Congratulations to recent BioE PhD Julea Vlassakis, now a postdoctoral scholar in Amy Herr’s lab, one of eight US scholars receiving a 2020 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface. Scholars receive $500,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service.
“I am incredibly honored to be selected for this award and am grateful for the support of many within the BioE and UC Berkeley research communities, especially Dr. Herr,” says Vlassakis. The award recognizes Dr. Vlassakis’ research in single-cell proteomics in the Herr lab, and provides funding towards Vlassakis’ long-term goals to unravel roles of protein complexes in pediatric cancers with novel micro and nano-scale biochemical and biophysical instrumentation.