The Babak Lab: CityU iGEM won the Best Education Award at iGEM
Maria (Masha) Babak, Head of The Babak Lab and an Assistant Professor at the City University of Hong Kong, shared following post by The Babak Lab on Linkedin:
”Put it on repeat, CityU iGEM!”
Quoting The Babak Lab‘s post:
”Reliving a Proud Moment: Best Education Award at iGEM Competition!
The moment CityU iGEM won the Best Education Award at iGEM was truly one for the books! It meant so much to us that we couldn’t resist sharing more photos of this special achievement. Each snapshot captures the excitement, pride, and joy that filled the room as we realized our hard work had paid off.
Thank you to City University of Hong Kong and everyone who cheered us on—your support helped make this possible!
Swipe through to relive the moment with us!”
Dr. Maria (Masha) Babak is the Head of The Babak Lab and an Assistant Professor at the City University of Hong Kong. She earned her Ph.D. in bioinorganic chemistry from the University of Vienna in 2014. From 2015 to 2020, Dr. Babak was a postdoctoral research fellow at the National University of Singapore under the mentorship of Prof. Wee Han Ang, where she developed a strong passion for drug discovery and drug target identification. 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 metastasis.
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