Sidi Chen, PhD
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Biography
Sidi Chen joined the Yale Faculty in 2015 in the Department of Genetics, Systems Biology Institute, and Yale Cancer Center. His research focuses on providing a global understanding of biological systems and development of novel breakthrough therapeutics. Chen developed and applied genome editing and high-throughput screening technologies, precision CRISPR-based in vivo models of cancer, global mapping of functional drivers of cancer oncogenesis and metastasis. He is leading a research group to seek global understandings of the molecular and cellular factors controlling disease progression and immunity. His group continuously invents versatile systems that enable rapid identification of novel targets and development of new modalities of cancer immunotherapy, cell therapy and gene therapy. His goal is to uncover novel insights in cancer and various other immunological diseases and develop next generation therapeutics.
Dr. Chen received a number of national and international awards including the Pershing Square Sohn Prize, DoD Era of Hope Scholar, NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, Blavatnik Innovator Award, Yale Cancer Center Basic Science Research Prize, AACR NextGen Award for Transformative Cancer Research, Ludwig Foundation Award, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fellow, Dale Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists, TMKF Innovative/Translation Cancer Research Award, BCA Exceptional Research Grant Award, MRA Young Investigator Award, V Scholar, Bohmfalk Scholar, Ludwig Family Foundation Award, St. Baldrick’s Foundation Award, CRI Clinic & Laboratory Integration Program (CLIP), MIT Technology Review Top 35 Innovators (Regional), and Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award.
Education & Training
- Visiting PostdocBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard (2015)
- Postdoctoral FellowMIT (2015)
- PhDThe University of Chicago (2011)
- Visiting StudentStanford University (2009)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Pershing Square Sohn Prize | Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance | 2021 |
DoD Era of Hope Scholar Award | DoD BCRP | 2020 |
Yale Cancer Center Basic Science Research Prize | Yale Cancer Center | 2020 |
Blavatnik Innovator Award | Yale University Blavatnik Fund | 2019 |
Distinguished Scientist Award | Sontag Foundation | 2018 |
NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2) | NIH OD / NCI | 2018 |
Ludwig Family Foundation | 2018 | |
Bohmfalk Scholar in Medical Research | 2017 | |
LCRP Idea Development Award | Department of Defense | 2017 |
AACR NextGen Award for Transformative Cancer Research | AACR | 2017 |
Exceptional Research Grant Award | Breast Cancer Alliance | 2017 |
St. Baldrick’s Foundation Award | 2016 | |
Young Investigator Award | Melanoma Research Alliance | 2016 |
Dale Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | 2015 |
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fellowship | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | 2012 |
Best Dissertation Award | The University of Chicago | 2011 |
Chair’s Special Award, Best Presentation | Gordon Research Conference | 2011 |
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant | National Science Foundation | 2010 |
Chun-Tsung Scholar | Tsung-Dao Lee Foundation | 2002 |
Departments & Organizations
- Center for Biomedical Data Science
- Center for RNA Science and Medicine
- Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics
- Genetics
- Genomics, Genetics, and Epigenetics
- Immunology
- Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
- Sidi Chen Lab
- Wu Tsai Institute
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Center for Immuno-Oncology
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Stem Cell Center