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    Farren Isaacs, PhD

    Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
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    Research

    Overview

    Medical Research Interests

    Bioengineering; Gene Editing; Gene Regulatory Networks; Genetic Variation; Genetics; Genomics; Glioblastoma; Synthetic Biology; Systems Biology

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Farren Isaacs's published research.

    Publications

    2026

    2025

    2024

    • Confronting risks of mirror life
      Adamala K, Agashe D, Belkaid Y, Bittencourt D, Cai Y, Chang M, Chen I, Church G, Cooper V, Davis M, Devaraj N, Endy D, Esvelt K, Glass J, Hand T, Inglesby T, Isaacs F, James W, Jones J, Kay M, Lenski R, Liu C, Medzhitov R, Nicotra M, Oehm S, Pannu J, Relman D, Schwille P, Smith J, Suga H, Szostak J, Talbot N, Tiedje J, Venter J, Winter G, Zhang W, Zhu X, Zuber M. Confronting risks of mirror life. Science 2024, 386: 1351-1353. PMID: 39666824, DOI: 10.1126/science.ads9158.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research
    • Enabling equitable and affordable access to novel therapeutics for pandemic preparedness and response via creative intellectual property agreements
      Griffen E, Boulet P, Albrecht R, Akbar A, Amick I, Aschenbrenner J, Balcomb B, Barr H, Battu H, Benjamin J, Bloom J, Boby M, Bogyo M, Bolon D, Boulet P, Clerkin A, Cadagan R, Capkin E, Castellanos M, Chandran A, Chen S, Chodera J, Cole D, Cousins D, Cuadrado S, de Godoy A, Dhalech A, Diaz R, DiPoto M, Doherty J, Dotson D, Duggan S, Evans M, Fairhead M, Fate G, Fearon D, Federov O, Ferla M, Ferreira L, Fieseler K, Filep M, Flores D, Flynn J, Fraisse L, Ronen G, Gad B, Garcia-Sastre A, Gathecha C, Gayvert J, Giroud C, Parejo C, Goldberger E, Golding M, Gordon M, Griffen E, Hannon W, Hassan H, Henry M, Hertzman R, Horton J, Huang F, Huang Q, Iacovella C, Isaacs F, James D, Jameson M, Kaminow B, Kenney I, Kenton N, Kirkegaard K, Koekemoer L, Kurtyilmaz N, La V, Lahav N, Lambert M, Lavie M, Lee A, Lefker B, Lemons K, Lindenbach B, Lithgo R, Livnah E, London N, Lynch N, MacDermott H, MacLean E, Marples P, Marsden B, McGovern B, Minh D, Mugeni M, Nadir A, Luong N, Ni X, Nitz S, Ookhin H, Orlov A, Payne A, Pearl R, Pedowitz N, Peng S, Perry B, Pulido I, Rawal D, Reid L, Retchin M, Richardson R, Ripka E, Robinson M, Robinson R, Rodriguez M, Roper G, Rosales R, Salim M, Scheen J, Schiffer C, Shamir Y, Shaqra A, Shaw C, Shertzer O, Singh S, Sjo P, Slater J, Souffront A, Stacey J, Gordon H, Starr T, Stewart H, Szommer T, Tanner W, Thomas V, Thompson W, Tierney J, Tivon B, Tomlinson C, Vargo T, Villalo F, von Delft A, von Delft F, Walsh M, Sije W, Wang S, Wang Y, Waring M, White K, Wild C, Wilen C, Williams E, Williams M, Winokan M, Wright N, Xavier M, Yap J, Zhang I, Zhu J, Zwaka T, Robinson M, London N, Resnick E, Zaidmann D, Gehrtz P, Reddi R, Gabizon R, Barr H, Duberstein S, Zidane H, Shurrush K, Cohen G, Solmesky L, Lee A, Jajack A, Cvitkovic M, Pan J, Pai R, Ripka E, Nguyen L, Shafeev M, Matviiuk T, Michurin O, Chernyshenko E, Bilenko V, Kinakh S, Logvinenko I, Melnykov K, Huliak V, Tsurupa I, Gorichko M, Shaikh A, Pinjari J, Swamy V, Pingle M, BVNBS S, Aimon A, von Delft F, Fearon D, Tomlinson C, Balcomb B, Lithgo R, Aschenbrenner J, Dunnett L, Douangamath A, Dias A, Powell A, Neto J, Skyner R, Thompson W, Gorrie-Stone T, Walsh M, Owen C, Lukacik P, Strain-Damerell C, Mikolajek H, Horrell S, Marples P, Koekemoer L, Krojer T, Fairhead M, MacLean E, Thompson A, Wild C, Smilova M, Wright N, von Delft A, Gileadi C, Rangel V, Schofield C, Salah E, Malla T, Tumber A, John T, Vakonakis I, Kantsadi A, Zitzmann N, Brun J, Kiappes J, Hill M, Witt K, Alonzi D, Makower L, Varghese F, Overheul G, Miesen P, van Rij R, Jansen J, Smeets B, Tomásio S, Weatherall C, Vaschetto M, Macdonald H, Chodera J, Rufa D, Wittmann M, Boby M, Henry M, Glass W, Eastman P, Coffland J, Dotson D, Griffen E, McCorkindale W, Morris A, Glen R, Cole J, Foster R, Foster H, Calmiano M, Tennant R, Heer J, Shi J, Jnoff E, Hurley M, Lefker B, Robinson R, Giroud C, Bennett J, Fedorov O, Reid P, Morwitzer M, Cox L, Morris G, Ferla M, Moustakas D, Dudgeon T, Pšenák V, Kovar B, Voelz V, Carbery A, Contini A, Clyde A, Ben-Shmuel A, Sittner A, Politi B, Vitner E, David E, Tamir H, Achdout H, Levy H, Glinert I, Paran N, Erez N, Puni R, Melamed S, Weiss S, Israely T, Yahalom-Ronen Y, Smalley A, Oleinikovas V, Spencer J, Kenny P, Ward W, Cattermole E, Ferrins L, Eyermann C, Milne B, Godoy A, Noske G, Oliva G, Fernandes R, Nakamura A, Gawriljuk V, White K, McGovern B, Rosales R, García-Sastre A, Carney D, Chang E, Saikatendu K, Vangeel L, Neyts J, Donckers K, Jochmans D, De Jonghe S, Bowman G, Borden B, Singh S, Volkamer A, Rodriguez-Guerra J, Fate G, Hart S, Saar K, Perry B, Fraisse L, Sjö P, Boulet P, Laghnimi-Hahn S, Mowbray C, Reid L, Rees P, Huang Q, Zvornicanin S, Shaqra A, Yilmaz N, Schiffer C, Zhang I, Pulido I, Taylor J, Croll T, Brewitz L, Kang L, La V, Haneef A, Minh D, Filep M, Scheen J, Kaminow B, Arbon R, Payne A, Schaller D. Enabling equitable and affordable access to novel therapeutics for pandemic preparedness and response via creative intellectual property agreements. Wellcome Open Research 2024, 9: 374. PMID: 39184131, PMCID: PMC11342024, DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22645.1.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research
    • Enhanced eMAGE applied to identify genetic factors of nuclear hormone receptor dysfunction via combinatorial gene editing
      Ciaccia P, Liang Z, Schweitzer A, Metzner E, Isaacs F. Enhanced eMAGE applied to identify genetic factors of nuclear hormone receptor dysfunction via combinatorial gene editing. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 5218. PMID: 38890276, PMCID: PMC11189492, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49365-z.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    Honors

    • honor

      Beckman Young Investigator Award

      09/01/2012National AwardArnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
    • honor

      Rising Young Stars of Science

      01/01/2008UnknownGenome Technology Magazine

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