Congratulations to the 2021 Leading Edge Fellows!
2021 Leading Edge Fellows
Delia Shelton
Environmental Psychology Innovation Center (EPIC): solving grand challenges in environmental and human health
Novalia Pishesha
Engineered nanobodies as immune modulators for autoimmunity and infectious diseases
Ana Gonzalez-Reiche
Molecular evolutionary dynamics of virus transmission and host-virus interactions
Andrea d'Aquino
Sustained delivery of GLP-1 receptor agonists for the treatment of diabetes
Sisi Chen
Probing the multicellular mechanisms of drug response in heterogeneous immune cell populations
Arianna Baggiolini
The developmental chromatin programs underlying oncogenic competence in melanoma
2020 Leading Edge Fellows
Christina Towers
Autophagy dependence in cancer cells
Assistant Professor
Salk Institute
He Tian
Directed evolution of biosensors for imaging neural activity
Postdoc
Harvard University
Monique Smith
Social communication of pain and elucidating the neural circuits of empathy
Incoming Assistant Professor,
University of San Diego
Naima Sharaf
Structure and function of the Neisseria meningitidis ABC methionine transporter system
Assistant Professor,
Stanford University
Dorian Rosen
Modulating cellular stress responses to improve outcomes in neurological disorders
Postdoc
Scripps
Lauren Rajakovich
Human gut microbial metabolism
Incoming Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Lindsay LaFave
Chromatin state in lung adenocarcinoma
Incoming Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Victoria Hung
Ribosome heterogeneity in gene regulation and cell fate
Postdoc
Stanford University
Erin Hisey
Neural circuits underlying learning and forgetting
Postdoc
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Zoë Hilbert
New modalities in host-microbe evolutionary conflicts
Postdoc
University of Utah
Liz Haynes
Imaging neural development across whole-embryo and single cell scales
Postdoc
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Farah Haque
Microtubule-based regulatory mechanisms underlying signaling
Postdoc
Massachusetts General Hospital
Jessica Gray
Single cell insights into evolution and development
Postdoc
Harvard Medical School
Aleena Garner
Neural circuits in memory-sensory interplay
Postdoc
Friedrich Miescher Institute
Jaye Gardiner
Cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer
Postdoc
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Clarissa Durie
Visualizing bacterial secretion systems
Incoming Assistant Professor, University of Missouri
Anne Draelos
Real-time analysis and stimulation of neuronal populations
Postdoc
Duke University
Allison Didychuk
DNA packaging in herpesviruses
Incoming Assistant Professor,
Yale University
Danfeng Cai
Chromatin organization and transcription regulation
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Liz Boydston
Specialized organelles for host-parasite interactions
Postdoc
Whitehead Institute
Heike Blockus
Linking synaptic specificity to neuronal circuit function
Senior Scientist
Verge Genomics
Cecilia Blengini
Chromosome segregation during female meiosis in mammals
Postdoc
Rutgers University
N. Sumru Bayin
Neural stem cell diversity and age-dependent regenerative processes in the brain
Incoming Group Leader
Gurdon Institute, Cambridge University
Sarah Ackerman
Neuron-glia dynamics in circuit development, refinement, and behavior
Incoming Assistant Professor,
Washington University School of Medicine