Alex Featured in Cell Systems

Alex Featured in Cell Systems

Mar 18, 2021

Alex was recently features in Cell Systems’ “Voices” piece on the future of understanding cell behavior and cellular communities. Read his opinion, and that of other leading voices in the field, here.

Constantine Named 2020 Hertz Fellow!

Constantine Named 2020 Hertz Fellow!

May 20, 2020

Our very own Constantine Tzouanas has been named a 2020 Hertz Fellow! We’re very excited for this achievement, and looking forward to what’s in store. Read more about the Hertz Fellowship and Constantine here.

Partnership with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Profile Pediatric COVID-19 Announced

Partnership with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Profile Pediatric COVID-19 Announced

May 06, 2020

With Boston Children’s Hospital PI (and former post-doc!) Jose Ordovas-Montanes, we will expand our COVID-19-related research to include understanding disease pathogenesis in a pediatric cohort – the data and findings of which will be readily accessible to the scientific community. Learn more about our and others’ efforts from CZI here and about single-cell genomics in […]

Alex Wins Edgerton Faculty Award!

Alex Wins Edgerton Faculty Award!

Apr 23, 2020

Congratulations to Alex for winning the 2019-2020 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award, given for “his leadership and pioneering spirit; his vision, inventiveness, and enthusiasm for mentorship and collaboration; and his tremendous contributions to a critical area at the intersection of science and medicine.” Read about the award and Alex here.

Kellie Kolb Graduates from the Shalek Lab!

Kellie Kolb Graduates from the Shalek Lab!

Jun 06, 2019

Congratulations to Kellie Kolb, the first student from the Shalek Lab to receive her PhD! We wish Kellie the best of luck in her future endeavors, and we’re excited for many more graduations in the coming years!

Alex Shalek Featured in Immunity Voices: “The Next Quarter Century”

Alex Shalek Featured in Immunity Voices: “The Next Quarter Century”

Apr 17, 2019

Immunity celebrates its 25th anniversary at an exciting time in immunology, marked by the advent of new, door-opening approaches and a deeper understanding of the centrality of the immune system to both health and disease. Alex is among 25 investigators asked to look forward and share a vision of the next quarter century of immunology […]

Alex Shalek Promoted to Associate Professor without Tenure!

Alex Shalek Promoted to Associate Professor without Tenure!

Feb 06, 2019

Alex K. Shalek has been approved for promotion to Associate Professor without Tenure! The official promotion will be effective July 1. Congratulations Alex! Alex’s research is directed towards the creation and implementation of new technologies to understand how cells collectively perform systems-level functions in healthy and diseased states. His lab’s technology development efforts leverage recent […]

Newest Members Join the Team!

Newest Members Join the Team!

Jul 01, 2017

We welcomed several brand new members to the Shalek Lab this Spring! Brittany Goods joins the lab as a postdoctoral scholar following her PhD from Chris Love’s lab here at MIT. Sarah Nyquist joins as a co-advised PhD student at MIT in Computational & Systems Biology with Bonnie Berger. Alejandro Gupta and Toby Aicher join as new technicians, and Jenna Melanson joins as a new MIT-sponsored UROP. Welcome everyone!

Shalek Lab Bids Our First Alumnus Adieu

Shalek Lab Bids Our First Alumnus Adieu

Jun 06, 2017

Sophia Liu, a Shalek Lab UROP from 2015-2017, graduated from MIT in June, completing her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. Thankfully, Sophia won’t be traveling too far; she will be pursuing a PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics at Harvard University’s Health Sciences and Technology program. Congratulations, Sophia!

Shalek Lab Welcomes Newest Generation of Future Scientists

Shalek Lab Welcomes Newest Generation of Future Scientists

Mar 31, 2017

Kellie & her husband Pyae and Alex & his wife Heidi became first-time parents to their respective newborns, Tina and Orion! Tina was born March 12, 2017 and is already a steadfast Green Bay Packers fan like her mom. Orion was born just twelve days later on March 24th and was born with the same love of […]

Alex joins MIT & Ragon

Alex joins MIT & Ragon

Jul 01, 2014

Alex joins MIT as an assistant professor in Chemistry and a core member of IMES, with a joint appointment at the Ragon Institute and MGH.