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9-123 Smilow

3400 Civic Center Blvd

Philadelphia, PA 19104

nicolas.plachta@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

NICOLAS PLACHTA

William Richard Gordon President’s Distinguished Professor in Genetics

Appointments

2021   William Richard Gordon President’s Distinguished Professor in Genetics

           Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

           Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2019   Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

           Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2019   Chih-Ye Visiting Professor, State Key Lab of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology

           Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

2019   Research Director, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, ASTAR, Singapore

2015   Senior PI, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, ASTAR, Singapore

2011   Group Leader, EMBL Australia, Monash University, Australia

2008   Postdoct (Scott Fraser lab), Caltech

2003   PhD student (Yves-Alain Barde lab), Biozentrum, University of Basel

 

Honors

2022     American Society for Reproductive Medicine Camrat Nezhat Lecture

2019     American Society for Reproductive Medicine Camrat Nezhat Lecture

2017     Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Scholar 

2016     American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Gibco-Emerging Leader Prize

2015     EMBO Young Investigator 

2015     ASTAR Investigatorship (Singapore) 

2014     Viertel Foundation Senior Medical Research Fellowship (Australia)                  

2014     NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (Australia)

2012     ARC Discovery Early Career Award (Australia)

2014     Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize Finalist (Australia)

2009     California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Grant (USA)

2008     EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship 

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