• Junyu Xiao joined the Dixon lab as a postdoctoral fellow in March of 2009. He recieved his Ph. D. from the Department of Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan.
  
  
• Matt Rardin recieved his doctorate and joined the Buck Institute as a postdoctoral fellow in March 2009.
  
  
• Xing Guo joined the lab as a postdoctoral fellow in September. He recieved his doctorate from Duke University in 2007.
  
  
• Lorena Navarro moved on to a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of California, Davis in September of 2008.
  
  
• Matt Gentry started a new positon as an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky in July of 2008
  
  
• Young-Jun Kim is now an Assistant Professor at Konkuk University in South Korea, starting in the summer of 2008
  
  
• Yvonne Lee has taken a position as scientist at Stratagene
  
  
• Andrew Markley is now part of the Molecular Biophysics Training Program
  
  
• Fred Robinson was recently awarded a NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to study "Roles of Myotubularin PI 3-phosphatases in Demyelinating Peripheral Neuropathy."  This award will fund his research in the Dixon lab for the next 1-2 years.  In addition, once he accepts an independent faculty position, he will receive 3 years of R01-level funding. 
  
  
• Neal Alto recently accepted a faculty position at UT Southwestern Medical Center in the Department of Microbiology. In addition, UT Southwestern selected Neal as an Endowed Scholar. The Endowed Scholars Program in Biomedical Research provides $1,000,000 to five, first-time, tenure-track assistant professors at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Funded by private endowment, the program assures the successful launch of young and creative investigators entering both basic science and clinical departments. His new lab's website is here.
  
  
• Matthew Gentry was recently awarded a NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for his grant "Use of Novel Model Systems Link Floridean Starch Metabolism to Lafora Disease." This award will fund his research in the Dixon lab for the next 2 years. In addition, once he accepts an independent faculty positions he will receive 3 years of R01-level funding.