We’re thrilled to welcome Madeleine “Maddy” Chong to our lab as a Junior Specialist! We are excited to have Maddy join the team and can’t wait to see the fun science, new skills, and discoveries that will be part of her journey in academia. Welcome to the lab, Maddy!
The Martens Lab is sending a big thank you to Maia Kirkegaard as she completes her rotation with us! Maia was a joy to have in the lab, bringing wonderful energy and sharp insights.
Congratulations to Hanna, who has been named the 2025 Terry C. Hillblom Research Scholar by the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation! 🎉 This award recognizes her exciting progress on understanding how mechanical cues shape immune aging and her growing contributions to the field of healthy aging research.
We’re excited to share that Anastasia has been awarded a CIRM Clinical Fellowship to support her research in the Martens Lab. This fellowship, funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, will support her work starting December 2025 as she continues exploring new regenerative…
We’re delighted to share that Dr. Hanna Martens has received a Junior Faculty Grant from the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation. Grateful to the Foundation for their support of innovative early-career research at UCSF.
Congratulations to Hanna!Hanna has been selected as a recipient of the AFAR and Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Junior Faculty Grant, a prestigious award supporting early-career investigators in the biology of aging.
We’re excited to welcome Dr. Neda Keyhanvar to the lab! Dr. Keyhanvar brings extensive experience in CRISPR-based gene editing, stem cell biology, and functional genomics. Her postdoctoral research will focus on dissecting molecular mechanisms of tissue aging through genome editing and…
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Anastasia Zhurikhina to the lab! With a background in applied mathematics, biomedical engineering, and bioinformatics, Dr. Zhurikhina brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to aging research. Her postdoctoral work will focus on unraveling the molecular and…
