As a post-doc studying stem cell biology at Harvard University, Alice Chen found that shed come full circle to the very questions that inspired her interest in science as a child. The reason I went […]
When Michiko Taga began her post-doc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003, she never imagined that it would lead her to solving a longstanding mystery about vitamin B12, a vitamin that is fundamental […]
Some neurodegenerative diseases appear only as we age, even if the associated mutations are present and expressed throughout life. Former JCCF Fellow Michael Palladino started examining how such diseases change with time as a post-doc […]
A growing number of diseases are associated with protein misfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum, including the chronic lung disease cystic fibrosis. Since ending her JCCF Fellowship in 2005, Liz Miller has extended her endoplasmic reticulum […]
Before scientists had tools to perturb gene expression and look for molecular interactions, they poked and prodded cells to examine them. Advancing that understanding of how cells respond to forces and displacements, former JCCF Fellow […]