Scientist to watch

The University of Chicago cell biologist is studying how the nutrients available to cancers influence their growth. 

At the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, the developmental biologist is probing the maternal-fetal interface across mammalian species.

The University of Miami researcher studies how a mysterious group of supersized viruses infects and influences the evolution of their hosts.

The Middlebury College neuroscientist explores enzymes that affect brain cell development and neurodegeneration.

The Rockefeller University geneticist is tracing the full lifespan of individual cells to better understand how and why humans age.

The University of Southern California bioengineer studies how lizards regrow their tails, with the goal of one day inducing regeneration in humans.

This University of California, Santa Cruz, biologist is dedicated to her marine mammal research, as well as to making the field more diverse and equitable.

The University of California, Santa Barbara, cell biologist is investigating the formation and functions of the peroxisome, an organelle which exists in many copies in each cell and can be created, lost, or altered to meet the cell’s metabolic needs.

The Northwestern University researcher studies how adaptive immune cells influence neurodegenerative disease.

The Columbia University neuroscientist researches the biology behind some of our most human experiences, including building family relationships. 

The Princeton University evolutionary biologist studies how animals are changing due to human activity.

In her current work, the University of Southern California psychologist is examining how the transition to fatherhood affects men’s brains.

The University of Sheffield researcher devises new protocols to gain molecular-level insights.

The New Mexico State University soil microbiologist uses molecular tools to understand how fungi are adapting to a warming world and what that might mean for global nutrient cycles.

From his student days in veterinary medicine in Ethiopia to running a lab on metastasis at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Debeb has a passion for understanding how living things work.

The biologist’s undergraduate-centered lab allows students to play a meaningful role in research.

The University of California, Davis, professor is a pioneer in teasing apart the changes in gene expression that drive root development.

The biologist at the University of Sunshine Coast in Australia wants to understand why some animal species adapt well to urbanization, while others fall flat.

The newly minted Baylor College of Medicine faculty member is working to crack the mystery of triple negative breast cancer.