Tal Danino is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University. His lab focuses on engineering bacteria for biomedical applications, with a particular emphasis on developing bacteria as a cancer therapy. Originally from Los Angeles, Tal received a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from UCSD, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. He is the recipient of awards including the CZI Biohub Investigator, NSF CAREER Award, DoD Era of Hope Scholar Award, CRI Lloyd J Old STARs Award, Pershing Square-Sohn Prize, and is a TED Fellow. He directs the Synthetic Biological Systems Laboratory and is a member of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and Data Science Institute.
Short CV (updated 2025-28-04). Full CV available on request
2011–2015, Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005–2011, Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego
2001–2005, B.S. Physics, Chemistry, Math, University of California, Los Angeles