Becca Carlson
I am a systems thinker who works at the intersection of experimental biology, data, and engineering. I focus on creating and analyzing high-throughput and novel dataset types while keeping core biological questions in view.
I completed my PhD in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) in 2023. Previously, I was a venture associate at Flagship Pioneering and a scientist at Digital Biology. I’m currently building The Deliverome Project.
Expertise:
- High-throughput functional genomics screening (experiments + analysis)
- Fluorescence imaging and image analysis (Python, GCP, Snakemake)
- Innate immunity programs (IRF3, STING)
- Spatial biology methods (Optical Pooled Screening, Light-Seq)
Research: During my PhD, I was co-advised by Paul Blainey (MIT) and Nir Hacohen (Harvard). With Bingxu Liu, I co-discovered a new role for STING as a proton channel.
I also helped develop Optical Pooled Screening and applied it to innate immune pathway biology including IRF3 translocation, Ebola infection, and STING trafficking.