CHRONOLOGICAL HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2024

European Research Council (ERC) Synergy grant - Valentina Greco with collaborators Mariona Graupera and Karina Yaniva

ERC Synergy Grants for 57 teams tackling major scientific challenges

Selected talk at American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) 2024 - Chen Kam

Selected talk at Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) - Parmesh Thakoordial

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) Travel Award - Parmesh Thakoordial

Selected talk at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting on Single Biomolecules - Han Yang

Cell Press 50 Scientists that Inspire - Valentina Greco

Developmental and stem cell biologist Valentina Greco on building inclusivity by embracing difficult conversations and different perspectives

Selected talk at the Dynamics Club online forum - Tianchi Xin

American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Fellow - Valentina Greco

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator - Valentina Greco

Greco Is Named an HHMI Investigator

Un'italiana al vertice della ricerca globale sulle staminali

President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) - Valentina Greco

Selected talk at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Dynamics and Encoding in Cell Signaling Conference - Tianchi Xin

Schmidt Science Fellowship - Jessica Moore

Abstract merit award at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual Meeting - Anupama Hemalatha

Selected talk at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual Meeting - Anupama Hemalatha

Selected talk at the Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting - Tianchi Xin

Leo Foundation Grant - Valentina Greco

2023

Alan Hall JCB Travel Award - Jessica Moore

Selected talk at the ASCB/EMBO Annual Meeting - Anupama Hemalatha

North American Vascular Biology Organization Outstanding Abstract Award - Chen Kam

Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Calcium and Cell Function Conference - Anush Swaminathan

President-elect of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) - Valentina Greco

New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Fellowship - Anupama Hemalatha

Invited speaker at Optical Seminar Series UCL, London UK - Sara Gallini

Select talks at Stem Cells and Cancer Gordon Research Seminar and Gordon Research Conference - Sara Gallini

Selected talk at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Calcium and Cell Function Conference - Anush Swaminathan

Yale Nominee for the Schmidt Science Fellowship - Jessica Moore

Yale Graduate Student Assembly Conference Travel Award - Haoyang Wei

Selected Talk at International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual Meeting - Haoyang Wei

Rosenfeld Science Scholar Fellowship - Ishani Singh

Selected talk at Vascular Cell Biology Gordon Research Seminar - Anush Swaminathan

Selected talk at Vascular Cell Biology Gordon Research Seminar - Chen Kam

2022

Selected Talk at American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Joint Meeting - Chen Kam

Finalist for the Paul T. Englund Emerging Scholar Award - Anupama Hemalatha

Winner of Yale Stem Cell Center (YSCC) “Pumpkin Patch: Carve Your Science" Challenge at the YSCC 14th Annual Retreat - Haoyang Wei

Selected Talk at International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual Meeting - Jessica Moore

Selected Talk at International Vascular Biology Meeting (IVBM) - Chen Kam

Selected Talk at Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) Annual Meeting - Haoyang Wei

Selected Talk at Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) Annual Meeting - Sangwon Yun

Selected Talk at Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) Annual Meeting - Chen Kam

International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Abstract Merit Award - Tianchi Xin

Society of Investigative Dermatology (SID) Travel Award - Sangwon Yun

International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Travel Award - Tianchi Xin

Dermatology Foundation Research Grant - Tianchi Xin

Selected Fast Track Talk and Poster for the Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology (NESDB) - Jessica Moore

National Institute on Aging (NIA) Diversity Supplement - Deandra Simpson

Elected Vice President of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) - Valentina Greco

Lin and Greco Take Office as Leaders of Stem Cell Society

Greco Prepares for Vice Presidency of ISSCR

MacMillan Center International Conference Travel Grant - Sangwon Yun

Elected Member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) - Valentina Greco

Newly Elected Members of Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering

Speaker at American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Emerging Researcher Seminar Series - Chen Kam

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Award - Sara Gallini

2021

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Excellence in Science Mid-Career Investigator Award - Valentina Greco

Three Female Scientists Receive FASEB Excellence in Science Awards

Awardee Spotlight - Viewing Science as Art

Winner of Yale Stem Cell Center (YSCC) “Pumpkin Patch: Carve Your Science" Challenge at the YSCC 13th Annual Retreat - Haoyang Wei

Selected talk at the Yale Stem Cell Center (YSCC) Retreat - Anupama Hemalatha

Selected talk at the Calcium and Cell Function Conference - Jessica Moore

Yale College First Year Summer Research Fellowship in the Sciences and Engineering - Ishani Singh

MCDB Edgar J. Boell Prize - Karen Tai

Selected Member of the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advisory Council (NAMSAC) - Valentina Greco

Invited speaker at Chromatin-Imaging seminars - MIT / Broad Institute - Sara Gallini

Selected talk at 20th Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Awardees Meeting - Sara Gallini

Selected talk at the 4th Annual Yale Cancer Center Trainee Colloquium - Sangwon Yun

President-elect for the Society of Investigative Dermatology (SID) - Valentina Greco

Milton B. Wallack Trainee Award Honorable Mention at StemConn - Jessica Moore

Selected Excellent Poster at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology (NESDB) - Haoyang Wei

Fulbright UK Research/Study Award Alternate - Karen Tai

Oxford Nuffield Department of Population Health Scholarship - Karen Tai

Rotary Global Grant Scholarship - Karen Tai

Fellowship winners will study next at Oxford and Cambridge

Selected talk at the Keystone Symposia on Metabolic Decisions in Development and Disease - Anupama Hemalatha

International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Momentum Award - Valentina Greco

Rhodes Scholarship Finalist - Karen Tai

2020

Special Interest Subgroup Talk at the American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) Virtual Meeting - Chen Kam

Selected talk at the Yale Stem Cell Center 12th Annual (Virtual) Retreat - Haoyang Wei

Selected talk at the Yale Stem Cell Center 12th Annual (Virtual) Retreat - Shuangshuang Du

Selected talk at the Junior European Calcium Society's (jECS) Virtual Meeting - Jessica Moore

Lo Graduate Fellowship for Excellence in Stem Cell Research - Dennis May

Selected talk at the Annual conference of Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) - Shuangshuang Du

Selected talk at the Annual conference of Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) Hilde Mangold Posdoctoral Symposium - Katie Cockburn

International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Merit Award - Katie Cockburn

New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Fellowship - Katie Cockburn

Yale College Dean’s Research Fellowship in the Sciences - Karen Tai

Selected talk at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) on Genome Organization and Nuclear Function - Dennis May

Selected talk at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 2020 annual meeting- Katie Cockburn

William Montagna Lectureship at the Society of Investigative Dermatology (SID) annual conference - Valentina Greco

2019

Organizer of Yale’s 1st Women Leaders in Science Course - Sara Gallini

Schechner Memorial Lecture from Yale Department of Dermatology - Valentina Greco

NIH Director’s Pioneer Award - Valentina Greco

Yale Scientists Win NIH Awards for Pioneering Work

Geneticist Greco Receives a Major Government Research Award

Yale Cancer Center researchers awarded NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Grants

Yale Postdoctoral Mentoring Award - Valentina Greco

Genetics Mentoring Award - Valentina Greco

Till & McCulloch Meeting Travel Award - Katherine Cockburn

Lo Graduate Fellowship for Excellence in Stem Cell Research - Jessica Moore

Selected talk at the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Epithelialization and Keratinization to present at the main conference Gordon Research Conference (GRC) - Jessica Moore

Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Epithelialization and Keratinization, Poster Award - Anupama Hemalatha

New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Fellowship - Tianchi Xin

International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Merit Award - Sangbum Park

EMBO: Chromatin and Epigenetics, Selected Talk Honorable Mention - Dennis May

Carolyn Slayman Prize in Genetics - Edward Marsh

Rosenfeld Science Scholar Fellowship - Karen Tai

2018

HHMI Investigator Program Finalist - Valentina Greco

Selected talk at the annual conference for the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)  - Anupama Hemalatha

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Small Talk Award - Jessica Moore

Yale College First-Year Summer Research Fellowship in the Sciences - Karen Tai

Named the Inaugural Holder of the Carolyn Slayman Endowed Professorship - Valentina Greco

Remembering Carolyn W. Slayman

Yale Graduate Mentor Award in the Natural Sciences - Valentina Greco

International Investigative Dermatology (IID) Travel Fellowship - Sangbum Park

2017

Class of 61 Cancer Research Award - Valentina Greco

Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging - Valentina Greco

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Scholar in Training Award - Cristiana Pineda

New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Fellowship - Sangbum Park

Carolyn Slayman Prize in Genetics - Kailin Mesa

National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health F31 Predoctoral Fellowship - Cristiana Pineda

Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSP) Fellowship - Sara Gallini

Keystone Symposia Future of Science Fund Scholarship - Edward Marsh

2016

HHMI Faculty Scholar Award - Valentina Greco

Elected Board Member of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) - Valentina Greco

Early Career Life Scientist Award from the American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) - Valentina Greco

2015

Seleected talk at the Stem cell conference at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) - Samara Brown

Brown Coxe Fellowship - Tianchi Xin

Connecticut Regenerative Medicine Research Fund - Sangbum Park

Canadian Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship - Katherine Cockburn

American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) Kaluza Prize Finalist - Kailin Mesa

Elected Chair/Vice-Chair for the 2017 and 2019 Gordon Conferences on "Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization" - Valentina Greco

Mallinckrodt Scholar Award - Valentina Greco

Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Award from the New York Stem Cell Foundation - Valentina Greco

2014

Blavatnik Foundation Award - Pantelis Rompolas

New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Fellowship - Pantelis Rompolas

Connecticut Regenerative Medicine Research Fund – Pantelis Rompolas

Brown Coxe Fellowship - Sangbum Park

Dermatology Foundation Career Award - Peggy Myung

NIH K08 Grant - Peggy Myung

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship - Kailin Mesa

Elected Board Member of the Society of Investigative Dermatology (SID) - Valentina Greco

Yale Cancer Center Basic Research Prize - Valentina Greco

Women in Cell Biology (WICB) Junior Award for Excellence in Research from the American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) - Valentina Greco

International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Outstanding Young Investigator Award - Valentina Greco

Alpheus Henry Snow Prize for Scholarship and Character - Enrico Ferro

Edgar J. Boell Prize for Excellence in Senior Research - Enrico Ferro

2013

American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) Merton Bernfield Memorial Award - Pantelis Rompolas

Brown Coxe Fellowship - Pantelis Rompolas

2012

New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Fellowship - Giovanni Zito

JLO Fellowship - Elizabeth Deschene Jacox

Dermatology Foundation Research Award - Valentina Greco

2011

American Skin Association Scholar Research Award - Valentina Greco