Congratulations to the 2020 Leading Edge Fellows!

2020 Fellows

Helen Yang

Descending control of walking in Drosophila

Sissy Wamaitha

Human germ cell lineage emergence

Claudia Vásquez

Physics of epithelial lumen stability

Christina Towers

Autophagy dependence in cancer cells

Valerie Tornini

Chromatin modifiers in vertebrate development

He Tian

Directed evolution of biosensors for imaging neural activity

Monique Smith

Social communication of pain and elucidating the neural circuits of empathy

Naima Sharaf

Structure and function of the Neisseria meningitidis ABC methionine transporter system

Dorian Rosen

Modulating cellular stress responses to improve outcomes in neurological disorders

Lauren Rajakovich

Human gut microbial metabolism

Cameron Ogg

Neural circuits underlying behavioral flexibility

Elizabeth Lawrence

Microtubule dynamic instability in vitro

Lindsay LaFave

Chromatin state in lung adenocarcinoma

Aga Kendrick

Regulation of microtubule-based cellular transport

Jennifer Kan

Designing and engineering de novo protein functions

Victoria Hung

Ribosome heterogeneity in gene regulation and cell fate

Erin Hisey

Neural circuits underlying learning and forgetting

Zoë Hilbert

New modalities in host-microbe evolutionary conflicts

Liz Haynes

Imaging neural development across whole-embryo and single cell scales

Farah Haque

Microtubule-based regulatory mechanisms underlying signaling

Liangliang Hao

Engineering precision diagnostics for cancer

Mae Guthman

Plasticity of hormone-sensitive neural circuits

Jessica Gray

Single cell insights into evolution and development

Aleena Garner

Neural circuits in memory-sensory interplay

Jaye Gardiner

Cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer

Lam-Kiu Fong

Membrane protein function in Alzheimer's disease

Clarissa Durie

Visualizing bacterial secretion systems

Anne Draelos

Real-time analysis and stimulation of neuronal populations

Xintong Dong

Defensins and Mrgprs in skin immunity and itch

Allison Didychuk

DNA packaging in herpesviruses

Danfeng Cai

Chromatin organization and transcription regulation

Liz Boydston

Specialized organelles for host-parasite interactions

Heike Blockus

Linking synaptic specificity to neuronal circuit function

Cecilia Blengini

Chromosome segregation during female meiosis in mammals

N. Sumru Bayin

Neural stem cell diversity and age-dependent regenerative processes in the brain

Sarah Ackerman

Neuron-glia dynamics in circuit development, refinement, and behavior