Assistant professor @ Duke University BME, guerilla knitter, pipettor of small volumes of liquid. Biologist masquerading as engineer, or the other way around.
Emma Chory, Ph.D.
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On top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼
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On a personal note: as an early stage PI, it’s become clear how hard it is to sell any new project to grant reviewers without a proven track record. This one is a major milestone for us, and just a snapshot of the momentum our lab is building and what we’re capable of.
:: deep exhale ::
Deeply honored to be named a 2026 Beckman Young Investigator #BYI!🧬
This recognition reflects the creativity and hard work of my incredible lab, and we are so grateful and excited for the Foundation's support as we tackle the next generation of continuous evolution.
Immensely proud of this team effort led by Ryan and Stefan @bffswithbiology.bsky.social @stefan-golas.bsky.social. Could not have asked for a better team. This is just the beginning.
Evolution navigated billions of challenges to get to us to where we are today. Directed evolution compresses this to a 1D axis.
Imagine if you could sample 200 dimensions at once, with data to boot 📈
First @chorylab.bsky.social PACE preprint on our new system to tackle this: bit.ly/turboprance
NIH research grant funding rates plummeted in 2025. Agency acknowledges young investigators are losing out as result of multiyear funding policy imposed by White House. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
The team worked incredibly hard to get this out the door in time to share with grant review committees, and I am so grateful for their effort.
If you have thoughts, questions, or ideas for where this platform could (or should) go next, we would love to hear from you.
A Purpose-Built Open Source Liquid Handler for Industry-Class Automated Experiments https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.02.709168v1
An autonomous system for multi-objective continuous evolution at scale https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.02.709196v1
Emma Chory, Ph.D.
Emma Chory, Ph.D.
Emma Chory, Ph.D.
Emma Chory, Ph.D.
Emma Chory, Ph.D.
Megan Ranney MD MPH
Emma Chory, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
bioRxiv Bioengineering
bioRxiv Bioengineering
Congratulations to our 2026 Beckman Young Investigator Awardees! Twelve Researchers Selected to Receive $7.2M in Total Science Funding for Cutting-edge Research www.beckman-foundation.org/latest-news/... #BYI #beckmanresearch #newlyawarded
