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77007-D GWZ Week24 Awards

GENEWIZ Week Awards Program 2024

To celebrate 25 years of fueling scientific discovery, we’re pleased to offer a series of funding awards designed to continue supporting advancements in genomics research! This year’s GENEWIZ Week included 25 awards totaling $50,000 with funding opportunities across integrated solutions, sequencing, gene synthesis, emerging technologies, and more. Our awards program recognizes excellence in genomics research and enables recipients to access the tools needed to achieve their research goals.

Congratulations to our award recipients on this well-deserved achievement! The significance of their research in advancing genomics is truly impressive and we’re delighted to help empower their discoveries. Check out some of the winning projects below!

 

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Award Recipients

Emerging Technologies Award: Proteomics, spatial, and beyond

$5,000 Emerging Technologies Award

Xiang Zheng (200x200)

Xiang Zheng

Assistant Professor, Aarhus University

Advancing personalized oncology through spatial single-cell-type multi-omics in renal cancer

$2,000 Emerging Technologies Award

Andrea Elia (200x200)

Andrea Elia

Ph.D., Temple University

Single-cell transcriptomic profiling of cardiovascular impairment in Alzheimer’s disease

$1,000 Emerging Technologies Award

Cristina Penaranda (200x200)

Cristina Penaranda

Assistant Professor, National Jewish Health

A novel dual-scRNAseq platform to unravel heterogeneous host-bacteria interactions

$1,000 Emerging Technologies Award

Denise Ragusa (200x200)

Denise Ragusa

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Brunel University London

Single-cell transcriptomics of t(7;12) infant acute myeloid leukaemia patients

$1,000 Emerging Technologies Award

Ankita Srivastava (200x200)

Ankita Srivastava

Research Associate, Thomas Jefferson University

Unveiling the molecular landscape and spatial distribution of reprogrammed hepatocytes in alcoholic liver disease

Integrated Solutions Award: Mix and match services

$5,000 Integrated Solutions Award

Taylor Gill (200x200)

Taylor Gill

Molecular Engineering Lead, HelixNano

Screening pipeline for multiplexed CAR-T therapies

Pioneer Award: For new scientific approaches, organisms, or applications

$5,000 Pioneer Award

Dariusz Abramczyk (200x200)

Dariusz Abramczyk

Research Associate, University of Edinburgh

A synthetic nanochromosome as a repository for extraneous genetic material in the biotech yeast Pichia pastoris

Sequencing and Quantification Award: Choose your preferred measurement toolkit

$5,000 Sequencing & Quantification Award

Nicola Annels (200x200)

Nicola Annels

Senior Research Fellow, University of Surrey

Investigating the prostate cancer microbiome and tumour immune microenvironment to understand ethnic disparity in prostate cancer clinical outcomes

$2,000 Sequencing & Quantification Award

Ana Saldarriaga (200x200)

Ana Saldarriaga

Graduate Student, Fordham University

Unveiling the hidden presence: assessing the Orinoco crocodile’s distribution in Colombia through eDNA

$1,000 Sequencing & Quantification Award

Brenna Levine (200x200)

Brenna Levine

Assistant Professor, Kean University

Genomics of rattlesnake hybridization with implications for evolution of venom complexity and toxicity

$1,000 Sequencing & Quantification Award

Aayushi Uberoi (200x200)

Aayushi Uberoi

Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Characterizing emerging lineages within Staphylococcus aureus complex

$1,000 Sequencing & Quantification Award

Bailey West (200x200)

Bailey West

Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University

HMGA1 modulates chromatin state and transcriptional networks involved in plasticity in refractory myeloid leukemia

 

Gene Synthesis Award: Optimize gene construction

$5,000 Gene Synthesis Award

Patricia Lam (200x200)

Patricia Lam

Research Scientist, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Screen for promoter/enhancer elements that increase transgene expression in dual gene AAV vectors

$2,000 Gene Synthesis Award

Elina Tanskanen (200x200)

Elina Tanskanen

Ph.D. Student, Imperial College London

Delivering RNA for cancer immunotherapy using polymer nanoparticles

$1,000 Gene Synthesis Award

Rock Zhi-Yan Du (200x200)

Rock Zhi-Yan Du

Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii

Using microalgae as the super factories to produce important bioproducts