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Stanford Report, April 29, 2009

Medical center people

Anne Villeneuve

Ravindra Majeti, MD, PhD, has been appointed assistant professor of medicine, effective May 1. Majeti, whose clinical interests focus on hematology, was recently selected as a recipient of a 2009 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists, which provides $700,000 over five years. His research focuses on the identification and targeting of human acute myeloid leukemia stem-cell-specific cell surface molecules.

Anne Villeneuve, PhD, has been promoted to professor of developmental biology and of genetics, effective May 1. She is investigating the mechanisms underlying the faithful inheritance of eukaryotic chromosomes. Villeneuve's primary focus is on elucidating the events required for orderly segregation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis, the crucial process by which diploid germ cells generate haploid gametes.

Rajat Rohatgi, MD, PhD, has been appointed assistant professor of medicine and, by courtesy, of biochemistry, effective May 1. He is working to explain the biochemical and cell biological principles that govern signaling pathways that sit at the intersection between developmental biology and cancer. Rohatgi hopes to develop novel strategies for the manipulation of these pathways for cancer therapies and applications in regenerative medicine.