Khaled Khairy

Scientists at Janelia work together in multidisciplinary teams to solve challenging biological problems that are difficult to address in other research settings.

Many lab spaces at Janelia feature modular designs and natural light.

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Occupying 689 wooded acres along the Potomac River, Janelia Farm provides a variety of services and facilities to support its diverse community of scientists and staff—inside and outside the lab.

A view of the Janelia Farm Research Campus at dusk.

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The Janelia Farm model frees scientists of constraints commonly found in other research environments, providing access to world-class resources and a talented support staff.

Graduate scholar John Tuthill prepares a Drosophila specimen for imaging.

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In addition to our resident scientists and fellows, we offer visiting scientists, graduate, and undergraduate candidates a range of scientific programs.

Graduate scholar Arbora Resulaj (left) and her mentor, Janelia Emeritus Fellow Dmitry Rinberg (right).

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Janelia Farm regularly hosts scientific meetings, ranging from workshops to intensive, specialized conferences. See what's coming up and visit the archive of past events.

Janelia's large auditorium seats 250 people.

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Janelia provides outstanding employment opportunities, at all levels.

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Many tools developed in Janelia Farm labs are made freely available to outside researchers, while others are taking shape through collaborations with industry, academia, and government.

A virtual arena for the study of flight in insects.

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Janelia’s sense of community comes from a core belief that people of diverse disciplines and backgrounds can accomplish great things when working with a common purpose.

Research specialist Trevor Wardill (left) and group leader Vivek Jayaraman (right).

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I studied Chemistry at Alexandria University (Alexandria, Egypt) graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1994. From 1994 until 1997 I assumed teaching and research responsibilities at the Chemistry Department at the Faculty of Science, Alexandria University (Alexandria, Egypt), and then pursued postgraduate studies in Physical Chemistry at Northeastern University (Boston, Massachussettes). There, I worked on the computational simulation of high magnetic field electron paramagnetic resonance spectra under the supervision of Prof. David Budil. I graduated with a PhD in Physical Chemistry in 2002, and held a postdoctoral position at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (Dresden, Germany; Lab of Prof. Jonathon Howard) until 2007. During that time I developed the spherical harmonics parameterization for the biophysical modeling of membrane mechanics and for analysis of biological fluorescence images. Afterwards, I joined the EMBL (group of Prof. Ernst Stelzer) where I worked as a staff scientist in the Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, focusing on the development of computational tools for the description of biological morphology and processing of fluorescence light-sheet microscopy images. Currently, I am working at Janelia Farm Research Campus, on quantitative computational modeling of morphogenesis in the lab of Dr. Philipp Keller.