https://www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/home daily 1.0 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1595922004053-U3PYD0DWBXIXV37HHG76/Stanford_Oval_May_2011_panorama.jpg Home Stanford University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1596590691670-008LBDW2POTH3XNNMIY6/6647-ucsf-medical-center-at-mission-bay.jpg Home UC San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1596001586304-POQ1UYOIS302EBY73UIW/MBP-CAL-Stadium-2465.jpeg Home UC Berkeley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/bb372a83-0c29-4b1a-a6d5-c13d096d22d8/2025nextgensavethedate.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/organizersandmentors daily 0.75 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/b14a4bfb-ed61-4e3c-a338-277e8fae46bf/fordyce_AAAS_24.jpg Organizers & Mentors - Polly Fordyce Polly Fordyce is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Genetics at Stanford and a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/a162c292-a22c-44ad-be60-038260ec8652/Streets_headshot_courtesy-Berkeley-News.jpg Organizers & Mentors - Aaron Streets Aaron Streets is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at UC Berkeley and a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/178016cc-d86f-4e20-a795-8d3a10fae6a1/Paredes-Mercedes+photo.jpg Organizers & Mentors - Mercedes Paredes Test test https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/d5d1afe2-cfc7-4521-8670-cdf256ecec79/nicoleMartinez.jpeg Organizers & Mentors - Nicole Martinez is an Assistant Professor of Chemical & Systems Biology and of Developmental Biology at Stanford and a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. Lab Webpage Recorded NextGen Talk (2020) Recorded Short Talk (2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/dd8bcbbc-5eb2-49aa-a755-f3c690174ae1/se_060122_Thiam_Hawa_Racine_3900.jpg Organizers & Mentors - Hawa Racine Thiam is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Microbiology & Immunology and a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. Lab Webpage Recorded NextGen Talk (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1596925765676-1LL6QDXIN2D2Q1W521YY/Jason_Sello.jpg Organizers & Mentors - Jason Sello is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at UCSF and a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. 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Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/5d779f67-a215-457b-81ef-1e22a88fa1a1/Palavicino-Maggio-ContactSheet-002+-+Caroline+Palavicino-Maggio%2C+PhD.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Caroline Palavicino-Maggio is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/9ff831fb-c55d-48ae-ae5d-9ee23d8630e3/JMS+-+Jaimie+Stewart.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Jaimie Marie Stewart is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California - Los Angeles. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/e577d6fe-5d8c-47ac-954c-945c6110d315/claudiaVasquez.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Claudia Vasquez is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Washington. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/d3ef5753-3936-4258-b743-f8067173d030/Kolade+headshot+-+Kolade+Adebowale.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Kolade Adebowale is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California - San Diego. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699297043333-23FCVFP4C5W1XB3B4C2L/SD-Portrait%2Bwhite%2B-%2BSelasi%2BDankwa.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Selasi Dankwa is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/fda6805a-3598-4a78-a9e2-c6a1079596d7/Evans_Photo.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Chantell Evans is an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at Duke University. 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Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/f839fa3e-dbff-4b34-bfdf-3950da45a806/nicoleMartinez.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Nicole Martinez is an Assistant Professor of Chemical & Systems Biology and of Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699296876435-CT0EOS36OE5AEEYF8UR5/Louai%2BLabanieh_03.06.22%2B-%2BLouai%2BLabanieh.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Louai Labanieh is an Assistant Professor of Immunology and Immunotherapy at Mount Sinai. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699296039103-3XQN81LI80T94SJ4PM3G/Varela_Claudia.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Claudia Varela is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/dd8bcbbc-5eb2-49aa-a755-f3c690174ae1/se_060122_Thiam_Hawa_Racine_3900.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Hawa Racine Thiam is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/595e8caf-951e-4188-8913-20c205188c73/Meli%2527sa%2BCrawford-%2BHeadshot%2B%2B-%2BMeli%2527sa%2BCrawford.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Meli'sa Crawford is an Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/cd30bff5-c2d2-443f-aff2-ce84a64a3780/thumbnail_IMG_4002.jpg 2025 Speakers and Honorable Mention - Maxine Umeh Garcia is an Instructor in the School of Medicine at Stanford University. 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Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/8549c85b-9732-4b79-b539-c1185ae0909b/IMG_2905+-+Saria+Armena+McKeithen-Mead.png 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Saria McKeithen-Mead is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/52460554-dbe1-459d-a7c5-6a6fa26be1c2/Woappi-300x450.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Yvon Woappi is an Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at Columbia University. 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Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/f839fa3e-dbff-4b34-bfdf-3950da45a806/nicoleMartinez.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Nicole Martinez is an Assistant Professor of Chemical & Systems Biology and of Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/676dbc83-3e88-411c-88c8-816291d985e3/black+and+white-78-2+copy+-+Lauren+Hagler.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Lauren Hagler is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. 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Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/595e8caf-951e-4188-8913-20c205188c73/Meli%2527sa%2BCrawford-%2BHeadshot%2B%2B-%2BMeli%2527sa%2BCrawford.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Meli'sa Crawford is an Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/90562d38-0adb-413a-a7d3-de08d2a3c4a0/JF_headshot+-+Joshua+Francois.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Joshua Francois is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/cd30bff5-c2d2-443f-aff2-ce84a64a3780/thumbnail_IMG_4002.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Maxine Umeh Garcia is an Instructor in the School of Medicine at Stanford University. 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Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/40a97407-68d1-4c9f-9006-b4afd922c80a/a0e3171c-0216-4c3d-8559-31e7b4200e6d+-+Brenda+Cabrera.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Brenda Cabrera-Mendoza is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Yale University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/3b1c7435-10b5-4813-a2a8-1213223bafc4/KyleDaniels_headshot2.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Kyle Daniels is an Assistant Professor of Genetics at Stanford University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/fda6805a-3598-4a78-a9e2-c6a1079596d7/Evans_Photo.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Chantell Evans is an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at Duke University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/056959e2-6fad-4465-bd42-84aeb298e3e4/IsaacFLopezMoyado+-+Isaac+Lopez-Moyado.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Isaac López-Moyado is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at La Jolla Institute for Immunology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/dd8bcbbc-5eb2-49aa-a755-f3c690174ae1/se_060122_Thiam_Hawa_Racine_3900.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Hawa Racine Thiam is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699302955703-AWAN0KV34LLE3LK0WIAQ/headshot-og%2B-%2BJuan%2BManuel%2BVazquez.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Juan Vazquez is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the Pennsylvania State University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/2e2bc634-dfa4-4adc-855e-c89e682dc951/23_12_14+headshot_CD+-+Christian+Dzuvor.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Christian Dzuvor is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/0fe3f706-77e2-4d36-84e2-babb7489e4a1/HuthPhoto-CAH_2441_cropped+-+Thomas+Pomberger.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Thomas Pomberger is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Duke University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699296876435-CT0EOS36OE5AEEYF8UR5/Louai%2BLabanieh_03.06.22%2B-%2BLouai%2BLabanieh.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Louai Labanieh is an Assistant Professor of Immunology and Immunotherapy at Mount Sinai. 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Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/37b6f527-a0bb-4117-b238-bd7e139c94c8/image_50736897+-+Noa+Katz.png 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Noa Katz is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699297043333-23FCVFP4C5W1XB3B4C2L/SD-Portrait%2Bwhite%2B-%2BSelasi%2BDankwa.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Selasi Dankwa is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/bf29381b-4dc5-4d82-ac17-f772c6ca02df/JChen_PhotoFullSize_mmexport1634358475140+-+Jingxun+Chen.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Jingxun Chen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/493fccf3-6d2f-4991-a92d-583c728d3fba/EAB+headshot+-+Eman+A.png 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Eman Akam-Baxter is an Instructor at Harvard University & Massachusetts General Hospital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/683b8f25-f933-4f86-a917-852199a4a0f6/Rikki_Garner_Headshot+-+Rikki+Michelle+Garner.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Rikki Garner is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1698984768425-LVNJOEU0BNIEV7NFCXU0/Kekoa%2BTaparra%2B-%2BKekoa%2BTaparra.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Kekoa Taparra is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Management and of Oncology at the University of California - Los Angeles. 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Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/9ff831fb-c55d-48ae-ae5d-9ee23d8630e3/JMS+-+Jaimie+Stewart.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Jaimie Marie Stewart is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California - Los Angeles. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/a865af59-fabe-400f-a7c2-765dc1768acd/Pulupa_Joan_Headshot+-+Joan+M.+Pulupa.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Joan Pulupa is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Columbia University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/c790e9db-16f8-4db6-8e89-e3a416a798c4/Sempionatto_headshot+-+julianesemp.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Juliane Sempionatto Moreto is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineer at Rice University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/cb6199e8-3b2d-427c-a00a-021c7d829c40/Screen+Shot+2021-10-01+at+2.32.31+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Mairin Balisi is the Augustyn Family Curator at the Raymond Alf Museum of Paleontology. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/567163fe-d5c5-42e2-89ab-59488c4a2e75/hs_joel+%281%29+-+Joe%CC%88l+Babdor.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni Cop - Joel Babdor is an Assistant Professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania. 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Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/speakersalumni daily 0.75 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/462d4c81-8363-421c-8027-e967e9c7daee/maia-pic4+-+Maia+Kinnebrew.png 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Maia Kinnebrew, PhD is a Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University. mkinnebr@stanford.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1698984351368-JXYOGV0ZXM55FPWL5EA1/Ahmed_Ismail_Headshot%2B-%2Bismail%2Bahmed%2B%25282%2529.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Ismail Ahmed, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Utah. Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/891d1f79-b9b7-47f1-a760-8da9a261ac4a/Maldonado.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Maria Maldonado, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Plant Biology at the University of California - Davis. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1633124686910-4HYERF0OK4PHSGA7R8JB/viewImage.jpeg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Arnaldo Carreira-Rosario, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Biology and of Neurobiology at Duke University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/595e8caf-951e-4188-8913-20c205188c73/Meli%2527sa%2BCrawford-%2BHeadshot%2B%2B-%2BMeli%2527sa%2BCrawford.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Meli'sa Crawford, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/4d4d7ad8-74b0-44d5-ac04-5c2113b4bebc/profile_img_Ottman_Tertuliano.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Ottman Tertuliano, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/5c4cc6d5-1bed-4597-8eb5-f39c11e85f89/Juan_Inclan_Rico-4898+-+juan+manuel+inclan+rico.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Juan Inclan Rico, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. jmirico.k16@gmail.com 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/e95fb205-025a-408b-8a2f-2c70999228c8/_DSC0020+-+Piere+Rodriguez+Aliaga.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Piere Rodriguez Aliaga, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University. piererod@stanford.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/e577d6fe-5d8c-47ac-954c-945c6110d315/claudiaVasquez.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Claudia Vasquez, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Washington. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/f0cf1fac-74d3-4a9a-9531-c2555d19ecd3/Nunez-2023-c.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - James Nuñez, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California - Berkeley. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/9ff831fb-c55d-48ae-ae5d-9ee23d8630e3/JMS+-+Jaimie+Stewart.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Jaimie Marie Stewart, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California - Los Angeles. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/493fccf3-6d2f-4991-a92d-583c728d3fba/EAB+headshot+-+Eman+A.png 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Eman Akam-Baxter, PhD is an Instructor at Harvard University & Massachusetts General Hospital. eakam@mgh.harvard.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/52460554-dbe1-459d-a7c5-6a6fa26be1c2/Woappi-300x450.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Yvon Woappi, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at Columbia University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1668670061856-XANJGT7ZG9VS0KXM9OM4/catherineTcheandjieu.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Catherine Tcheandjieu, DVM, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the University of California - San Francisco and an Assistant Investigator at the Gladstone Institute. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/d3ef5753-3936-4258-b743-f8067173d030/Kolade+headshot+-+Kolade+Adebowale.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Kolade Adebowale, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California - San Diego. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/a0784713-5ef6-402f-a3ae-62e2089e7e92/20210625_100544+-+Valerie+L.+Darcey.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Valerie Darcey, PhD is a Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/42bab606-36f0-430c-a7aa-7c66c1021ed2/Headshot+2022_4+-+Sebastia%CC%81n+Castillo+Hair.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Sebastian Castillo-Hair, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Washington. castillohair@gmail.com 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1698983842533-LDYT782SYSWZPOO7IW8H/DSC02616%2B-%2BAntonio%2BTinoco.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Antonio Tinoco Valencia, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of California - Los Angeles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/da358605-5da8-4be3-ab71-9a84197bca3c/Dr-Natoya-Peart.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Natoya Peart, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Waterloo. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/5d779f67-a215-457b-81ef-1e22a88fa1a1/Palavicino-Maggio-ContactSheet-002+-+Caroline+Palavicino-Maggio%2C+PhD.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Caroline Palavicino-Maggio, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/676dbc83-3e88-411c-88c8-816291d985e3/black+and+white-78-2+copy+-+Lauren+Hagler.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Lauren Hagler, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/f839fa3e-dbff-4b34-bfdf-3950da45a806/nicoleMartinez.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Nicole Martinez, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Chemical & Systems Biology and of Developmental Biology at Stanford University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/056959e2-6fad-4465-bd42-84aeb298e3e4/IsaacFLopezMoyado+-+Isaac+Lopez-Moyado.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Isaac López-Moyado, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at La Jolla Institute for Immunology. ilopezmo@lji.org 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/2e2bc634-dfa4-4adc-855e-c89e682dc951/23_12_14+headshot_CD+-+Christian+Dzuvor.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Christian Dzuvor, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University. christian_dzuvor@hsph.harvard.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1602720045226-W0SZ2WWXJCHB90VA75YL/mirielle.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Mireille Kamariza, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California - Los Angeles. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/bf29381b-4dc5-4d82-ac17-f772c6ca02df/JChen_PhotoFullSize_mmexport1634358475140+-+Jingxun+Chen.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Jingxun Chen, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University. jchen415@stanford.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/5b672dbb-7b1d-4e31-9409-872f87e3d4f2/IMG_1339_2+%282%29.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Thomas Stewart, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the Pennsylvania State University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/90562d38-0adb-413a-a7d3-de08d2a3c4a0/JF_headshot+-+Joshua+Francois.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Joshua Francois, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University. joshua_francois@hms.harvard.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1634259651482-QTG1KTKFPRPWB1YR1J9I/Al-Shayeb_headshot+-+Basem+Al-Shayeb.png 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Basem Al-Shayeb, PhD is a Co-Founder of Amber Bio. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699297043333-23FCVFP4C5W1XB3B4C2L/SD-Portrait%2Bwhite%2B-%2BSelasi%2BDankwa.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Selasi Dankwa, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1602706830937-N8XT0YDYF9YD09MNBPU1/Screen+Shot+2020-10-14+at+1.20.15+PM.png 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Geoffrey Lovely, PhD is a Staff Research Scientist at Pumpkinseed Technologies. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1602707047567-5D2KCCJGWUMFKCWQZH6B/DavidC.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - David Cox, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Genetics at Stanford University. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1698984768425-LVNJOEU0BNIEV7NFCXU0/Kekoa%2BTaparra%2B-%2BKekoa%2BTaparra.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Kekoa Taparra, MD, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Management and of Oncology at the University of California - Los Angeles. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/40a97407-68d1-4c9f-9006-b4afd922c80a/a0e3171c-0216-4c3d-8559-31e7b4200e6d+-+Brenda+Cabrera.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Brenda Cabrera-Mendoza, MD, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Yale University. brenda.cabrera-mendoza@yale.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699296876435-CT0EOS36OE5AEEYF8UR5/Louai%2BLabanieh_03.06.22%2B-%2BLouai%2BLabanieh.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Louai Labanieh, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Immunology and Immunotherapy at Mount Sinai. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/27fde8f1-7906-4b72-8780-590806170a22/Headshot+-+Fernando+E+Medina+Ferrer.png 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Fernando Medina Ferrer, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California - Berkeley. medinaferrer@berkeley.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/a865af59-fabe-400f-a7c2-765dc1768acd/Pulupa_Joan_Headshot+-+Joan+M.+Pulupa.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Joan Pulupa, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Columbia University. jp4152@columbia.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/cd30bff5-c2d2-443f-aff2-ce84a64a3780/thumbnail_IMG_4002.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Maxine Umeh Garcia, PhD is an Instructor in the School of Medicine at Stanford University. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/fda6805a-3598-4a78-a9e2-c6a1079596d7/Evans_Photo.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Chantell Evans, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at Duke University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/c790e9db-16f8-4db6-8e89-e3a416a798c4/Sempionatto_headshot+-+julianesemp.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Juliane Sempionatto Moreto, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineer at Rice University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/dd8bcbbc-5eb2-49aa-a755-f3c690174ae1/se_060122_Thiam_Hawa_Racine_3900.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Hawa Racine Thiam, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1698954433610-DZJ05CZN91NM1W2BV2QM/EshunWilson_Lisa_Headshot%2B-%2BLisa%2BEshun-Wilson.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Lisa Eshun-Wilson, PhD is a Scientist II at Profluent Bio. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699302955703-AWAN0KV34LLE3LK0WIAQ/headshot-og%2B-%2BJuan%2BManuel%2BVazquez.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Juan Vazquez, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the Pennsylvania State University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/8549c85b-9732-4b79-b539-c1185ae0909b/IMG_2905+-+Saria+Armena+McKeithen-Mead.png 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Saria McKeithen-Mead, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University. sariam@stanford.edu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699296363097-257E9VMNTWO0EPKVZEWW/Headshot_Gonza%CC%81lez+Di%CC%81az_Eva+C.+-+Eva+Gonza%CC%81lez+Di%CC%81az.jpeg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Eva González Diaz, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Immunology & Immunotherapy at Mount Sinai. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/3b1c7435-10b5-4813-a2a8-1213223bafc4/KyleDaniels_headshot2.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Kyle Daniels, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Genetics at Stanford University. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699296605880-QVF3TMZ73PKYREZL5PT1/Luis_202308_NavyPicture%2B-%2BLuis%2BHernandez.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Luis Hernandez-Nunez, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Stanford University. Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/cb6199e8-3b2d-427c-a00a-021c7d829c40/Screen+Shot+2021-10-01+at+2.32.31+PM.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Mairin Balisi, PhD is the Augustyn Family Curator at the Raymond Alf Museum of Paleontology. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/1699304442014-SL740J2WQI2IQ10EHN24/IMG_2118%2B-%2BShawna%2BFollis.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Shawna Follis, PhD is an Instructor at Stanford University. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/37b6f527-a0bb-4117-b238-bd7e139c94c8/image_50736897+-+Noa+Katz.png 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Noa Katz, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University. katznoa@stanford.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/a6e2534a-0712-4515-ad52-771361cdac25/Headley_Colwyn_Headshot+II+-+Colwyn+Ansel+Headley.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Colwyn Headley, PhD is an Instructor at Stanford University. cheadley@Stanford.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/0290c85d-def7-45f2-8664-41327009eadb/P1020743+-+Fayal+Abderemane-Ali.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Fayal Abderemane-Ali, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Physiology at the University of California - Los Angeles. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/567163fe-d5c5-42e2-89ab-59488c4a2e75/hs_joel+%281%29+-+Joe%CC%88l+Babdor.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Joel Babdor, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania. Recorded NextGen Talk Lab Webpage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/0fe3f706-77e2-4d36-84e2-babb7489e4a1/HuthPhoto-CAH_2441_cropped+-+Thomas+Pomberger.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Thomas Pomberger, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Duke University. thomas.pomberger@duke.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/f2b0be66-ebd4-4f9e-9e9f-edbcdac1861a/BreaManuel_headshot+-+Brea+Manuel.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Brea Manuel, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County. bmanu15@umbc.edu 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/c792d545-8873-48cf-98f9-0d57f91da47f/Headshot+-+Claudia+Varela.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Claudia Varela, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Boston University. Recorded NextGen Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1fcfb054b1a36ce71ad89d/683b8f25-f933-4f86-a917-852199a4a0f6/Rikki_Garner_Headshot+-+Rikki+Michelle+Garner.jpg 2025 Speakers & Honorable Mentions + Symposium Alumni - Rikki Garner, PhD is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University. rikkimgarner@gmail.com 2025 NextGen Recorded Talk