Rita Allen Scholar Steven Altschuler (2008) and his team wins award for developing method to study cancer cell persistence
Steven Altschuler receives 2021 ASPIRE Award from the Mark Foundation
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Lucas Cheadle, Viviana Risca, and David van Valen receive NIH funding recognizing unusually creative early stage investigators
Rita Allen Scholars Lucas Cheadle (2021), Viviana Risca (2021), and David van Valen (2020) received 2022 NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards
Rita Allen Scholar Candice Paulsen (2018) receives award in recognition for excellence in innovative teaching
Candice Paulsen awarded the 2021 Poorvu Family Fund for Academic Innovation award
Rita Allen Scholar Agata Smogorzewska (2010) and her team has been awarded $3.25 million to advance research for head and neck cancers
Agata Smogorzewska to lead Stand Up to Cancer research team
The Rita Allen Foundation among collaborative of organizations supporting the advancement of research productivity and retention of early-career faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic
Collaborative awards $12.1 million in grants for equity in biomedicine
Rita Allen Scholar Michael Rout (2000) will investigate nanobodies for potential use in Lyme disease diagnostics
Michael Rout has been named a 2021 Emerging Leader by the Bay Area Lyme Foundation
Rita Allen Scholar Ben Black (2009) receives grant to construct the first synthetic mammalian artificial chromosomes
Ben Black has been named a 2021 Transformative Research Awardee by the NIH
Rita Allen Scholar David Van Valen (2020) receives award for his work with deep learning-enabled optical barcodes
David Van Valen has been named a 2021 Moore Inventor Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Diana Bautista to study cellular and molecular interactions that contribute to chronic inflammation
Rita Allen Scholar Diana Bautista (2010) has been named a 2021 HHMI Investigator.
Axel Nimmerjahn will investigate astrocytes to better understand overall brain function
Rita Allen Scholar Axel Nimmerjahn’s (2011) research team awarded $11.2 million by NIH’s BRAIN Initiative.