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Regeneron Announces the 2017 Winners of the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation
"This year's winners of the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation are remarkable young researchers who are harnessing their scientific curiosity to advance biomedical discovery in neuroscience, a field with many patients who need new breakthroughs," said
The two winners will each receive a
Ewoud Schmidt , Ph.D.,Department of Neuroscience ,Columbia University Medical Center , Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation by a Postdoctoral Fellow:Dr. Schmidt is a member of the Polleux laboratory and is studying the role of a human-specific paralog of SRGAP2 in the development of brain circuits. The SRGAP2 gene encodes the SRGAP2 protein, which regulates the development of neural connectivity.Ori Lieberman , Program in Neurobiology and Behavior,Columbia University Medical Center , Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation by a Graduate Student:Mr. Lieberman works in the Sulzer laboratory and studies neural circuit development in the context of psychiatric diseases. He is researching the development of dopamine-sensing brain areas and exploring the role of dopamine in disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Tourette's syndrome.
Competitors were reviewed by a selection committee of senior scientists at Regeneron. In May, finalists visited Regeneron to tour the campus and present their "dream" research proposals in biomedical research, which offered insight into each nominee's creativity and ability to think independently as scientists.
"The Regeneron Prize, now in its fifth year, attracts dream proposals that are based on ground-breaking ideas and demonstrate the vast potential found in early scientific careers," said
Requests for applications are distributed to academic institutions late each Fall. Institutions are asked to nominate two graduate students and two postdoctoral fellows. In addition to the dream project proposals, submissions must include a curriculum vitae and a sample of publications that enable the selection committee to review each nominee's scholarly productivity.
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Regeneron is accelerating and improving the traditional drug development process through its proprietary VelociSuite® technologies, including VelocImmune® which yields optimized fully-human antibodies, and ambitious initiatives such as the Regeneron Genetics Center, one of the largest genetics sequencing efforts in the world.
We believe that scientists should be the world's heroes and are committed to fostering the next generation of scientific talent through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education efforts, including the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search.
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