Congratulations to our very own Katya Grishchuk, PhD for her promotion from associate professor to professor! We would like to thank Dr. Grishchuk for her outstanding contributions to our department and the scientific community as a whole. Please join us in congratulating Katya on this well-deserved accomplishment.

Congratulations to Erika Holzbaur for securing a $1,000,000 donation to establish a Huntington’s Disease Research Fund. The donation will be used to support basic Huntington’s research by three postdoctoral fellows for three years in key University laboratories. The fund will also be used to provide resources for program coordination and laboratory collaboration related to Huntington’s disease. It's absolutely fabulous that such a donation has been elicited and how it is being directed to our young scientists. Both speak to the imagination of the donor and the creativity of the recipient. Pease join me in congratulating Erika on this impressive achievement.