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Peter Vogt Wins Szent-Györgyi Prize
Peter Vogt, professor at The Scripps Research Institute, has won the Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research. The annual prize, now in its fifth year, is awarded by the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) to scientists who have contributed outstanding, substantial research to the fight against cancer and whose accomplishments have helped improve treatment options for cancer patients.

"Dr. Vogt's fundamental basic science discovery of cancer-causing genes in retroviruses shed the first light on the genetic paradigm that now dominates our understanding of cancer development in humans," said Ronald A. DePinho, chair of the Szent-Györgyi Prize Selection Committee and last year's recipient. "His groundbreaking work has yielded several of the most important targets in cancer therapy. We are honored to present this coveted award to an individual of iconic stature."

The prize was presented on March 16 during the 21st annual Cancer Progress Conference. For more information on Vogt's research see his faculty web page and the Vogt lab website.

Claes Wahlestedt Receives Carnegie Centenary Professorship Award
Claes Wahlestedt, a professor in the Departments of Neuroscience and Molecular Therapeutics, has received the 2010 Carnegie Centenary Professorship Award, whose aim is to "attract nominees of the highest academic standing who will contribute to academic/scientific developments in the Scottish universities in their particular fields." The award, made by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, recognizes Wahlestedt's work at Scripps Florida on non-protein-coding RNA. The trust is currently arranging for Wahlestedt to deliver lectures and engage with researchers at several Scottish universities.

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