Read Alex’s new profile in MIT News here....
Alex Profiled in MIT News
Profile of Omer Yilmaz and Alex in MIT Spectrum
Learn about how Omer Yilmaz, Associate Professor of Biology at MIT, and Alex combine their expertise to tackle the largest problems in colon cancer here....
Alex and Lab Awarded NIDA Pioneer Award for HIV/AIDS and Substance Use Disorder Research
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 Featured in Cell Systems
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....
HCA Equity Working Group Leaders Share Lessons Learned
Alex, along with HCA Equity Working Group co-leaders Partha Majumder and Musa Mhlanga, details some of the lessons they’ve learned in their timing leading the initiative and their thoughts moving forward in this piece for Nature Medicine....
Alex Recipient of HMS Young Mentor Award!
Congratulations to Alex for being awarded a Young Mentor Award from Harvard Medical School! Read more here....
Alex Outlines Recommendation Letter Process
Alex was recently featured in Nature on how he approaches writing recommendation letters for his trainees and students. Read it 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....
Partnership with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Profile Pediatric COVID-19 Announced
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....
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...
Marc Wadsworth Graduates from the Shalek Lab!
A belated congratulations to Marc Wadsworth for successfully defending his thesis! We wish Marc the best of luck in his future endeavors, and we’re excited for all the upcoming defenses this semester!...
Jay Prakadan Graduates from the Shalek Lab!
Congratulations to Jay Prakadan for successfully defending his thesis! We wish Jay the best of luck in his future endeavors, and we’re excited for all the upcoming defenses this year!...
Kellie Kolb Graduates from the Shalek Lab!
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!...
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....
Alex Shalek named Institute Member at the Broad!
Alex was recently made an Institute Member at the Broad. Visit the link to see the full list of Institute Members....
Thank you Immunity for Highlight the Shalek Lab in Immunology Unplugged at AAI 2019!
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Alex Shalek Featured in Immunity Voices: “The Next Quarter Century”
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...
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!...
Shalek Lab Celebrates 25 Years of Immunity.
The Shalek Lab is featured in the Immunity 25th Anniversary Photo Gallery. ...
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...
Shalek 2018 Year-End Review
2018 Highlights from the Shalek Lab. 2018 was a great year, and we are looking forward to a fun and productive 2019! Happy New Year! ...
Newest Members Join the Team!
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
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...
Shalek Lab Welcomes Newest Generation of Future Scientists
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...
Shalek Lab Welcomes its First Set of Students
Alex is joined by eight students this fall. Six embark on their Ph.D. in Chemistry while two are M.D. students at HST! Check out the full roster here....
Alex joins MIT & Ragon
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....