SLB 2024 Awardees Announced!

SLB 2024 Awards

Legacy Award

Alfred Ayala, University of Rhode Island and Brown University

Excellence in Leukocyte Biology – Early & Mid-Career

Darren Lee, UMass Medical School (First Place)
Elizabeth Wohlfert, University at Buffalo (First Place)
Sergejs Berdnikovs, Northwestern University (Runner-up)
Xiang Lin, The University of Hong Kong (Runner-up)
Jing Wu, NIH NHLBI (Runner-up)

Presidential Scholar: Graduate Student Finalists

Essi Tchalla, University at Buffalo (First Place)
Kelley Cooper, University of Louisville (Runner-up)
Axel Schmitter, Michigan State University (Runner-up)

Presidential Scholar: Postdoctoral Finalists

Savini Thrikawala, Clemson University (First Place)
Laura Manzanares, Northwestern University (Runner-up)
Xingsheng Ren, Northwestern University (Runner-up)

On-Site Flash Talk Awardees

Autoimmunity & Immunodeficiency – Melanie Martinsen (First Place), Vanessa Estrada (Second Place)
Host-Pathogen Dynamics – Shaunna Simmons (First Place), Kehinde Babtunde (Second Place)
Immune Cell Modulation & Trained Immunity –  Ceclia Chen (First Place), Zoe Michael (Second Place)
Wild Card – Han Gil Kim (First Place), Dan Hao(Second Place)

Presidential Merit Finalists

Postdoctoral
Akash Ahuja, Cleveland Clinic
Anandita Basu, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Uni.
Alexandria Byskosh, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dan Hao, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jacqueline Howells, Brown University
Olivia McDonald, Michigan State University
Zoe Michael, Boston Children's Hospital
Mohammad Nematullah, Henry Ford Health
Bishnu Pant, Cleveland Clinic

Graduate Students
Saamera Awali, Michigan State University
Kiana Bynum, University at Buffalo
Ziming Cao, UConn Health
Aaryn Edwards, Michigan State University
Daniel Kim, Purdue University
Janelle LeMon, Michigan State University
Mary Oliver, Vanderbilt University
Antara Roy, Cleveland State University
Shivani Yadav, Institute of Advanced Research
Lenore Yalom, Northwestern University

Undergraduate Students
Han Gil Kim, University of Florida
Conwy Zheng, Purdue University
Michelle Zheng, University of California Irvine
Bobby Zuniga, Henry Ford Health
 
SLB is pleased to provide some 2024 attendees with need based travel grants through the EASE (Equitable Access to Scientific Experiences) program. Learn more.
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