Author Archives for Lea Scheppke

Lee Rubin, PhD

January 13, 2016 2:10 pm Published by

Dr. Rubin has worked in both industry and academia, and has drug discovery experience in both settings. He is currently a Professor at Harvard University, and Director of Translational Medicine at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. His research interests focus on identifying therapeutics for orphan neural disorders.


Susan Quaggin, MD, FASN

January 13, 2016 2:07 pm Published by

Dr. Quaggin is the Charles H. Mayo Professor of Medicine and Chief of Nephology at Northwestern University. Her research program focuses on the genetic pathways required to establish and maintain microvascular beds.


Ehud Isacoff, PhD

January 13, 2016 2:05 pm Published by

Dr. Isacoff is a Professor at UC Berkeley, in the Department of Neuroscience. He has been a pioneer of optogenetics research, using light to study neural circuits and neural transmission. He applies this research to neuronal diseases, including retinal disease, to restore neural function.


Edward Holmes, MD

January 13, 2016 1:08 pm Published by

Dr. Holmes was appointed a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at Duke University School of Medicine in 1974 and later became the James B. Wyngaarden Professor of Medicine. He was recruited to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1991 as the Chair of the Department of Medicine and the Frank Wister Thomas Professor of Medicine and Genetics.