| 2019 | Michael Schappe | Pharmacology | Bimal Desai | Characterization of the Chanzyme TRPM7 in Macrophages |
| 2018 | Vlad Serbulea | Pharmacology | Norbert Leitinger | Control of Macrophage Metabolism by Oxidized Phospholipids – Implications in Obesity-associated Adipose Tissue Inflammation |
| 2017 | Claudia Han | Microbiology | Kodi Ravichandran | Phagocytic Communication During Apoptotic Cell Clearance and Inflammation |
| 2016 | Jim Cronk | Neuroscience | Jonathan Kipnis | The role of microglia in neurodevelopmental diseases |
| 2015 | Sherin Rouhani | Microbiology | Victor Engelhard | Immune responses to tumors and immunotherapy |
| 2014 | Alex Lohman | Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics | Brant Isakson | Pannexin channels in the endothelium of small veins and arteries |
| 2013 | Dan Matson | Biochemistry | P. Todd Stukenberg | Spindle Checkpoint Mechanisms |
| 2012 | Noel C. Derecki | Neuroscience | Jonathan Kipnis | Neuroimmunology; Neurodegenerative and Mental Disorders |
| 2011 | Faraaz B. Chekeni | Molecular Medicine – Physiology, Pharmacology and Pathology | Kodi Ravichandran | Pannexin 1 Channels Mediate Find-me Signal Release and Selective Plasma Membrane Permeability During Apoptosis |
| 2010 | Stephen P. Baker | Biochemistry | Patrick Grant | Understanding how Histone Phosphorylation Regulates DNA-mediated Cellular Processes and how Aberrant Regulation of These Processes Influences Increased Cell Proliferation and Ultimately Transformation |
| 2009 | Karin Eisinger-Mathason | Microbiology | Deborah Lannigan | The Role of RSK2 Nuclear Translocation in Oncogenesis |
| 2008 | Ed Stites | Biophysics | Kodi Ravichandran | Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Oncogenic Ras Signaling |
| 2007 | Michael Nelson | Neuroscience | Slobodan Todorovic | T-Type Calcium Channels in Nociceptive Neurons |
| 2006 | Catherine Christian | Neuroscience | Suzanne Moenter | Diurnal and Estradiol-dependent Regulation of the Neuroendocrine Signal for Ovulation |
| 2005 | Michael Kagey | Biochemistry | David Wotten | Identification and Molecular Characterization of the Polycomb Protein Pc2 as a Novel SUMO E3 Ligase |
| 2004 | Nima Mosammaparast | Microbiology | Lucy Pemberton | Linking Histone Nuclear Transport to Chromation Assembly |
| 2003 | Steven Jacobs | Biochemistry | Sepideh Khorasanizadeh | Structure and Function of the Heterochromatin Protein 1 Chromo Domain |
| 2003 | Shaharyah Khan | Neuroscience and MSTP | James Bennett | Mitochondria and Neurodegenerative Disease: A Common Mechanism |
| 2002 | Carolyn Cronin | Neuroscience and MSTP | Heidi Scrable | Role of Tyrosine in Retinogeniculate Development: Generation and Use of a LAC-Regulatable Muse Model |
| 2001 | Michael Nemergut | Microbiology and MSTP | Ian Macara | Activity of the Nuclear Transport Regulator RCC1 by Histones H2A and H2B |
| 2001 | Edmund Talley | Neuroscience | Doug Bayliss | Neuromodulation of Hypoglossal Motoneurons:Cellular and Developmental Mechanisms |
| 2000 | John Luckey | Microbiology and MSTP | Victor Engelhard | Role of Proteasomes and Non-Proteasomal Proteases in the Generation of Class I Mhc Associated Peptides |
| 1999 | Claudette Fuller | Microbiology | Vivian Braciale | Differential Activation of Cytotoxic CD8 + T Lymphocytes by Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B |
| 1999 | Elizabeth Norton | Cell Biology | John Herr | Monoclonal Antibody S19 and Its Cognate Antigen SAGA-1:A Model Antigen-Antibody System for Contraceptive Development |
| 1998 | Claudio Mosse | Microbiology | Victor Engelhard | Antigen Processing Pathway of Tyrosine: A Membrane Associated Melanoma Protein |
| 1998 | David Tice | Microbiology | Sally Parsons | Role of c-Src in Tumorigenesis |
| 1997 | Mark Esser | Microbiology | Vivian Braciale | Characterization of Activation Requirements for Cytolytic T Lymphocyte Effector Functions |
| 1997 | Kristine Garza | Microbiology | Ken Tung | Autoimmunity and Tolerance |
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