Alex Quillin, a graduate student in the Heemstra Lab, is the recipient of the 2025 John E. Majors Award.
Alex's work in developing the first test for tracking edited RNAs in cells, EndoV Immunostaining Assay (EndoVIA), was previously published in the journal ACS Central Science.
The John E. Majors Award was created in 2018 to recognize outstanding accomplishments in research and teaching. The award is given annually to a senior-level PhD candidate or recent graduate. Dr. John E. Majors was a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from 1983 until his passing in 2018. As a recipient of the John E. Majors Award, Alex will be recognized at the upcoming Special Seminar in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics this summer.
