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Genome Sciences Education Outreach

Genome Sciences Education Outreach has been awarded the Silver Medal Award at the International Serious Play Conference for the Blood Sugar Balance webgame. Blood Sugar Balance offers an engaging educational experience focusing on glucose metabolism and its role in type 2 diabetes.

Shawn Fayer and Renee Geck have been awarded Parker Travel Awards for best poster at the 2023 department retreat

Genome Sciences awarded three Well-Being Grants to support the GS Garden Club Expansion, GS Hackathon, and Let’s have an awesome time doing science symposium

Well-Being Grants

Curran Oy has been awarded an NRSA Fellowship

Maitreya Dunham has been awarded the Ira Herskowitz Award from the Genetics Society of America

Ira Herskowitz Award

Andrew Mullen has been awarded an NRSA Fellowship

Robin Aguilar has been selected as the artist for the 2023 SACNAS conference

2023 SACNAS conference

Syd Sattler has been awarded a Curci Fellowship

New York Times: Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome

New York Times Article

Distinguished Staff Award for Impact

Genn Merrihew has been awarded the Distinguished Staff Award for Impact, and members of the Husky Coronavirus Testing Team – including Zack Acker, Chris Frazar, Kathryn McCaffrey, David Reinhart, Erica Ryke and Sanjay Srivatsan – have been awarded the Distinguished Staff Award for Innovation.