Yanxiang Deng, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Drugs within the Division of Diagnostic Innovation, was named the 2023 Blavatnik Regional Awards Laureate in Life Sciences.
Dr. Deng was honored for creating a “novel microfluidic technique for ‘spatial-omics’ to profile the expression of RNA, proteins, and epigenetic markers throughout spatially organized teams of cells in tissues.” Dr. Deng combines engineering and high-throughput cell profiling within the improvement of “spatial-omics” instruments that present a novel understanding into how cells change their habits relative to their location in a posh tissue. He was nominated for the Blavatnik Awards by Yale College, the place he just lately accomplished his post-doctoral coaching in Biomedical Engineering. Extra details about Dr. Deng’s work will be discovered on his Blavatnik Awards honoree profile, in addition to his laboratory website.
The Blavatnik Awards for Younger Scientists had been established by the Blavatnik Household Basis and are administered by the The New York Academy of Sciences. This system goals to acknowledge and encourage scientists in early levels of their careers that work in certainly one of three disciplinary classes – Life Sciences, Bodily Sciences & Engineering and Chemistry. The Regional Awards have fun excellent post-doctoral researchers particularly from establishments in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Awards of unrestricted funds are granted annually to at least one Laureate and two Finalists in every disciplinary class. Blavatnik Regional Awards Winners and Finalists are additionally honored on the New York Academy of Sciences Annual Gala in November. Extra details about the Blavatnik Awards for Younger Scientists will be discovered here.