Rejuvenation.”
• Dr. Irby Lovette received $12,000 for “Genomic Insight into Parallel Evolution.”
• Drs. Amnon Koren and Marcus Smolka received $10,000 for “Genomic analysis of factors required for centromere and heterochromatin replication in human cells.”

Fall 2015

• Dr. Adam Anderson received $10,000 for “Neurogenetics of Sensitivity to the Environment: Emotional Memory as a Mediator of GXE Effects.”
• Dr. Kathleen Kelly received $14,000 for “Genomics of Sudden Cardiac Death in Thoroughbred Racehorses.”
• Drs. Jeff Pleiss and Thomas Cleland received $15,000 for “Determining temporally- and spatially-regulated changes in gene expression in the mouse brain induced by incremental associative learning.”
• Dr. Kenneth Simpson received $6,000 for “Identifying the Genetic Basis of Protein Losing Enteropathy in Yorshire Terriers.”
• Drs. Robert Weiss and Marcus Smolka received $10,000 for “Creating new mouse models to resolve the key physiological functions of the 9-1-1 DNA damage response complex.”

Fall 2014

• Dr. Zhenglong Gu received $7,000 for “Single-cell mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in human muscle stem cells.”
• Dr. Heather Huson received $12,000 for “Identifying genes related to out of season breeding in sheep.”
• Dr. S. Sylvia Lee received $12,000 for “Functional analysis of conserved lipid regulators.”
• Dr. Cindy Leifer received $12,000 for “Transcriptomic analysis of macrophage mechanosensing.”
• Dr. Haiyuan Yu received $12,000 for “Developing a cell-free system for protein interactomes.”
• Dr. Kelly Zamudio received $10,000 for “Unravelling amphibian-chytrid infection dynamics: dual RNAseq of host and pathogen.”

Fall 2013

• Dr. Avery August received $14,967 for “Generation of condition and inducible deletions of the actin binding protein Drebrin mutant in mice.”
• Dr. Patricia Johnson received $7,000 for “Hepatic gene expression profiling to identify changes associated with altered ovarian follicle selection.”
• Dr. Sergiy Libert received $15,000 for “Identification of SIRT6 targets responsible for the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells.”
• Dr. Ling Qi received $15,000 for “HFD and TLR2/4 deficiency synergistically induce pulmonary damage and mortality via an altered microbiota.”
• Dr. Vimal Selvaraj received $4,200 for “Resting the effect of TSPO ligands in DSS-induced acute ulcerative colitis in mice.”
• Shared Equipent funding: $11,771 for X-Ray Power Source for Live Small Animal Micro-CT Imaging System

Fall 2012

• Dr. Yves Boisclair received $8,015 for “Identification of miRNAs regulating the re-organization of metabolism in liver, muscle and adipose tissue during the transition from pregnancy to lactation.”
• Dr. Irby Lovette received $12,000 for “Transcriptomics of conspecific song preference. Genetic mechanisms conferring evolutionary stability to a learned pre-mating barrier.”
• Dr. Susan Quirk received $6,000 for “Cell Fate Mapping of the Ovarian Theca.”
• Drs. Brian Rudd and Andrew Grimson received $15,000 for “Identifying miRNAs that regulate the allergic response in early life.”
• Dr. Tudorita Tumbar received $10,000 for “Testing the role of low epigenetic identity in quiescent tissue stem cell plasticity by rapid generation of transgenic multiple mutant mice.”

Fall 2011

• Dr. Adam Boyko received $7,000 for “Genomic signatures of altitude adaptation in Andean village dogs.”
• Dr. Samantha Brooks received $7,000 for “Identifying genes controlling locomotion pattern: the horse as a model species.”
• Drs. Andrew Clark and John Schimenti received $8,000 for “Regulation of expression of both maternally and paternally derived X-linked genes in a mouse model of Turner syndrome.”
• Dr. Andrew Grimson received $15,000 for “A Novel Method for microRNA Target Identification.”
• Drs. Zhenglong Gu and Kimberly O’Brien received $15,000 for “Metabolic Adaptation to Regional Environments in Human Populations.”
• Dr. Vimal Selvaraj received $8,200 for “Transcriptome screen in bovine blastocysts to identify species-specific factors for sustaining pluripotency.”

Fall 2010

• Drs. Robin Davisson and Ram Sharma received $4,000 for “Developing novel tools to dissect the functional role of miRNAs in cardiovascular regulatory circuits of murine brain.”
• Dr. Ling Qi received $10,000 for “The identification of XBP1 Targets in Adipocytes.”
• Drs. Susan Quirk and Rebecca Williams received $6,000 for “Multiphoton imaging of vascular events required for ovulation in transgenic mice with altered signaling through the hedgehog pathway.”
• Drs. John Schimenti and Marcus Smolka received $15,000 for “Screen for mammalian meiotic checkpoint proteins via combinatorial genetics and phosphoproteomics.”
• Drs. Marcus Smolka, Paula Cohen, and Robert Weiss received $14,967 for “Regulation of Mouse SLX4 by DNA Damage and Replication Checkpoint Signaling.”
• Drs. Kelly Zamudio and Anna Savage received $13,744 for “Comparative transcriptomics of Lowland Leopard Frogs (Lithobates yavapaiensis) with divergent responses to a pathogenic fungus.”

Fall 2009

• Drs. Adam Siepel and W. Lee Kraus received $15,000 for “Comparative interrogation of glucocorticoid receptor binding in primates by ChIP-seq and GRO-seq.”
• Drs. Jason Mezey and Marjory Brooks received $14,200 for “Identification of the Locus Responsible for Canine Scott Syndrome (CSS).”
• Drs. Nathan Sutter and Samantha Brooks received $10,360 for “Pilot Genome-wide Association for Skeletal Size in Thoroughbreds.”
• Drs. Yves Boisclair and Dale Bauman received $5,000 for “Conjugated linoleic acids, lipogenesis and the prevention of breast cancers.”
• Dr. Qiaoming Long received $8,500 for “Genetic Reagents for in vivo and in vitro studies of RFX6 functions in pancreatic islets.”
• Dr. Ikhide Imumorin received $7,500 for “Search for Putative Imprinted Positional Candidate Genes for Parent-of-Origin QTL in Bovine Chromosome 2.”
• Drs. Andrew Clark and John Fitzpatrick received $11,700 for “Genome-wide SNP discoery for field-oriented genomic studies of the Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens).”
• Drs. Mark Roberson and Andrew Clark received $10,000 for “RNA Sequent Studies on Human Placental Samples.”

Fall 2008

• Drs. Doug Antczak and Andrew Clark received $13,000 for “Transcriptome-wide identification of imprinted genes and quantification of genome-wide differential allelic expression in horse-donkey interspecies hybrids.”
• Dr. Carl Hopkins received $8,000 for “Transcriptome Sequencing of the Electric Organ, a Novel Vertebrate Tissue Type.”
• Dr. John Lis and Alexander Nikitin received $12,200 for “Transcriptional Regulation in Mammary Stem Cells, Cancer Stem Cells and Tumors.”
• Dr. Amy McCune received $8,000 for “Lung morphogenesis genes in the swimbladder: manipulations of Nkx2.1 in the developing zebrafish swimbladder.”
• Dr. Ned Place received $10,160 for “A genomics approach to ovarian insensitivity to gonadotropin stimulation.”
• Dr. Alexander Travis received $10,000 for “Modulation of Cav2.3 (a1E) Calcium Channel Function in Sperm by the Ganglioside GM1: Investigations Using a1E Null Mice.”
• Dr. Thomas Brenna and Kumar Kothapalli received $6000 for “Functional Characterization of FADS AT (Alternative Transcripts) in Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis.”

Fall 2007

• Drs. Carlos Bustamante and Adam Boyko received $15,000 for “The history and biology of dog domestication: a genomic study using a global survey of non-breed affiliated village dogs.”
• Dr. S. Sylvia Lee received $10,000 for “A role for Hcf proteins in longevity control.”
• Dr. David Lin received $10,000 for “Odorant receptor choice in the mouse olfactory epithelium.”
• Dr. Kenneth Simpson received $15,000 for “Investigation of the genetic basis of Histiocytic ulderative colitis in the boxer dog.”

Fall 2006

• Dr. Gregory Acland received $11,654 for “Molecular Genetics of Tame and Aggressive Behavior in Silver Foxes.”
• Drs. Carlos Bustamante and Marjory Brooks received $9,800 for “Linkage Analyses of Canine Scott Syndrome.”
• Dr. Susan Quirk received $10,300 for “Genetic pathways regulating follicle development in the mammalian ovary.”
• Dr. Paul Soloway received $14,500 for “Single molecular chromatin analysis of the developing mouse embryo.”
• Shared Equipent funding: $5000 for Optical Microscopy Equipment

Fall 2005

• Dr. Patricia Cassano received $14,910 for “Genetic variation in folate metabolism and the risk of cardiovascular disease in human populations.”
• Dr. Teresa Gunn received $9,800 for “Acquisition of phenotypic data for use in fine mapping genomic loci affecting susceptibility of ventricular arrhythmias in golden retrievers.”
• Dr. W. Lee Kraus received $15,000 for “Examining chromatin binding by PARP-1 on a genomic scale.”
• Dr. David McCobb received $10,000 for “The role of adrenal epinephrine output in dominance interactions between male mice.”
• Dr. Rory Todhunter received $20,000 for “Microsatellite primers for minimal screening sets in dogs”
• Shared Equipment funding: $30,000 for the Canine DNA Bank
• Shared Equipment funding: $14,862 for Behavioral Phenotyping Equipment
• Shared Equipment funding: $6340 for an Agilent hybridization oven

Fall 2004

• Dr. James Casey received $7,950 for “Retroviral promoter tagging of cell lineages in transgenic zebrafish.”
• Dr. Richard Goldstein received $9,000 for “The Genetic Basis for Primary Hyperparathyroidism in the Keeshond.”
• Dr. Lee Kraus received $10,000 for “Determining Patterns of Factor Recruitment to Estrogen-Regulated Genes on a Global Scale.”
• Drs. Vicki Meyers-Wallen and Alexander Travis received $14,000 for “Preparation of Canine Embryonic Stem Cells.”
• Dr. Dan Luo received $15,000 for a collaborative study on DNA Nano-arrays.