Andy Y. Shih, PhD Associate Professor, Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Seattle Children’s Research Institute – University of Washington Research Focus: The small blood vessels that deliver oxygen and nutrients to all reaches of the brain. Study how blood vessels grow, degrade and respond to injury from birth to senescence.
Paul Kubes, PhD Professor, Physiology & Pharmacology | Director, Calvin Phoebe & Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Disease University of Calgary Research Focus: To directly visualize the roles of immune cells during inflammation, infection and tissue injury.
James Olzmann, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences & Toxicology University of California - Berkeley Research Focus: Understanding how lipid droplet proteome is established and regulated, howe lipid droplet interact and communicate with other organelles, and the potential to manipulate lipotoxic pathways to therapeutically target cancer.
Eva N. Grayck, MD Professor of Pediatrics – Critical Care Medicine University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus Research Focus: The role of redox regulated signaling pathways in the contribution of pulmonary vascular diseases.
Lynne E. Maquat, PhD Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor University of Rochester Research Focus: Utilization of biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, genome editing, transcriptomics, proteomics and computational biology to study RNA metabolism in human health and disease.
Paola Arlotta, PhD The Golub Family Professor and Chair Harvard University Research Focus: Understanding molecular laws that govern the birth, differentiation and assembly of the human brain’s cerebral cortex.
Brenda Kostelecky, PhD Director Cascadia Data Alliance at Fred Hutch Career Focus: Developing innovative and strategic research-strengthening and policy initiatives. Background in diverse biomedical science disciplines including basic cancer biology and cell signaling pathyways, structural biology, public health, behavioral health, and global cancer research.
Zayna King (Jim Bear Lab) AND Melissa Plooster (Pat Brennwald/Stephanie Gupton Labs)
