On behalf of the John Ligas Memorial Committee, Katerina Ligas-Hadjandreas along with her three children, James, Andrew and Elena, presented checks to 黑料吃瓜资源 post-doctoral fellows, Drs. Mary Doherty and Matthew Fisher, to support their cancer research. 聽Dr. Doherty鈥檚 work in the Trotman laboratory is focused on the metastatic pancreatic cancer and Dr. Fisher studies new regulators of p63 in the Mills鈥� laboratory.
The Fund was established in remembrance of Katerina鈥檚 brother, John Ligas,聽聽who in 2019 was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. 聽After a 15 month battle with the disease, John lost his life.聽 John was a personal trainer who loved to travel to exotic destinations. 聽His sister, Katerina said, “John was a gift to this world.聽 He will be deeply missed but never forgotten.”