 
                                            Text reads "Congratulations to the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows" followed by the Leading Edge logo and www.leadingedgesymposium.org. Below are the headshots and names of the 40 new Leading Edge Fellows. They are 
Cel	Welch
Lianna	Wat
Maria	Toro Moreno
Sarah	Talley
Xulu	Sun
Ines	Sturmlechner
Virginia	Savy
Amelie	Raz
Kali	Pruss
Caterina	Profaci
Sarah	Pierce
Melissa 	Pamula
Kehinde	Odufowora
Patricia	Nano
Ariana	Musa de Aquino
Nour El Houda	Mimouni
Kathleen	Martin
Brea	Manuel
Mable	Lam
Miri	Krupkin
Elaine	Kouame
Megan	Kirchgessner
Sumin	Kim
Shubhangini	Kataruka
Geraldine	Jowett
Andrea	Jones
Leanne	Iannucci
Emily	Heckman
Allison	Girasole
Florencia	Fernandez Chiappe
Tonie	Farris
Hannah	Elam
Erin	Doherty
Xiaoyun	Ding
Maria	Bustillo
Julia	Brunner
Debadrita	Bhattacharya
Lorena	Benedetti
Ashley	Anderson
Krisha	Aghi
                                                
    
    
    
    
            We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows!  40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines. 
Learn more about these exceptional scientists: 
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
               
            
            
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            Hi Ina - great starter pack! Could you please add my lab?
               
            
            
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                                            Molecular evolution of cell morphology and growth mechanisms in alphaproteobacteria ๐พ Assoc Prof of Biology at The U of Scranton ๐ฅ
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Clinic-minded genome + epigenome editor. Professor of Molecular Therapeutics, UC Berkeley. Director for Technology and Translation, Innovative Genomics Institute, ibid. 
Beatles fan. 
Art work credit: Fyodor Vasiliev "A Meadow in the Rain" (1872).
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            CRISPR delivery startup co-founder ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฌ
Previous: Doudna lab postdoc โ๏ธ๐งฌ + virology PhD studies at Mount Sinai ๐ฆ 
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan
Watching cells do cool things during development๐ฃ๐๐งซ๐ฌ
huyckelab.org
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Professor of climate + energy policy at UCSB. Alumni of MIT, Columbia and UToronto. Hosts "A Matter of Degrees" podcast. Cuts carbon pollution! Proudly ๐จ๐ฆ Gardener ๐ฑ leahstokes.com
                                     
                            
                    
                    
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                                            MRC-funded group leader at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology studying peripheral nerve diseases to develop targeted gene therapies #CMT #ALS #SMA #AxonalTransport | he/him
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Assistant Professor at Oregon Health & Science University.
Inherited retinal degenerative diseases. Retinal organoids. Gene editing.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Assistant professor Chemical Genetics @ Leiden University. Interests: Drug discovery, Chemical biology, Target discovery and validation, Gene editing.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            USC professor, current president of American Society of Gene + Cell Therapy. Working on an HIV cure. #genetherapy
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Eyquem Lab _ Genome editing and Synthetic Immunologist at UCSF.
Investigator @Gladstone Institutes and Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            UCL QS IoN Gene Therapy AAV ๐ง 
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Associate Professor @ McGill University
Study neurodevelopmental disorders using mouse and human organoid models
https://www.huanglabmcgill.org/
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Irish virologist/vaccinologist @UMmedschool @UMCVD, Associate Prof, viruses, adenoviral vectors, influenza, vaccines, immunology, scicomm, STEM
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and The Francis Crick Institute. RNA metabolism and novel translational approaches for ALS/MND, Kennedy's disease and neurodegen.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            AAV Gene therapy researcher + below average ultrarunner. 2022 ASGCT CDA. 2023-2028 CFF postdoc to faculty grant. Thomas Lab
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            PI of Pulmonary Gene Therapy Group, CGEM, IGC, University of Edinburgh. UK CF Gene Therapy Consortium. Personal opinions. https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/christopher-boyd
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Senior Lecturer and Group Leader @ Blizard Institute, QMUL: Alzheimerโs, Parkinson's, AAV // Travelling, turtles, & tea. Views my own. #FirstGen #WomenInSTEM
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/blizard/all-staff/profiles/cara-croft.html