Signal is an experiment by our team of editorial scientists. They are:

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Lauren Stanwicks

Lauren Stanwicks is VP of Research Content, where she leads written content for Signal and produces the Hidden Layers article series. She is a neuroscience PhD candidate at UC San Diego and previously served as Co-Managing Director of Nucleate San Diego.

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Sam Kessel

Sam Kessel is the podcast lead for Nucleate. He is a physician by training and is now an investment banker at Locust Walk focusing on transactions of innovative biotech companies.

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Anisha Sharma is a member of the Ecosystems Research Initiative where she writes articles as part of the Hidden Layers series. She is a PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University.

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Hannah Dayton

Hannah Dayton serves as Signal Editor at Nucleate and was the previous Executive Vice President of Content Strategy. She is a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School, continuing her PhD research on antibiotic resistance, which she completed at Columbia University.

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Romina Horianski is the LATAM Leader for Nucleate’s Ecosystem Mapping Research and leader for Nucleate Emerging Chapter in Brazil. She is also a PhD candidate at the University of Sao Paulo and works at the University's Hospital Innovation Center.

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Roberto Ogelman received his PhD in neuroscience from the University of Colorado - Anschutz in 2024. He has spent most of his research career studying the mechanisms of neuronal synaptic development in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus.

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Lauren Clubb holds Nucleate leadership roles at the San Diego chapter and HQ levels. She is a post doctoral fellow at UCSD continuing her PhD work on characterizing novel roles for common drug targets in regulating anti-tumor immunity.