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Neville Sanjana

Bioengineer, Geneticist

Neville Sanjana, PhD, is a Core Faculty Member at the New York Genome Center and Assistant Professor in the Departments of Biology and of Neuroscience and Physiology at New York University. As a bioengineer, Dr. Sanjana creates new tools to understand the impact of genetic changes on the nervous system and cancer evolution. His lab has harnessed high-throughput gene editing to pinpoint which regions of the genome are involved in diverse diseases. He is a recipient of the NIH’s New Innovator Award and Pathway to Independence Award, the AAAS Wachtel Prize for Cancer Research, the DARPA Young Faculty Award, the Sidney Kimmel Scholar Award, the Melanoma Research Alliance Young Investigator Award, and the Allen Institute for Brain Science Next Generation Leader Award. Dr. Sanjana holds a PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT, a BS in Symbolic Systems, and a BA in English from Stanford University.

Past Programs Featuring Neville Sanjana

Thursday, May 31, 2018 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Saturday, June 4, 2016 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

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