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Julea Vlassakis, PhD (she/her/hers)

Rice University, Texas, United States

Dr. Julea Vlassakis earned her B.A. in Chemistry and Physics from Smith college in 2012 before completing her Ph.D. in bioengineering and postdoc in the Herr Lab at UC Berkeley. As an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University she directs the Microtechnologies Laboratory for Pediatric Oncology. Her lab’s goal is to advance targeted and precision therapies for pediatric cancers with a focus on Ewing sarcoma. To study the unique biochemistry and biophysics of fusion oncoprotein-driven cancers her group develops single-molecule and single-cell technologies at the micro and nano scales of cancer biology. Her research has garnered several honors including an NIH Director's New Innovator Award, CPRIT Scholar Award, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship Grant, and Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface.

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