Benjamin Elder (Graduate Student) has won a Gruber Science Fellowship

Benjamin Elder (Graduate Student) has won a Gruber Science Fellowship. The Gruber Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of science, support of young scientists, global justice, and women’s rights. The Gruber Science Fellowship Program, which will support students in the Graduate School who are pursuing doctorates in the basic sciences, is a major initiative of the Foundation. The fellowship program will provide $2.5 million annually to support top graduate students, with an emphasis on the life sciences. Assistant Dean Carl Hashimoto (PhD 1986, MB&B), professor and DGS of cell biology, coordinates the Gruber Science Fellowships.