Matthew Berg receives WORLDiscoveries Scholarship
Congratulations to Matthew Berg, a Biochemistry PhD student in the lab of Dr. Chris Brandl, for receiving the 2018 WORLDiscoveries Scholarship for Commercialization/Entrepreneurship. Matthew has been recognized for his clever project on developing tools to characterize the potential for tRNA mistranslation.
In his project, Matthew will use bioinformatics to create a program that predicts mistranslation of tRNA variants. He will also establish a yeast system expressing the human forms of the tRNA variants so that they can be tested for mistranslation.
This award is generously supported by funds from WORLDiscoveries, with the goal of fostering opportunities for entrepreneurship and/or commercialization within Western's Biochemistry Dept. Matthew will receive $100.
The picture shows (from left to right) Dr. Caroline Schild-Poulter, Graduate Program Chair for the Dept. of Biochemistry; Matthew Berg; Lisa Cechetto, Executive Director of WORLDiscoveries; and Dr. Chris Brandl, Associate Graduate Program Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry. The picture is courtesy of Barb Green.
