The first cohort of ASBMB MOSAIC scholars

Lillian J. Brady
Vanderbilt University
Project: Sex differences in cholinergic regulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulation of local nucleus accumbens circuitry underlying motivation

Cassandra Hayne
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Project: Structural and functional characterization of pontocerebellar hypoplasia associated nucleases

Alfa Herrera
Northwestern University
Project: Small host GTPases: Direct targets of vibrio vulnificus MARTX toxin effectors

Junior Gonzales
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Project: Development of multimodal agents from natural spider peptides for prostate cancer via sodium-channel NaV1.7

Josefina Inés del Mármol
Rockefeller University
Project: Elucidating the structural determinants of odor specificity in insect olfactory receptors

John R. Jimah
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Project: Structural basis of dynamin-mediated membrane fission, actin bundling and interaction with binding partners

Marco Messina
University of California, Berkeley
Project: An activity-based biomolecule labeling platform for the imaging of cells and tissues under oxidative stress

Elias Picazo
Harvard University
Project: Strategic molecular activations for the selective synthesis of 2-deoxy-beta-glycosides, and for the synthesis of novel donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts

Iris Smith
Cleveland Clinic
Project: Unraveling the PTEN interactome: Modeling structural and functional dynamic network architecture for therapeutic modulation in cancer and autism

Chelsey C. Spriggs
University of Michigan
Project: Hijacking host cellular motors for the nuclear entry of polyomaviruses

Elizabeth V. Wasmuth
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Project: Biochemical, structural and molecular dissection of androgen receptor transcriptional activity

Velencia J. Witherspoon
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Project: Quantitative characterization of the extra cellular matrix components of connective tissue: Fingerprinting macromolecular components through low-field magnetic resonance
Read more about the inaugural ASBMB MOSAIC scholars
Meet our inaugural MOSAIC scholars
These K99/R00 awardees will receive individualized coaching and networking and presentation opportunities tailored to their needs.
More MOSAIC scholars
In February and April, the society welcomed seven MOSAIC participants. The five participants just named complete the cohort.