Regeneron Announces the 2023 Winners of The Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation

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[{"type":"text","content":"TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced the winners of the 11th annual Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation, a competition designed to honor exceptional talent and originality in biomedical research. Each year, Regeneron invites the nation’s top research universities to nominate up-and-coming postdoctoral fellows and graduate students to pitch their \"dream projects\" within the field of biomedical science. Applicants outline the potentially groundbreaking research they would pursue given unrestricted access to resources and state-of-the-art technology, with finalists presenting their proposals to a committee of Regeneron’s scientific leaders. This year's winner in the postdoctoral fellow category, as selected by the committee to receive a first prize of $50,000, is Samuel Barlow, Ph.D., of the University of Maryland, Baltimore. In a decision reflecting the exceptional talent pool of this year's applicants, the committee has, for the first time, selected co-winners in the graduate student category. The projects from Casey Mogilevsky of University of Pennsylvania and Thaís Klevorn of Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences stood out for their remarkable originality and innovation, compelling the committee to equally acknowledge both. Casey and Thaís will be honored as co-recipients of the prize in the graduate student category, with each receiving $25,000. Additionally, five finalists were awarded $5,000 each, and each of the winners’ institutions received a $5,000 grant, resulting in $140,000 distributed in total. These funds aim to further catalyze groundbreaking scientific research among the winners, finalists and their respective institutions. “These dynamic young thinkers and their visionary projects have impressed us with their ingenuity, brilliance and optimism,” said George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., Board Co-Chair, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron. “The Regeneron Prize recognizes and rewards creativity as a bedrock of impactful science. The winners and finalists have the passion and ability to think big and push boundaries, giving us confidence that the next generation will use the power of science to help solve the major challenges facing society today.” Dr. Barlow is a neuroscientist at University of Maryland, Ba...

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