Shasha Chong, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology:  Dark proteome-mediated transcriptional control at single-molecule resolution.  Profile

Shiladitya Banerjee, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University:  Modeling bacterial growth dynamics and physiological adaptation in fluctuating environmentsProfile

En Cai, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University:  Visualizing tumor-killing cells in action: high-precision imaging of T cell antitumor immunity.  Profile

Thackery Brown, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology:  Establishing the neural mechanisms behind our cognitive maps through development of a virtual reality and closed-loop neurofeedback platform.  Profile

Ankur Singh, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology:  Nanowires to regulate cellular fate trajectories of T cells.  Profile

Suzanne Tharin, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University: A microRNA cluster unique to placental mammals controls development of the clinically important corticospinal projection.  Profile

Yvette Fisher, Ph.D., University of California Berkeley: Dopaminergic modulation of synaptic plasticity for dynamic spatial learning.  Profile

Ian Swinburne, Ph.D., University of California Berkeley: Investigating control mechanisms that protect neurons from too much pressure.  Profile

Tomasz Nowakowski, Ph.D., University of California San Francisco: Massively parallel profiling of the synaptome and cell identity.  Profile