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Exploratory Cell Networks Projects

Exploratory Cell Networks grants explore the frontiers of genomics, cell biology, and synthetic biology. These projects will focus on developing technologies to engineer cell and tissue models, exploring cellular responses to genetic and environmental stressors, understanding RNA's role in metabolism, and more.

Photo from Jerelle Joseph’s lab, featuring lab members Kelih Henyo, Ananya Chakravarti, Nathaniel Hess, Jerelle Joseph, Dilimulati Aierken, and Alina Emelianova.

Photo from Jerelle Joseph’s lab, featuring lab members Kelih Henyo, Ananya Chakravarti, Nathaniel Hess, Jerelle Joseph, Dilimulati Aierken, and Alina Emelianova. Photo courtesy of Jerelle Joseph.

Photo from Jerelle Joseph’s lab, featuring lab members Kelih Henyo, Ananya Chakravarti, Nathaniel Hess, Jerelle Joseph, Dilimulati Aierken, and Alina Emelianova. Photo courtesy of Jerelle Joseph.

Exploratory Cell Networks to Decode and Program Cellular Behavior

to engineer, manipulate, and analyze cell-cell interactions using synthetic morphogenesis and lab-on-a-particle technologies.

Dino Di Carlo, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

Megan McCain, PhD

University of Southern California

Leonardo Morsut, PhD

University of Southern California

Tom Rando, MD, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

Stephen Mayo, PhD

California Institute of Technology

Eunji Chung, PhD

University of Southern California

Jingyi (Jessica) Li, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

Kathrin Plath, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

Matt Thomson, PhD

California Institute of Technology

Owen Witte, MD

University of California, Los Angeles

Peter (Yingxiao) Wang, PhD

University of Southern California

Richard Murray, PhD

California Institute of Technology

Andrew McMahon, PhD

University of Southern California

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Innovative Approaches for Charting State-Dependent RNA Metabolic Networks

to create a set of technologies to research how cells respond and adapt to genetic and environmental stresses, including aging and diseases linked to RNA dysregulation.

Gene Yeo, PhD

University of California, San Diego

Christian Metallo, PhD

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Chris Parker, PhD

Scripps Research

Nigel Goldenfeld, PhD

University of California, San Diego

Revealing the Hidden Topologies of the Human Kinome

to develop a suite of new tools capable of monitoring and manipulating protein kinases, a major class of biological reactors.

Scott Soderling, PhD

Duke University

Albert Keung, PhD

North Carolina State University

Klaus Hahn, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Technologies for Mapping RNA/Protein Flux, Assembly, and Aging Through Condensates

to develop technologies to clarify both RNA and protein movement within cells, with a specific focus on membraneless compartments in cells.

Clifford Brangwynne, PhD

Princeton University

Ileana Cristea, PhD

Princeton University

Jerelle Joseph, PhD

Princeton University

Kathy Liu, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

Arjun Raj, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

Sebastian Klinge, PhD

The Rockefeller University