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MARC Travel Awards announced for 2012 XXXI Congress of the Societa Italiana di Pathologia e Medicina

June 28th, 2012

FASEB MARC (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) Program has announced the travel award recipients for the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) 2012 XXXI Congress of the Societa Italiana di Pathologia e Medicina Traslazionale (SIPMeT) in Udine, Italy from September 12-15, 2012. These awards are meant to promote the entry of underrepresented minority students, postdoctorates and scientists into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young scientists at the 2012 SIPMeT Congress.

Awards are given to poster/platform presenters. This year MARC conferred 3 awards totaling $10,500.

The FASEB MARC Program is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. A primary goal of the MARC Program is to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical and behavioral research.

The following ASIP members have been selected to receive FASEB MARC Travel Awards for their poster/platform presentations:

Angel Byrd, Brown University
Courtney Johnson, Brown University
Jacqueline Jones. Tuskegee University

Provided by Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

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