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Paola Arlotta, PhD (she/her/hers)

Harvard University, United States

Paola Arlotta, Ph.D., is the Golub Family Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University.
In her work, she uses both the embryo and advanced organoid models of the brain, to gain fundamental understanding of brain development and of mechanisms of human neurological disease.
Dr. Arlotta received her M.S. in biochemistry from the University of Trieste, Italy, and her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Portsmouth, UK. She completed her postdoctoral training in neuroscience at Harvard Medical School. She received numerous awards including the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award, the George Ledlie Prize, the Pradel Award, and the Feltrinelli Prize, among many others. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences & the National Academy of Medicine.

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