Rienstra group member Gemma Comellas has been named the winner of a 2011 Baxter Young Investigator Award. The award is intended to stimulate and reward research applicable to the development of therapies and medical products that save and sustain patients’ lives.

Gemma will be presented with the $1,000 prize at an awards presentation in October. For more information about the Rienstra group, please visit their lab page here.