Directory - Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund

Status

Year Appointed

Institution

Name

Clear Filters

Alexander Katsov Jane Coffin Childs - HHMI Fellow

Rockefeller University

Appointed in 2010

Jon R. Katze Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Yale University

Appointed in 1966

Stephen J. Kaufman Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Appointed in 1971

Lawrence M. Kauvar Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

California Institute of Technology

Appointed in 1978

Justus Kebschull Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Stanford University

Appointed in 2018

Brain circuits and the neuronal cell types that form them are not static over evolutionary time. Rather, they cause and reflect the changing repertoire of animal behavior. How circuits and cell types change from their ancestral state to support novel behaviors during evolution, therefore, gives us important clues as to their current function. In my project, I will investigate the interaction between the cerebellum and the rest of the brain from this evolutionary angle by studying the progressive expansion and elaboration of the deep cerebellar nuclei, the output pathway of the cerebellum. I will profile transcriptional and protectional cell types of the DCN across species to probe changes in the DCN over deep evolutionary time. I will then integrate this dataset with developmental trajectories of the identified cell types in mouse, to provide mechanistic insight into how brain regions specialize on the level of single cells and circuit wiring to support new functions over the course of evolution.

James. L. Keck Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Harvard University

Appointed in 1997

James J. Keirns Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Yale University

Appointed in 1972

Gregory Kellogg Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Harvard University Medical School

Appointed in 1993

C. Lindley Kemp Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Universite de Geneve, Switzerland

Appointed in 1963

Jon A. Kenniston Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

University of Pennsylvania

Appointed in 2006

Joan L. L. Kent Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Appointed in 1963

Kenyon J. Kenyon Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

MRC Center, University Medical School, England

Appointed in 1981

Daniel S. Kessler Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Harvard University

Appointed in 1991

Renat Khaliullin Jane Coffin Childs Fellow - Ludwig Institute

Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

Appointed in 2012

Amy A. Kiger Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Harvard University Medical School

Appointed in 2001

Sunyoung Kim Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Appointed in 1987

Hui Sun Kim Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

University of California, Berkeley

Appointed in 1999

Taekyung Kim Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Boston Children's Hospital

Appointed in 2003

Seyun Kim Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Johns Hopkins University

Appointed in 2007

Hyun-Eui Kim Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Appointed in 2008

In the lab of Andrew Dillin, I study the mechanism of proteotoxicity in age-onset neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer¬ís and Huntington¬ís. To better understand how protein homeostasis plays a role in these diseases, I use animal model systems ¬ó such as c. elegans and mice ¬ó that express toxic proteins including the amyloid beta peptide (Alzheimer’s) or poly-glutamate protein (Huntington’s).

I was born in Seoul, Korea. My desire to become a¬† good scientist outweighed anxiety over separating from my family, so I moved to the U.S, obtaining my PhD in biochemistry at the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center. There, I studied the mechanism of cell death and apoptosis, in particularly in various cancer cells. For my postdoc career, I wanted to try new systems to learn more of biology and use my biochemistry expertise. I chose a genetics lab where I can work with live animals and develop a better understanding of pathology in animal model systems, rather than just in groups of cells. I am hopeful that my basic science findings can turn into therapeutic tools. Outside of work, I play piano and paint, and enjoy walking my little dog on the beautiful San Diego beach.

Judith E. Kimble Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

MRC Center, University Medical School, England

Appointed in 1978

Bruce E. Kimmel Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

University of California, San Francisco

Appointed in 1991

Jonathan King Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

MRC Center, University Medical School, England /
Purdue University

Appointed in 1968

Robert E. Kingston Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Appointed in 1982

Jack F. Kirsch Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

University of California, Berkeley /
Brandeis University

Appointed in 1961

Jan K. Kitajewski Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

University of California, San Francisco

Appointed in 1987

Matthew Klassen Jane Coffin Childs - HHMI Fellow

University of California, San Francisco

Appointed in 2010

Robert J. Klebe Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Appointed in 1971

George Klein Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Appointed in 1962

Juli D. Klemm Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Stanford University

Appointed in 1996

Rolf F. Kletzien Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Sidney Farber Cancer Center

Appointed in 1975

Steven A. Kliewer Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Appointed in 1990

Lisa S, Klig Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Stanford University

Appointed in 1984

Apostolos Klinakis Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Columbia University

Appointed in 2003

David M. Knipe Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

University of Chicago

Appointed in 1976

Paul S. Knoepfler Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Appointed in 1998

Bruce D. Koch Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

University of California, Berkeley

Appointed in 1986

Thomas J. Kodadek Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

University of California, San Francisco

Appointed in 1985

Mina Kojima Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Yale University

Appointed in 2019

Prasanna R. Kolatkar Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Purdue University

Appointed in 1992

Anthony Koleske Jane Coffin Childs Fellow

Whitehead Institute /
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Appointed in 1994

Suzanne F. Komili Jane Coffin Childs - HHMI Fellow

University of California, San Francisco

Appointed in 2009

I am studying genetic determinants of non-genetic variability, or ¬noise,¬î in gene expression using the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

I started college fully intending to become a physician. However, an excellent first-year interdisciplinary course exposed me to the excitement of research science, and demonstrated the power/utility of using tools from one discipline to study problems in another. I pursued a degree in physics, with the intention of applying the quantitative tools and techniques that I had learned to study biology.

My graduate studies were supervised by both Pam Silver, a molecular and cellular biologist, and Fritz Roth, a statistician and computational biologist. Their joint tutelage allowed me not only to learn fundamental molecular biology and genomics, but also how to analyze data I generated in high-throughput and computational studies. My post-doctoral research on noise in gene expression provides another opportunity to apply mathematical and computational techniques to high-throughput datasets that I am collecting myself. I hope that these studies will provide new insight into problems as fundamental.