Leading Edge Fellows
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@hkletzien.bsky.social
Assistant Prof | Genetics, Cell Biology, Development | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Leading Edge
@nisbettmarie.bsky.social
Assistant Research Professor & Incoming NIH FIRST Assistant Professor at Cornell University studying molecular mechanisms driving biofilm formation in non-tuberculous mycobacteria | https://cals.cornell.edu/lisa-marie-nisbett
@suminkim.bsky.social
Postdoc in Hansen Lab @MIT Fascinated by the nucleus, organelles, neurons, and imaging 🔬. Working on improving DEI for trainees. she/her
@mablelam-phd.bsky.social
NINDS K99 Fellow in the Zuchero lab @ Stanford | myelin cell biology | Former Helen Hay Whitney | PhD in the Walter lab @UCSF | she/her
@lforencia.bsky.social
Argentina. Postdoc in Younger lab 🦟 @BU_Biology @buCSNneuro. @pewtrusts Latin American Fellow.
@virginiasavy.bsky.social
• 🇦🇷 living in 🇺🇸 • Biotech & PhD - Reproductive Biology • Postdoc in @WilliamsRepro.bsky.social • Feminist 💚
@dr-andrea-jones.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow, Segura Lab @ Duke University of Michigan BME PhD Alum Virginia Tech Hokie Forever endocrinology meets biomaterials women's health & aging
@inessturmlechner.bsky.social
Post-doc, K99 awardee, studying the aging immune system at Mayo Clinic, former AFAR/Glenn Foundation fellow | PhD, cellular senescence at University Groningen and Mayo Clinic | MSc, tRNA maturation at IMBA Vienna
@mbustill.bsky.social
developmental biologist, fruit fly enthusiast | Wellesley College alumna | she/her | views and opinions = mine
@agarginine.bsky.social
BCM postdoc in the Zoghbi lab | UTSW Neuroscience (Konopka lab alum) | Overall worried scientist
@xyding.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and developmental biologist studying myelin and neuron-glia interactions at Baylor College of Medicine NMSS Career Transition Fellow
@prnano9.bsky.social
Postdoc @bhadurilab.bsky.social Human brain development + single-cell omics
@geraldinejowett.bsky.social
Stem cell, developmental, and reproductive biology (with sprinkles of biophysics and immunology). Sir Henry Wellcome and Schmidt Science Fellow @Cambridge University in Surani and Paluch labs. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺
@breadascientist.bsky.social
Lover of Christ, B.S. 2018 @lsu_chemistry 💜💛, PhD 2022 @emorychem, HHMI Postdoctoral Scientist, she/they
@10403jess.bsky.social
@toniefarris.bsky.social
Nature Lover | Neuroscientist 🧠| Postdoc fellow at Duke University
@megkirch.bsky.social
neuroscience postdoc in NYC (Froemke lab @ NYUMed). audition👂2P imaging 🔬and developmental systems neuroscience 👶. Simons Junior Fellow, Stories of WiN co-founder, runner, foodie, IPA lover, and overly enthusiastic dog mom
@lorenabenedetti.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and cell biologist dedicated to unraveling how organelles adapt their structure and function to sustain neuronal signaling and metabolism. Postdoc in the JLS lab @ HHMI Janelia
@tmedwigkinney.bsky.social
Mom of 2 • Postdoc at UNC Chapel Hill • American Cancer Society, L’Oréal FWIS, & Leading Edge Fellow • Stony Brook University alum • Passionate about cell & developmental biology, C. elegans, science communication, & outreach • tmedwigkinney.com
@xinruw.bsky.social
Protein Designer, Structural Biologist University of Washington, Institute for Protein Design
@rkzwick.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @NYU Grossman School of Medicine studying stem cell biology, maternal health, and the gut | she/her
@moeneuro.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion Professor, UC San Diego. First Gen. Mother. She/Her/Hers
@sumrubayin.bsky.social
Stem Cell Biologist | Group Leader, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge www.bayinlab.com
@chuchuzhang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @UCLA neuroscience and physiology; neural mechanisms of nausea; mom of twins +1; food, travel, and 🐠🤿 lover. Lab website: https://www.chuchuzhanglab.com/ Twitter @zhang_chuchu
@persisterbritt.bsky.social
🦠🧫Perpetually Curious Assistant Professor working on bacterial physiology during chronic infection using NTMs @Georgia State University, Mom, Virologist Wife #sciencefamily, baker, DIYer VIEWS ARE MY OWN
@annedraelos.bsky.social
Assistant Prof in BME & Computational Medicine at UMich Real-time machine learning for adaptive neuroscience experiments
@ansacobham.bsky.social
@ehager.bsky.social
@schoolingadream.bsky.social
@kilan.co
science | health | social change 🧬 | she/hers | Assistant Professor @MiamiRosenstiel | Co-founder @STEMNoire | UMiami & Morgan State alum | Views are my own.
@alexmsci.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa studying ion channels and other membrane proteins in 🦠 | Previously at HHMI Janelia and MSK Cancer Center | Avid 🥾 and 🎻.
@aoshaver.bsky.social
Postdoc Johns Hopkins | PhD Univ. Of Georgia | NIH F32 | Leading Edge Fellow | C. elegans, Genetics, Parasitology, Metabolomics
@ashleysmart.bsky.social
@shiraweingarten.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Harvard Medical School Viruses | Immunology | Ribosomes | Systems Biology #LoveVirology https://www.shiraweingartengabbay.com/
@lydiagrmai.bsky.social
biologist by day • incoming asst professor @ yalemed drosophilist: repro, stress, inter-organ signaling maker of music • isaiah 43:2 • she/her
@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
@xiaotanglu.bsky.social
Incoming Assistant Professor @UIUC | BRAIN Initiative K99 Postdoc Fellow @Harvard | Develop multiplexed connectomic imaging technologies
@ceej64.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Scientist @HHMIJanelia by way of @WelsherLab | Microscopist 🥼| Leading Edge Fellow 💪 | Weekday Warrior 🥋 | Openly Autistic | Memes and Motivation 🥇|
@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
@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
@cicacanesso.bsky.social
Immunologist at Rockefeller University | Former Pew Trusts fellow | Leading Edge fellow | K99/R00 NIAID
@fueyoraquel.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Wysocka Lab at @ Stanford. @ EMBO, @ CancerResearch, and @ Leading Edge fellow. Gene regulation | Transposons | Human embryo development
@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 🧑🔬🔬🧫💚
@katewarde.bsky.social
Postdoc @huntsmancancer researching adrenal cancer and hormones funded by ACS | @leadingedgesymp 2024 Fellow | Pharmacology PhD @irishresearch | 🇮🇪 in 🇺🇸| (she/her)
@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+
@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
@mrndhntr.bsky.social
Cancer cell biologist @ MSKCC • NCI K99 fellow • 🇨🇦 in NYC mechanobiology • melanoma • PDAC • zebrafish
@genoa.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Environmental Science, NJIT | reproductive toxicologist | synthetic chemist | wearer of babies gwarnerlab.com
@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
@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
@shylonatasha.bsky.social
@annaintegrated.bsky.social
Retina neurobiologist. My lab opened at University of Illinois, Chicago in January 2024. vlasitslab.org Views my own.
@prerna-malaney.bsky.social
Assistant Professor-Dartmouth College. RNA-binding proteins in health and disease. https://www.malaneylab.org
@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.
@gertrudearthur.bsky.social
Postdoc Fellow @UMMC, Stec lab| Research on MASLD, kidney and heart disease|Leading Edge & LAUNCHED fellow
@xintong.bsky.social
Assistant professor at UT-Dallas, Leading Edge Fellow, antimicrobial peptides, neuro/immunology https://labs.utdallas.edu/ampreceptors/
@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” ✝️🥼🧠🧬
@ashlanreid.bsky.social
Biomedical Engineer turned Neuroscientist, interested in the integration of electrical and molecular signaling in neurodevelopment… and seizures
@varshar.bsky.social
@delmarmollab.bsky.social
We study the structural basis of sensory transduction, and bugs. Harvard Medical School and HHMI
@mariamikedis.bsky.social
Assistant Professor CincyChildrens • Postdoc PageLab WhiteheadInst • PhD CMB UWMadison • Developmental biologist studying how sperm and eggs form
@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)
@rachelmshahan.bsky.social
Plant developmental biologist Assistant Professor, UCLA MCDB 2021 Leading Edge Fellow
@janetsong.bsky.social
Incoming Assistant Professor at Harvard HEB in July 2025 | Genetic basis of human evolution with a neuro focus | Join the lab! janetsonglab.com Currently finishing my postdoc in the Walsh lab at BCH
@caitlinkowa.bsky.social
Helen Hay Whitney Postdoc Fellow & 2023 L’Oréal FWIS fellow with @biobarber studying skin-resident fungi • PhD from @cramer_lab • trail runner • views my own • she/her http://caitlinkowalski.wordpress.com
@microbialmaeve.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | UM-Flint | Trans femme 🏳️⚧️ | she/they | Neurodivergent | Bacterial and Phage TRANScription | DnD lover
@ebomba.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania | studying long-lived mitochondrial proteins, organelle stability, mtDNA fidelity in neurons and oocytes www.bombawarczaklab.com
@fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social
American Cancer Society and Leading Edge Postdoc Fellow currently at Harvard | Previously at NCI, UCSF, and Macalester | aging | cancer | chembio | metabolism | enzymology | RNA modifications | mass spec | STEMEd | runner | boardgamer | my views
@teganhoran.bsky.social
Postdoc at Cornell. Background in genetics | Reproductive & cell bio | cultural anthropology. Studying sex differences in the germline. Doing things the hard way. 🏳️⚧️🦊
@kenneylab.bsky.social
microbial metalloenzymes, a tragicomedy; or, another friday night in lab. asst prof @ pitt chem • finding new microbial enzymes & natural products via bioinorganic chemistry, bacteriology, & bioinformatics • balskus & rosenzweig lab alum • kenneylab.org
@rsm7.bsky.social
Cancer Biologist. Big fan of the bone microenvironment. Chromatin architecture. Books, coffee, good food and games.
@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 👩🔬🧪