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CSB Annual Retreat winners celebrate with Joan Mansour

CSB Annual Retreat winners celebrate with Joan Mansour

Joan Mansour, wife of the late Dr. Tag Mansour who was Chair of the Molecular Pharmacology Department, has been a generous donor to the Department of Chemical and Systems Biology for many years. She has provided cash awards to the winners of Best Publication, Best Poster, and Best Talk at the CSB Annual Retreat.

On Thursday, October 26th, award winners from this year’s CSB Annual Retreat, Department Chair James Chen, and Program Manager Marisol Urbano joined Joan Mansour for a wonderful appreciation dinner at Il Fornaio.

Winners at the CSB Annual Retreat are included below:

Best Publication:

First Place: Stephan Hamperl
Second Place: Hee Won Yang
Third Place: Kristel Dorighi

Best Poster:

First Place: Tie between Marielle Koeberlin and Niclas Olsson
Third Place: Alan Itakura

Best Talk:

First Place: Aaron Crapster
Second Place: Bo Gu
Third Place: Joshua Saldivar