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Maria (Masha) Babak: Top Honors at iGEM Competition 2024 and Best Education Award

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Nov 3, 2024, 08:49

Maria (Masha) Babak: Top Honors at iGEM Competition 2024 and Best Education Award

Maria (Masha) Babak, Head of The Babak Lab and an Assistant Professor at the City University of Hong Kong, shared a post by The Babak Lab on LinkedIn, adding:

“As the leader of this incredible team, I couldn’t be prouder or more grateful. To every single team member: your dedication, hard work, and resilience have brought us to this moment. Winning the Best Education Award at iGEM Competition is a true testament to the impact of your efforts, and it’s an honor to stand beside such passionate innovators.

A heartfelt thank you to City University of Hong Kong and to everyone who believed in us, encouraged us, and followed our journey. This achievement belongs to all of us, and it’s only the beginning!

We will keep on pushing boundaries and making a difference together! ”

Quoting The Babak Lab‘s post:

“Top Honors at iGEM Competition 2024 & Best Education Award!

In an intense competition among 195 teams, CityU iGEM made it to the Top 10 for Best Presentation, the Top 5 for Best Therapeutics Project, and the Top 5 for Best Education—and we’re thrilled to share that we won Best Education!

This recognition is a testament to our team’s dedication to outreach and the power of synthetic biology education. Watch our reaction as we received this incredible honor!

Thank you to City University of Hong Kong and everyone who’s been cheering us on. This is just yet another milestone of our journey!”

Click here to watch the video.

Dr. Maria (Masha) Babak is the Head of The Babak Lab and an Assistant Professor at the City University of Hong Kong. In November 2020, she joined the City University of Hong Kong as an assistant professor. Dr. Babak received the Graeme Hanson-AsBIC Early Career Award in 2022.

Her research interests are at the intersection of chemistry, biology, and medicine, with a focus on the discovery and preclinical development of anticancer drugs for resistant and aggressive cancers with limited treatment options, such as malignant pleural mesothelioma and brain metastases. She received the Yvonne Award by OncoDaily in the “mentorship” category.