Bio
Maria Barna is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics at Stanford University. Dr. Barna obtained her B.A. in Anthropology from New York University and her Ph.D. from Cornell University, Weill Graduate School of Medicine. She completed her thesis work in the lab of Dr. Lee Niswander in the Developmental Biology Department at Sloan Kettering Institute in 2007. Dr. Barna was subsequently appointed as a UCSF Fellow through the Sandler Fellows program, which enables exceptionally promising young scientists to establish independent research programs immediately following graduate school. In 2013, she received a dual appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics at Stanford University. Dr. Barna has received a number of distinctions including being named a Pew Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, and top ’40 under 40’ by the Cell Journal. She has received the Basil O’ Connor Scholar Research Award and the NIH Directors New Innovator Award. In 2016, she was the recipient of the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award, an award given to two female scientist in the world every three years in the field of genetics and the American Society for Cell Biology Emerging Leader Prize. She has also received the H.W. Mossman Award in Developmental Biology and the Tsuneko and Reiji Okazaki Award. She is presently a NYSCF Robertson Stem Cell Investigator.
Academic Appointments
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Assistant Professor, Genetics
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Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Child Health Research Institute
Honors & Awards
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Elizabeth Hay Award, Society of Developmental Biology (2017)
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H.W. Mossman Award in Developmental Biology, American Association of Anatomists (2017)
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Tsuneko and Reiji 'Okazaki Award', Japan (2017)
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American Society for Cell Biology Emerging Leader Prize, ASCB (2016)
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Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award, Gruber Foundation and Genetics Society of America (2016)
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NYSCF Robertson Stem Cell Investigator, New York Stem Cell Foundation (2016)
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McCormick and Gabilan Fellow, Stanford University (2016)
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Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2014)
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Mallinckrodt Foundation Award, Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation (2014)
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Pew Scholars Award, Pew Charitable Trusts (2014)
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Top 40 under 40, Cell Press (2014)
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NIH Directors New Innovator Award, NIH (2011)
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Basil O'Connor Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes (2010)
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National Institutes of Child Health and Development Pediatric LRP, NIH (2009)
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UCSF Faculty Fellows Program, UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research, University of California, San Francisco (2007)
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Nominated, Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, Cornell University (2006)
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Vincent du Vigneaud Award of Excellence for Graduate Research, Cornell University (2004)
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Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, New York University (1996, 1997)
Professional Education
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Ph.D., Cornell University, Weill Graduate School of Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology (2007)
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B.A., New York University, Anthropology (1998)