Julia Sommer joined the Simons Foundation in 2011 to become a member of the team of scientists that manage SFARI’s grant portfolio and targeted projects. She mainly focuses on grants of cellular and molecular studies in autism, including many projects that make use of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). She also manages SFARI iPSC resources and, together with Brigitta Gundersen, oversees administration of SFARI annual request for Pilot and Research Award applications.
Julia Dallman is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Miami. She also directs the University of Miami Zebrafish Facility.
Millie Rogers is a second-year graduate student at the University of Miami. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida, where she studied the genetics underlying cochlear detoxification in the mammalian inner ear. She continues her research in genetics at University of Miami, where she is currently investigating the role of a newly identified human disease gene in degenerative neuromuscular phenotypes. Since beginning graduate school, she has taught general biology lab to approximately 30 students/class, leading undergraduates in learning and practicing experimental design and laboratory skills. She is also the proud mentor of three undergraduate students in her lab, whom she has trained in various laboratory techniques related to her research.