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Person Card — Harikesh Wong, Ph.D.

2026

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ragon Institute

Biology

Systems immunology

Person Card — Sergey Stavisky, Ph.D.

2026

University of California, Davis

Neurological Surgery

Neuroscience

Person Card — K. Christopher Garcia, Ph.D.

2001

Stanford University

Molecular and Cellular Physiology

Structural Biology

Person Card — Cholsoon Jang, Ph.D.

2024

University of California, Irvine

Biological Chemistry

Metabolism

Person Card — Lauren O’Connell, Ph.D.

2020

Stanford University

Biology

Neuroscience

Michael M. Yartsev, Ph.D.

University of California, Berkeley

Department of Neuroscience and Bioengineering

Person Card — Robert J. Johnston, Ph.D.

2014

Johns Hopkins University

Department of Biology

Neuroscience

Person Card — Stephen Buratowski, Ph.D.

1995

Harvard University

Department of Biological Chemistry and

Genetics; Molecular Biology

Person Card — Martyn D. Goulding, Ph.D.

1994

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory

Neuroscience

Person Card — Daniel D. Kalderon, Ph.D.

1989

Columbia University

Department of Biological Sciences

Genetics