UChicago’s Ed Munro Awarded MBL Nikon Fellowship

Edwin Munro, associate professor of molecular genetics and cell biology at the University of Chicago, has been awarded the 2021 Nikon Fellowship at the Marine Biological Laboratory for his work on two research projects: the dynamics of gastrulation and neurulation in an ascidian; and cortical septin dynamics during polarization in early C. elegans embryos.

Since 1990, the summer Nikon fellowship at the MBL has been awarded to a young investigator doing research in an area of biology in which they can make extensive use of advanced microscopy or micro-manipulation systems and expertise provided by Nikon, Inc.

See the full list of 2021 Whitman Fellows

Past Nikon Fellows at the MBL include:

1990      Tim Mitchison
1991      Ron Vale
1992      Andreas Stemmer
1993      Vladimir Gelfand
1994      Andrew Murray
1995      John Murray
1996      Jeff Lichtman
1997      Gregg Gundersen
1998      James Q. Zheng
1999      Edward Salmon
2000      Peter Saggau
2001      Fred Chang
2002      Jan Ellenberg
2003      Alexey Khodjakov
2004      Matthew Larkum
2005      Jason Swedlow
2006      Jonathon Pines
2007      Kerry Bloom
2008      Gaudenz Danuser
2009      Steano Tiozzo
2010      Paul Selvin
2011      David Piston
2012      Clare Waterman
2013      Amy Gladfelter
2014      Magdalena Bezanilla
2015      Jesse "Jay" Gatlin
2016      Brian J. Mitchell
2017      Pierre Gonczy
2018      Scott Dawson
2019      Denisa Wagner