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2024
Ella Wins Travel Award from the Protein Society
Ella received a Finn Wold Travel Award to attend the 38th Annual Symposium of the Protein Society. She will present her poster during the Wednesday poster session.
Abby Wins Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Chemistry from Iota Sigma Pi
Abby is the 2024 recipient of the Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Chemistry from Iota Sigma Pi. Only 1 award is given nationally each year. Congrats, Abby!
Happy Graduation, Jane and Abby!
Jane and Abby are both entering MD-PhD programs to pursue careers as physician scientists. Congrats!
Abby is featured in the Furman News Class of 2024 SpotlightÂ
Abby receives the Scholarship Cup and Donaldson-Watkins Medal
See the Breen Team at ACS Spring 2024
Find out what the Breen Team has been up to during the "Rising Stars in Chemistry and Chemical Biology" session.
Ella and Abby Win Best Poster at SC-INBRE
Ella and Abby won Best Poster in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Division at the South Carolina INBRE 15th Annual Science Symposium!
2023
The Breen Team is at Protein Society 2023
Catch the Breen Team during the poster sessions on Thursday and Friday and at the Undergraduate Research Session on Saturday.
Happy Graduation, Colin!
Colin will continue his research in the Breen lab through mid-July. He will then begin pursuing his PhD in the Tri-Institutional Program in Chemical Biology NYC. Congrats!
The Breen Team is at ACS Spring 2023
Catch the Breen Team in person and online to learn about our work on genetic code expansion and drug resistance in Candida glabrata.
Abby Wins Undergraduate Research Award
Abby won first place in the Medical University of South Carolina's Excellence in Undergraduate Research competition. As part of her award, she traveled to MUSC to give an oral presentation at the E. E. Just Symposium. Congrats, Abby!
The Breen Lab in Furman News
The Breen lab is highlighted in a Furman News story on research funding from SC INBRE.