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Grad student wins Huntington’s disease research fellowship
4:05 p.m., June 16, 2006--Michael J. Skogen, a biotechnology graduate student, is the first UD student to win the highly competitive Donald A. King Student Research Fellowship. The student fellowships, sponsored by the Huntington's Disease Association, are designed to attract the brightest future scientists into a career in Huntington's disease research. Skogen won for his search for a therapy for Huntington's disease based on biochemical and cell-based assays. Skogen will have research support and a stipend for 10 weeks this summer. He will work under the supervision of Eric B. Kmiec, UD professor of biological sciences, who Skogen said sparked his interest in Huntington's disease research. Skogen's research paper, “Short G-rich Oligonucleotides as a Therapy for Huntington's Disease,” will be published in an upcoming issue of BMC Neuroscience. “His project is pretty hot now,” Kmiec said. Skogen said he hasn't thought too much what he'll do after he earns his master's degree in biotechnology at UD, but said he enjoys research. Photo by Duane Perry |
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