June 9, 2016
Three young assistant professors have received research awards from the Pew Charitable Trusts to pursue research in cell biology, neuroscience and cancer.
Gloria Brar and Michael Yartsev were among 22 Pew scholars in the biomedical sciences announced June 9 by the trusts, while Dirk Hockemeyer was one of five selected as a Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research.
Brar and Hockemeyer are UC Berkeley assistant professors of molecular and cell biology, while Yartsev is an assistant professor of bioengineering and a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute.
Read more from Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2016/06/09/pew-awards-to-three-young-berkeley-faculty/