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