RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of its Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI). This prestigious award supports ten early career researchers who are pioneering new approaches at the intersection of biology and the physical, computational, and mathematical sciences. Each awardee will receive $560,000 over a five-year period to help bridge their transition from postdoctoral training to independent faculty roles.
“These brilliant researchers are tackling some of the most complex questions in science by combining disciplines in bold, innovative ways,” said Dr. Tammy Collins, program officer for CASI. “Their work exemplifies the transformative potential of interdisciplinary thinking, and we’re honored to support their journey into scientific leadership.”
The 2025 CASI awardees and their projects are:
- Scott Albert, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mapping Whole-Brain Motor Resilience Across the Lifespan - A’Lester Allen, PhD
University of Illinois, Chicago
Minimal Modification, Maximum Insight: Next-Generation Peptide Imaging in Vivo - Maya Anjur-Dietrich, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physical Biology of Biofilms: From Single Cells to Global Processes
- Margaret Billingsley, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Developing Nanoparticle Platforms to Overcome Ovarian Cancer Heterogeneity - Nicholas Card, PhD
University of California, Davis
Understanding the Neural Basis of Speech and Restoring it with Brain-Computer Interfaces - Yitzhak Norman, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Neural Dynamics of Verbal Memory Circuits in the Human Brain
- Julia Rogers, PhD
Columbia University
Learning the Biophysical Logic of Cell Signaling
- Akanksha Thawani, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Programmable Genetic Supplementation by Harnessing Retroelements
- Benjamin Winer, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Pushing the Envelope: Plasma Membrane Abundance as a Biophysical Regulator of Immune Cell Migration, Phagocytosis, NETosis, and Demyelination
- Shiyu Xia, PhD
California Institute of Technology
Engineering Synthetic Protein Circuits to Program Cell Death and Immunity
Since its inception, CASI has launched the careers of researchers who are now leaders in synthetic biology, neuroengineering, quantitative cell biology, and other emerging fields. The program aims to accelerate breakthroughs by empowering scientists who think beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries.
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