Anders Serj Hansen, Class of 1943 Career Development Professor in the Department of Biological Engineering, has been named as the recipient of the 2024-25 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award. The annual award was established in fall 1982 as a permanent tribute to Institute Professor Emeritus Harold E. Edgerton for his great and enduring support for younger faculty members over the years. The purpose of the award is to recognize exceptional distinction in teaching, in research, and in service. Hansen is the principal investigator of the Hansen Lab, which develops new methods to resolve 3D genome structure at high spatiotemporal resolution to understand how DNA looping and 3D folding regulates gene expression in health and disease. His areas of research include cancer biology, computational systems biology, instrumentation and measurement, and synthetic biology. 'My research focuses on how the expression of our genes is regulated,' says Hansen. 'All the cells in our body have...
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