Lots of good news!

Awards/Fellowships: 3rd year USC undergraduate student George Gemayel was awarded a SURF for the Summer of 2022, providing him $3,000 to cover personal expenses related to summer research.

2nd year undergraduate student Andrea Morfin Valencia was recently chosen as a 2022 Research Gateway Scholar, providing her $2,800 to cover personal expenses related to summer research and other career-building opportunities.

Rio Hondo undergraduate student Roman Leyvas was awarded a Travel Fellowship to travel to SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos & Native Americans in Science) NDiSTEM conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Research Grants: The Chung Lab, in conjunction with the Seidler Lab, was awarded a $225,000 grant from the Daniel J. Epstein Alzheimer’s Research Fund. The project will aim to reconstitute fibrils associated with Alzheimer’s using new, genetic code expansion techniques.

Outreach Grants: Profs. Chris Vaca, Peter Chung, and Anne Leak were awarded a 5-year grant by the NSF to provide research opportunities to community college students at local hispanic-serving institutions, with the intent of increasing retention in STEM fields and eventual transition to a 4-year baccalaureate granting institution. The first inaugural class started in Summer of 2022 and we are excited to recruit the next cohort!