We’re incredibly grateful to receive an NIH Pioneer Award to define, at unprecedented resolution, how substance use disorders influence immune function and the response to HIV-1 and other pathogens by developing and applying innovative single-cell and bulk profiling and perturbation...
Alex Recipient of HMS Young Mentor Award!
Congratulations to Alex for being awarded a Young Mentor Award from Harvard Medical School! Read more here....
Constantine Named 2020 Hertz Fellow!
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....
Alex Wins Edgerton Faculty Award!
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...
Carly’s Visualizations Selected as One of 2019’s Best Science Images by the Nature News Team
Carly’s data visualization of SHIV infection in rhesus macaques (previously lauded here and here) has been selected as one of the best science images of 2019 by the Nature news team. Read about it here....
Carly’s Visualizations are in the Final Round of the 2019 Wellcome Photography Prize
Carly’s data visualization from a non-human primate atlas is one of 28 entries from 12 countries shortlisted for the Wellcome Photography Prize 2019. The overall winner will be announced on 3 July 2019. Learn more at the following link....
Carly Ziegler’s Image Selected in 2019 Koch Institute Image Awards
Carly’s visualization of single-cell mRNA sequencing data of 45,782 cells from 14 organs was selected in the 2019 Koch Institute Image Awards. Carly’s image and the other 9 awardees are featured in Stat News. Congratulations Carly!...
Alex Shalek Promoted to Associate Professor without Tenure!
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...
Alex Shalek Named Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research
Alex Shalek is one of five early career investigators selected as a Pew-Scholar for Cancer Research. To learn more about the Pew-Stewart Scholars visit the following link: http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-stewart-scholars-for-cancer-research...
Sarah Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Sarah Nyquist received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Congratulations Sarah!...
2018 Sloan Research Fellowships Announcement is Live!
Alex Shalek is one of 126 early-career scholars to receive a 2018 Sloan Fellowship in Chemistry. Sloan fellows receive $65,000 over a 2-year period in support of their research programs....
Lab Member Awards & Fellowships 2017, Part 1
Several Shalek Lab members have been recognized for their fantastic achievements! To note: Sam Allon was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship through the National Science Foundation. Travis Hughes was awarded the Martha Gray Prize in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics at...
Alex Shalek named Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Professor
Alex Shalek has been appointed to the Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Professorship at MIT. The Pfizer-Laubach Chair was established by Pfizer to honor Dr. Gerald D. Laubach, MIT alumnus and former president of Pfizer Inc. Congratulations, Alex!...
Alex Shalek Named 2015 NIH Director’s New Innovator Awardee
On October 6th, in a press release by issued the NIH, Alex Shalek was named as one of the recipients of the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. Part of the Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the New Innovator Award supports exceptionally creative, early-career...
Alex Shalek Named 2015 Beckman Young Investigator
Alex Shalek has been chosen as one of the eight young faculty members around the US to be awarded a Beckman Young Investigators Prize. The Beckman Young Investigators Program is intended to provide research support to the most promising young faculty members...
Alex Shalek Named 2015 Searle Scholar
Alex Shalek has been named as a 2015 Searle Scholar! Searle Scholar funding will generously support the Shalek Lab for the next three years. Alex would like to thank the Searle Scholars Program for their support. Find out more about Searle...