JAX's Charles Lee has been named chairholder of The Robert Alvine Family Endowed Chair, established with a $1.5 million gift (matched by JAX) from Robert Alvine, chair emeritus of the JAX Board of Trustees.
New philanthropic gifts to The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have established three new endowed chairs focused on cancer research, innovation and scientific leadership.
Longtime Jackson Laboratory (JAX) supporter Robert Alvine, chair emeritus of the JAX Board of Trustees, has supported a wide range of research areas and initiatives at the Laboratory over the years.
Jackson Laboratory Professor Karolina Palucka, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed as the first chairholder of the Laboratory’s Edison T. Liu Endowed Chair in Cancer Research.
As children, Bernard and Lusia Milch survived the evil of the Holocaust, setting them on a life path defined by determination to survive, help others and give back.
The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) has appointed three faculty members to endowed chairs in order to further research into Alzheimer’s disease, addiction, cancer and computational biology.