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| Paul Blainey | |
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| Fields | Genomics |
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Paul Blainey is an investigator and core faculty member at the Broad Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, and assistant professor of biological engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is recognized for his work in single cell genomics.
Blainey studied mathematics and chemistry as an undergraduate at the University of Washington. He continued his studies in physical chemistry at Harvard University, earning a M.S. and Ph.D. He did a postdoc at Stanford University, where he developed high-throughput methods for whole-genome amplification of DNA from individual microbial cells in Stephen Quake’s laboratory.
Awards
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface, 2011
- Agilent Early Career Investigator Award, 2014
- 2017 NIH New Innovator Award
References
- "Paul Blainey, PhD - MIT Department of Biological Engineering". be.mit.edu.
- "Paul Blainey - Broad Institute". www.broadinstitute.org. 23 November 2015.
- Campbell, Russ (May 18, 2011). "2011 Career Award At The Scientific Interface Recipients Named". Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
- "Agilent Technologies 2014 Early Career Professor Award Supports Biomedical Research at the Broad Institute". Agilent. May 21, 2014.
- "NIH Director's New Innovator Award Recipients: 2017 Awardees". NIH. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05.
- "Ten researchers from MIT and Broad receive NIH Director's Awards". MIT News.