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.

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.

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 […]

Lab Member Awards & Fellowships 2017, Part 1

Lab Member Awards & Fellowships 2017, Part 1

Sep 05, 2017

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 the 2017 HST forum. Travis Hughes was selected as a Tip-Top Junior Investigator by the […]

Alex Shalek Named 2015 NIH Director’s New Innovator Awardee

Alex Shalek Named 2015 NIH Director’s New Innovator Awardee

Oct 06, 2015

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 investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects.  Alex and the lab are honored to receive this […]

Alex Shalek Named 2015 Beckman Young Investigator

Alex Shalek Named 2015 Beckman Young Investigator

Aug 07, 2015

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 in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences particularly to […]

Alex Shalek Named 2015 Searle Scholar

Alex Shalek Named 2015 Searle Scholar

Apr 15, 2015

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 Scholars Program and see the other winners here.