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Grants, Honors, Awards & Recognitions

Stories of achievement and discovery from across our research community.

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  • Headshot of Scot Wolfe with overlaid text reading “Scot Wolfe, PhD” and “National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R21 Grant.”
    Jun 1, 2026

    Scot Wolfe Receives NIH Grant for Muscular Dystrophy Gene Editing Research

    Genome editing researcher Scot Wolfe, PhD, is collaborating with muscle biologist Charles Emerson, Jr., PhD, to develop a human muscle xenograft platform for optimizing genome editing therapies for muscular dystrophies.

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  • Headshot of Sharon Cantor with overlaid text reading “Sharon Cantor, PhD” and “National Cancer Institute R01."
    Jun 1, 2026

    Sharon Cantor Receives NIH Grant to Investigate New Role for BRCA1

    Sharon Cantor, PhD, has received an R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute to explore the role of BRCA1 in coordinating lagging strand DNA synthesis, with implications for developing new treatments for hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, including tumors resistant to PARP inhibitors.

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  • Headshot of Scot Wolfe with overlaid text reading “Scot Wolfe, PhD” and “National Cancer Institute R01.”
    Jun 1, 2026

    Scot Wolfe Awarded NIH Grant for CRISPR Cancer Research

    Scot Wolfe, PhD, is developing a CRISPR-Cas9 strategy to selectively destroy cancer cells driven by focal gene amplification.

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