The Christina Renna Foundation presented $30,000 to 黑料吃瓜资源 (CSHL) at its 11th annual Angel鈥檚 Wish Gala held on January 20, 2018. These funds will support the Sarcoma Research Project, which focuses on a rare and often fatal cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS).
Associate Professor Christopher Vakoc of CSHL was awarded the 2018 Christina Renna Foundation Research Award for the Sarcoma Research Project. He accepted the donation check as a representative of the laboratory.
鈥淭he Christina Renna Foundation has provided Cold Spring Harbor laboratory with over a quarter of a million dollars in research funding over the years,鈥� said Philip Renna, Director of the Christina Renna Foundation and Director of Operations in Public Affairs at CSHL. 鈥淲e are excited to continue our support of Dr. Chris Vakoc and the Sarcoma Research Initiative with an additional $30,000.鈥�
To learn more about the CSHL Sarcoma Research Project, visit www.cshl.edu/giving/disease-funding-initiatives/rhabdomyosarcoma/
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