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Caltech’s Mikhail Shapiro (2004 Fellow) and Mohamed Abedi (2015 Fellow) on New Cell Research
“Bacteria can be designed to act like special agents fighting disease in our bodies. . . We’re building walkie-talkies for the cells so we can both listen and talk to them,” Mikhail Shapiro (2004 Fellow) explained in an interview with Caltech. Mikhail, a naturalized citizen who was born in Kolomna, Russia, has a new paper out in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. Mikhail is the head of the Shapiro Lab and an assistant professor of chemical engineering at California Institute of Technology – Caltech. Mohamad Abedi (2015 Fellow), another Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow, who is a graduate student working in Mikhail’s lab, was a co-author on the paper. Mohamad was born to Palestinian refugees in the United Arab Emirates. Learn more about the lab’s newest study:
Featured Fellows
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Mikhail Shapiro
Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering, Caltech
Mikhail Shapiro is an immigrant from Russia. Fellowship awarded in 2004 to support work towards a PhD in Biological Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Mohamad Abedi
PhD, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Mohamad Abedi is an immigrant from United Arab Emirates. Fellowship awarded in 2015 to support work towards a PhD in Bioengineering at California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
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