Please join us in congratulating the 2026 Aaron Shatkin Scholarship Award winners who were honored at the Aaron Shatkin Memorial Lecture on Wednesday October 14. The award recognizes outstanding current graduate students who have excelled in their research and coursework with a plaque and $3000.
Lisa Bazina in the lab of Philip Demorkritou
Fuying Dong in the lab of Simiao Niu
Jay Joshi in the lab of Alexander Valvezan
Mrunmai Niljikar in the lab of Avdaitha Madireddy

We also congratulate Dr. Rey Panettieri for winning the 2026 NJ Health Foundation Excellence in Research Award.
They will be presented with their awards at the annual Aaron Shatkin seminar on Wed Oct 14 at 4pm. Please see details below.
Aaron Shatkin Seminar
Erica Ollmann Saphire, PhD, MBA
President, CEO and Professor
La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Topic:
New Antibodies Against Old Viruses: Measles and HERVs