Anna joined the Allen Institute for Cell Science as a Scientist II in August 2024. She specializes in quantitative cell biology with a particular focus on single-cell genomics. At the Institute, Anna is dedicated to advancing our understanding of cellular transitions by leading single-cell RNA sequencing experiments and optimizing spatial transcriptomics workflows.

Anna earned her Ph.D. in 2021 from the University of Glasgow (Scotland, UK), where she worked in Gwyn Gould’s lab on a multi-disciplinary project investigating glucose transport dynamics in the plasma membrane. Her experience in microscopy ignited a passion for advanced imaging techniques, prompting her to pursue a postdoctoral position at Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, US) in Xiaolin Nan’s lab. There, she explored the nanoscale spatial systems biology of Ras small GTPases using single-molecule localization microscopy. Prior to joining the Allen Institute, Anna served as a Staff Scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, where she gained expertise in single-cell RNA sequencing workflows.