
GENEWIZ Week 2025 Grants
This GENEWIZ Week, we're pleased to award a series of grants designed to help spice up genomics research! Congratulations to our grant recipients on this well-deserved achievement. The significance of their research is truly impressive and we look forward to witnessing the amazing scientific discoveries that will unfold.
Check out some of the winning projects below!
Single-Cell Superstar: Analyze complex microenvironments
$3,000 Single-Cell Superstar Grant


Ryan Weiss
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
Investigating peripheral nervous system dysfunction in Sanfilippo syndrome
$2,000 Single-Cell Superstar Grant


Raissa Dani
Graduate Student, University of California Davis
Defining the chromatin state and transcriptomic landscape heterogeneity of oocytes during ovarian reserve formation
Antibody All-Stars: Streamline antibody discovery
$5,000 Antibody All-Stars Grant


Lester Suarez
VP, M34, Inc
Structure-guided engineering of a novel anti-PD-L1 antibody for canine cancer immunotherapy
$2,000 Antibody All-Stars Grant


Riss Kell
Postdoctoral Scientist, Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute
One gene, 100 years: p63’s role in cancer-free longevity
New Wizard on the Block: For new-to-GENEWIZ customers
$3,000 New Wizard on the Block Grant


Fergus Woods
Ph.D. Candidate, University College Dublin
Unveiling sex-bias in Alzheimer's disease using astrocyte cells
$2,000 New Wizard on the Block Grant


Olayemi Ajayi
Graduate Assistant, University of Cincinnati
Seasonal changes in the transcriptome of ring-tailed lemurs
Genomics Mixtape: For any service or application
$5,000 Genomics Mixtape Grant


Yaamini Venkataraman
Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University
Investigating genomic and plastic contributions to thermal tolerance in a non-indigenous crab
$3,000 Genomics Mixtape Grant


Des Field
Senior Researcher, APC University College Cork
Exploring the therapeutic potential of nisin peptides of gut microbiome origin
$2,000 Genomics Mixtape Grant


Amaranatha Vennapusa
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Delaware State University
Development of genetic resources for high temperature stress tolerance in industrial hemp
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