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The annual award honors the memory of Stowers Predoctoral Researchers Camila Behrensen and Pablo Guzmán Palma.
Eric Olson, Ph.D., Julia Peloggia, Ph.D., Tatjana Piotrowski, Ph.D. Matt Gibson, Ph.D.
In honor of the memory of Stowers Predoctoral Researchers Camila Behrensen and Pablo Guzmán Palma, the annual Behrensen – Guzmán at Palma Award recognizes the most outstanding research paper led by a graduate student at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Selected by the Stowers Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), the award celebrates scientific excellence, creativity, and technical innovation.
The 2025 recipient is Julia Peloggia, Ph.D., a former predoctoral researcher in the lab of Stowers Investigator Tatjana Piotrowski, Ph.D. Peloggia was honored for her 2024 publication in Development, which revealed that environmental factors, alongside genetics, play a crucial role in guiding the development of sensory organs. The findings underscore that development displays high flexibility—an insight that may be critical for understanding how aquatic animals can adapt in a changing climate.
Matt Gibson, Ph.D., President of the Graduate School and Stowers Investigator, and Eric Olson, Ph.D., SAB member, presented the award to Peloggia. Piotrowski expressed gratitude to the SAB for recognizing Peloggia’s achievement and invited the Stowers community to join her in offering congratulations.
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