Kivanç Birsoy and Ekaterina Vinogradova will head projects that aim to harness and bioengineer immune cells for the early detection, prevention, and treatment of disease.
Mei, a graduate student in Sohail Tavazoie’s lab, is being honored for work showing that a commonly inherited mutation governs breast cancer metastasis and influences survival.
She shares the award with three other scientists who together laid the groundwork for a new generation of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity.
The awards are worth up to $1.5 million each over the course of up to eight years, covering both postdoctoral training and the transition to the start of an independent laboratory as a faculty member.
