Announcing the Fall 2019 HBI Young Scientist Travel Awardees

Congratulations to our latest round of awardees! Launched in 2018 with funding from the Office of the Provost at Harvard, this award program seeks to bolster the career development of neuroscience trainees by providing small, flexible grants to support creative training endeavors—including travel to courses, conferences and collaborator labs, the hosting of visiting scholars and the building of community resources. Thirty awards were given this cycle.

Urs Bohm, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Adam Cohen, Harvard

David Brann, Graduate Student, lab of Bob Datta, Harvard Medical School

Kelsey Clausing, Graduate Student, lab of Lauren Orefice, Massachusetts General Hospital

Nao Horio, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Stephen Liberles, Harvard Medical School

Amanda Jacobson, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Isaac Chiu, Harvard Medical School

Nicholas Jourjine, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Hopi Hoekstra, Harvard

Urs Langen, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Chenghua Gu, Harvard Medical School

Michal Lipinski, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Paola Arlotta, Harvard

Shan Meltzer, PhD, Postdoc, lab of David Ginty, Harvard Medical School

Kevin Mizes, Graduate Student, lab of Bence Ölveczky, Harvard

Andrew Peckham, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Courtney Beard, McLean Hospital

Manuel Peter, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Jeff Macklis, Harvard

Juliana Rhee, Graduate Student, lab of David Cox, Harvard

Slater Sharp, Graduate Student, lab of Bob Datta, Harvard Medical School

Jeffrey Stogsdill, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Paola Arlotta, Harvard

JohnMark Taylor, Graduate Student, labs of Talia Konkle/Yaoda Xu, Harvard

Cinzia Vicidomini, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Amar Sahay, Massachusetts General Hospital

Nivanthika Wimalasena, Graduate Student, lab of Clifford Woolf, Boston Children’s Hospital

Huixin Xu, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Maria Lehtinen, Boston Children’s Hospital

Lynn Yap, Graduate Student, lab of Mike Greenberg, Harvard Medical School

Joseph Zak, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Venki Murthy, Harvard

Jennifer Zuk, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Nadine Gaab, Boston Children’s Hospital

Oluwarotimi Folorunso, PhD, Postdoc, Lab of Darrick Balu, McLean Hospital

Travis D. Goode, PhD, Postdoc, Lab of Amar Sahay, Massachusetts General Hospital

Paul Masset, PhD, Postdoc, Labs of Nao Uchida/Venki Murthy, Harvard

Maddalena Delma Caitati, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Takao Hensch, Harvard

Luis Fonseca-Ornelas, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Dennis Selkoe, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Michelle Frank, Graduate Student, lab of Lisa Goodrich, Harvard Medical School

Kevin Mastro, PhD, Postdoc, labs of Beth Stevens/Bernardo Sabatini, Harvard Medical School

Davide Valeriani, PhD, Postdoc, lab of Kristina Simonyan, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

News Types: Awards & Honors