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Fishman Fund Award Ceremony
By: Nisha Cavanaugh, Ph D
The Fishman Fund Awards were established in honor of the Institute’s founders, Dr. William and Lillian Fishman, to support the next generation of scientific leaders. Awardees, their friends and families, Fishman Fund donors and Advisory Board members, and special guests gathered on October 12, 2022, in the Sanford Consortium Roth Auditorium. Awardees delivered speeches thanking the generous donors who made this award possible and described how the Fishman Fund will support activities that facilitate their ability to reach their research and career goals.
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As testament to the success of the Fishman Fund Awards, keynote speaker and Assistant Professor Caroline Kumsta, Ph.D. who won in 2011 said:
"I wrote in my application that I wanted to become an independent PI and pursue aging research. And guess what? I am doing it. I became an independent PI, with my own lab."
The Fishman Fund Award allowed her to travel to two conferences in Japan which empowered her to venture into a new field of research and establish her lab’s research program.
We cannot wait to see what this year’s awardees accomplish! Read more about them in the Beaker Blog.
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