Leading Edge Fellows Program
Leading Edge is an initiative to improve the gender diversity of life sciences faculty
http://leadingedgesymposium.org/
@ariannabaggiolini.bsky.social
Stem cell and cancer biologist | Hofschneider Professor and Group Leader at the Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Switzerland www.baggiolinilab.org
@anitagola.bsky.social
Postdoc in Fuchs lab, Rockefeller University | PhD: Ron Germain-Adrian Hill (NIH - Jenner) | Leading Edge Fellow | 🇮🇹
@mvickymoya.bsky.social
BRAIN Initiative K99 and Leading Edge Fellow in the Economo Lab, Boston University. Identifying the cell types that make up neural circuits. Lover of cortical layers, you, and the Oxford comma.
@cdenningjannace.bsky.social
Mom first. Friend to all. Scientist fascinated by transition metals in pathogenic fungi. Postdoc Duke Chem. #MetalsInBiology
@amandambuch.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, AI/ML Engineer & Classical Visual Artist | Comp. Psychiatry & Neurodev. 🧠✨🎨 SFARI Fellows-to-Faculty | Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Leading Edge Fellow | NASEM/Ford Fellow Weill Cornell Medicine & Columbia University www.amandabuch.com
@jeeyunc.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Harvard MCB. Interested in lipid storage mechanisms and neuronal lipid metabolism. jeeyunchunglab.org
@maurerlab.bsky.social
Understanding biology to improve gene therapy. Opening Jan 2025! University of Michigan Department of Biophysics. https://maurerlab.org
@ceej64.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Scientist @HHMIJanelia by way of @WelsherLab | Microscopist 🥼| Leading Edge Fellow 💪 | Weekday Warrior 🥋 | Openly Autistic | Memes and Motivation 🥇|
@xiaotanglu.bsky.social
Incoming Assistant Professor @UIUC | BRAIN Initiative K99 Postdoc Fellow @Harvard | Develop multiplexed connectomic imaging technologies
@katherinesavell.bsky.social
Scientist. Addiction neuroscience, molecular biology, & bioinformatics | NIDA K99 Postdoc @ National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Hope Lab | Leading Edge Fellow | PhD UAB, Day Lab. Personal account 🧠🧬🐀 linktr.ee/katherinesavell
@cheyennetait.bsky.social
Assistant professor - Marshall University - Invertebrates - Neurobiology - Behavior - Evolution
@eannemartin.bsky.social
Incoming Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa Dept of Biology. Current Postdoc at the University of Oregon. Investigating the overlap between electrical and chemical synaptogenesis using zebrafish. SciArt enthusiast. eannemartin.com
@katiehatstat.bsky.social
Postdoc in protein design | DeGrado Lab at UCSF | NIH K99/R00 | University of California President's Postdoc Fellow | Leading Edge Fellow
@fueyoraquel.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Wysocka Lab at @ Stanford. @ EMBO, @ CancerResearch, and @ Leading Edge fellow. Gene regulation | Transposons | Human embryo development
@cicacanesso.bsky.social
Immunologist at Rockefeller University | Former Pew Trusts fellow | Leading Edge fellow | K99/R00 NIAID
@hollymerta.bsky.social
- Current postdoc @ UTSW Cell Biology Henne lab @hennelab.bsky.social - Sub-organellar organization and organelle-cytoskeleton interactions - former PhD ‘21 Yale MCDB @Bahmanyarlab - NIGMS F32 and Leading Edge Fellow - trainee mom of two 🧑🔬🔬🧫💚
@clarissachemist.bsky.social
Asst Prof, University of Missouri, Biochemistry ❤️ Structure-Function of Protein Complexes. CryoEM. Enzyme Kinetics. Advocate for Underrepresented Minorities and Women in STEM
@drkell.bsky.social
Marine biogeochemist, MIT-WHOI JP PhD 🌊, Postdoctoral Scientist at GMGI studying sea urchins as cancer-resistant, long-lived animal models, and overall marine science enthusiast! They/them. https://gmgi.org/about/team/research-team/riss-kellogg-ph-d/
@cnuevotapioles.bsky.social
Mitochondrial biology and cancer ••• Postdoctoral fellow at NYU Langone Grossman School of Medicine. Emerald Foundation Inc. Fellow. Leading Edge Fellow 2024 |Philips lab| +she/her+
@katewarde.bsky.social
Postdoc @huntsmancancer researching adrenal cancer and hormones funded by ACS | @leadingedgesymp 2024 Fellow | Pharmacology PhD @irishresearch | 🇮🇪 in 🇺🇸| (she/her)
@zoehilbertspace.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Boston College studying the evolution of host-pathogen interactions. Budding mycologist with a forever soft spot for nematodes. (she/her) evolvingfungi.org
@genoa.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Environmental Science, NJIT | reproductive toxicologist | synthetic chemist | wearer of babies gwarnerlab.com
@rose-hill.bsky.social
Interoception, Organ physiology, and Neuronal mechanisms of homeostasis (ION) Lab | Neuroscientist at OHSU | ionlaboratory.com | proud parent of cats | (she/they) 🏳️🌈🧠🧑🔬 views are my own
@hannahledvina.bsky.social
JCCF and Leading Edge Postdoc Fellow in the Aaron Whiteley lab at CU Boulder. Bacteria and phage enthusiast obsessed with host-pathogen interactions. She/her.
@deetsk.bsky.social
immunologist + Tetrahymena | 2023 HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow | LeadingEdge fellow | postdoc in the Elde lab at the University of Utah | wannabe wx nerd | she/her
@christensenlab.bsky.social
PI of the Christensen Lab at Northwestern University, Molecular Biosciences Department. Studying intracellular transport diversity across fungi and other organisms - thechristensenlab.com
@elleroberson.bsky.social
@annaintegrated.bsky.social
Retina neurobiologist. My lab opened at University of Illinois, Chicago in January 2024. vlasitslab.org Views my own.
@shylonatasha.bsky.social
@prerna-malaney.bsky.social
Assistant Professor-Dartmouth College. RNA-binding proteins in health and disease. https://www.malaneylab.org
@gertrudearthur.bsky.social
Postdoc Fellow @UMMC, Stec lab| Research on MASLD, kidney and heart disease|Leading Edge & LAUNCHED fellow
@allynguyen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at CU Anschutz. Interested in genome integrity and how core cellular processes are rewired in disease, development, and across evolution. Views are my own.
@chinyereiweka.bsky.social
Assistant Professor School of Medicine Pharmacology department Case Western Reserve University
@maigenmichelle.bsky.social
Research Instructor @ CU-AMC. Upper ordinary aiming to be extraordinary. Failing my way to the top. “I don’t lose, I either win or I learn” ✝️🥼🧠🧬
@varshar.bsky.social
@delmarmollab.bsky.social
We study the structural basis of sensory transduction, and bugs. Harvard Medical School and HHMI
@dlramamurthy.bsky.social
BRAIN K99/R00 & Leading Edge Fellow, Feldman lab @UCBerkeleyNeuro. Previously at Krubitzer lab @UCDavis_Neuro. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rx0-fg8AAAAJ&hl=en
@rsm7.bsky.social
Cancer Biologist. Big fan of the bone microenvironment. Chromatin architecture. Books, coffee, good food and games.
@thegunnlab.bsky.social
Biophysicist and Cell Biologist. Fascinated by structure and enzyme regulation. Incoming Assistant Prof at Stony Brook University
@maikokitaoka.bsky.social
Cell biologist enamored with gametes and their chromosomes | HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow | Leading Edge Fellow | 🧬🐸🪰🔬 she/her
@ghostpathogen.bsky.social
Used to be funny, now i make parasites kiss. Postdoc in the Sateriale lab @TheCrick working on Cryptosporidiosis. 2024 Leading Edge fellow. Host-pathogen interactions, cell biology, immunity, community. Currently in London (via AUS & SL)
@jennkong.bsky.social
Assist prof — Biochem @UW! Interested in morphogen signaling — in the context of development, regeneration, and cancer. ❤️🦔 www.thekonglab.org/
@blkwomencompbio.bsky.social
A 501(c)(3) accelerating opportunity in computational biology for Black women. Get connected as a member or supporter: 🔗 linktr.ee/bwcb 🌱Add us to your Giving Season plans: blackwomencompbio.org/donate 🧬🖥️ 🧪
@ksxue.bsky.social
Incoming assistant prof at UC Irvine. Ecology and evolution in microbial communities, and occasional writing. https://kxuelab.com
@krissylyon.bsky.social
Neuroscientist & astrocyte enthusiast | Postdoc in the Allen lab @SalkInstitute.bsky.social | DSPAN K00 | SACNAS at Salk chapter president | @lclark.bsky.social and Harvard PiN alum | she/her
@abbycheru.bsky.social
Postdoc at Joslin Diabetes Center. Alum WashU, Colby College. Kenyan American. RNA and translation regulation, pancreatic islets, diabetes. MOSAIC NIDDK K99/R00 recipient 2024. #LeadingEdge Fellow #Keystone Fellow 👩🔬🧪