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Bio:
Brooke Wynalda (they/she) joined the Allen Institute for Brain Science Human Cell Types Group as a Research Associate I on the Human Gene Therapy Team in April of 2022. On the Gene Therapy work focused on adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector engineering as targeted therapeutic treatment for neurodegenerative diseases in preclinical mouse models. In September of 2023 Brooke joined the Molecular Genetic Tools Team developing a suite of tools that provides unique access to cell types in the mouse brain with the ability to target and manipulate specific neuronal populations and study neural circuitry of complex behaviors in a cell type specific manner.
Before working at the Allen Institute, Brooke graduated in June 2021 from Seattle University, with a B.S. in Biology and minors in English and Philosophy. During their undergraduate career, Brooke participated in a wide variety of research projects, but fell in love with molecular genetics while studying the impact of a sulfur transporter knockout in Arabidopsis thaliana as part of the Zanis Lab. After graduating they continued their work in the Zanis Lab as a National Science Foundation Research Fellow, pivoting toward viral disease evolution and ecology as they investigated the role of selfish genetic elements within the genomes of viruses that infect freshwater algae in the greater Seattle area.
In all of their work, Brooke hopes that they can stay committed to building a more diverse, equitable, inclusive and compassionate scientific community. Currently, they serve as co-chair of the LGBTQ+ Affinity Group and are committed to continuing a legacy of accessibility and belonging in science.
Cell Reports
Jun 24, 2025
Emily Kussick, Nelson Johansen, Naz Taskin, Ananya Chowdhury, Meagan A. Quinlan, Alex Fraser, Andrew G. Clark, Brooke Wynalda, Refugio Martinez, Erin L. Groce, Melissa Reding, Elizabeth Liang, Lyudmila Shulga, Cindy Huang, Tamara Casper, Michael Clark, Windy Ho, Yuan Gao, Cindy T. J. van Velthoven, Cassandra Sobieski, Rebecca Ferrer, Melissa R. Berg, Britni C. Curtis, Chris English, Jesse C. Day, Michal G. Fortuna, Nicholas Donadio, Dakota Newman, Shenqin Yao, Anish Bhaswanth Chakka, Jeff Goldy, Amy Torkelson, Junitta B. Guzman, Rushil Chakrabarty, Beagen Nguy, Nathan Guilford, Trangthanh H. Pham, Vonn Wright, Kara Ronellenfitch, Robyn Naidoo, Jaimie Kenney, Ali Williford, Charu Ramakrishnan, Antonia Drinnenberg, Kathryn Gudsnuk, Bargavi Thyagarajan, Kimberly A. Smith, Nick Dee, Karl Deisseroth, Hongkui Zeng, Zizhen Yao, Bosiljka Tasic, Boaz P. Levi, Rebecca Hodge, Trygve E. Bakken, Ed S. Lein, Jonathan T. Ting, Tanya L. Daigle
Cell
May 29, 2025
Yoav Ben-Simon, Marcus Hooper, Sujatha Narayan, Tanya L. Daigle, Deepanjali Dwivedi, Sharon W. Way, Aaron Oster, David A. Stafford, John K. Mich, Michael J. Taormina, Refugio A. Martinez, Ximena Opitz-Araya, Jada R. Roth, Jason R. Alexander, Shona Allen, Adam Amster, Joel Arbuckle, Angela Ayala, Pamela M. Baker, Trygve E. Bakken, Tyler Barcelli, Stuard Barta, Jacqueline Bendrick, Darren Bertagnolli, Cameron Bielstein, Prajal Bishwakarma, Jessica Bowlus, Gabriella Boyer, Krissy Brouner, Brittny Casian, Tamara Casper, Anish B. Chakka, Rushil Chakrabarty, Rebecca K. Chance, Sakshi Chavan, Michael Clark, Kaity Colbert, Forrest Collman, Scott Daniel, Maxwell Departee, Peter DiValentin, Nicholas Donadio, Nadezhda Dotson, Tom Egdorf, Tim Fliss, Mariano Gabitto, Jazmin Garcia, Amanda Gary, Molly Gasperini, Jessica Gloe, Jeff Goldy, Bryan B. Gore, Lucas Graybuck, Noah Greisman, Francoise Haeseleer, Carliana Halterman, Zeb Haradon, Samantha D. Hastings, Olivia Helback, Windy Ho, Dirk Hockemeyer, Cindy Huang, Sydney Huff, Avery Hunker, Nelson Johansen, Danielle Jones, Zoe Juneau, Brian Kalmbach, Madhav Kannan, Shannon Khem, Emily Kussick, Rana Kutsal, Rachael Larsen, Changkyu Lee, Angus Y. Lee, Madison Leibly, Garreck H. Lenz, Su Li, Elizabeth Liang, Nicholas Lusk, Zachary Madigan, Jessica Malloy, Jocelin Malone, Rachel McCue, Jose Melchor, Tyler Mollenkopf, Skyler Moosman, Elyse Morin, Dakota Newman, Lydia Ng, Kiet Ngo, Victoria Omstead, Sven Otto, Alana Oyama, Nick Pena, Trangthanh Pham, Elliot Phillips, Christina A. Pom, Lydia Potekhina, Shea Ransford, Patrick L. Ray, Dean Rette, Cade Reynoldson, Christine Rimorin, Dana Rocha, Augustin Ruiz, Raymond E. A. Sanchez, Lane Sawyer, Adriana Sedeno-Cortes, Joshua P. Sevigny, Nadiya Shapovalova, Noah Shepard, Lyudmila Shulga, Ana R. Sigler, La'Akea Siverts, Sherif Soliman, Saroja Somasundaram, Brian Staats, Kaiya Stewart, Eric Szelenyi, Michael Tieu, Cameron Trader, Alex Tran, Cindy T. J. van Velthoven, Miranda Walker, Yimin Wang, Natalie Weed, Morgan Wirthlin, Toren Wood, Brooke Wynalda, Zizhen Yao, Thomas Zhou, Jeanelle Ariza, Nick Dee, Melissa Reding, Kara Ronellenfitch, Shoaib Mufti, Susan M. Sunkin, Kimberly A. Smith, Luke Esposito, Jack Waters, Bargavi Thyagarajan, Shenqin Yao, Ed S. Lein, Hongkui Zeng, Boaz P. Levi, John Ngai, Jonathan T. Ting, Bosiljka Tasic