Joanne Peng

Joanne, while a researcher in the Boyden lab, worked on spatial protein sequencing and computational modeling of the brain, while completing her degree in computer science at Princeton. She advises the Amaranth Foundation on neuroscience and longevity philanthropy. Previously, she worked at the Biomedical Research Institute at MaRS and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. She has been supported by the Thiel Fellowship, Interact Fellowship, Day One Project, Davis UWC Foundation, and VitaDAO.

Publications

Compiling molecular ultrastructure into neural dynamics

arXiv | 2026

Konrad P. Kording, Anton Arkhipov, Davy Deng, Sean Escola, Seth G.N. Grant, Gal Haspel, Michał Januszewski, Narayanan Kasthuri, Nina Khera, Richie E. Kohman, Grace Lindsay, Jeantine Lunshof, Adam Marblestone, David A. Markowitz, Jordan Matelsky, Brett Mensh, Patrick Mineault, Andrew Payne, Joanne Peng, Xaq Pitkow, Philip Shiu, Gregor Schuhknecht, Sven Truckenbrodt, Joshua T. Vogelstein, Edward S. Boyden (2026) Compiling molecular ultrastructure into neural dynamics, arXiv:2603.25713 [q-bio.NC].

Principles of in situ protein sequencing: expansion microscopy-adapted Edman degradation and amino acid recognition

bioRxiv | 2026

Mitchell CM, Tavana SZ, Peng JZ, Wang H, Shi J, Zhang C, Evgeniou L, Domecillo M, Wang S, Estandian DM, Choueiri AG, Wong E, Dohadwala S, Polizzi NF, Kiessling LL, Boyden ES (2026) Principles of in situ protein sequencing: expansion microscopy-adapted Edman degradation and amino acid recognition, bioRxiv 2026.01.29.702630; doi:https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.29.702630.