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Zaza Gelashvil \u201919, M.S. \u201820, has received the 2026 Chairman\u2019s Prize from the\u00a0Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK), where he is completing his doctoral research. His work has uncovered new ways that cells sense physical change and turn that information into coordinated responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual award is presented to the GSK student who is the first author of research published in a scientific journal. The prize includes a $2,000 award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am honored by this recognition and grateful for the mentorship and support I have received at GSK,\u201d says Gelashvili, whose research\u00a0was published in two scientific publications \u2014\u00a0Nature Cell Biology<\/a><\/em> and\u00a0Nature Communications<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0\u201cThis award encourages me to continue pursuing fundamental questions in basic research, where some of the most revealing results emerge when biological systems do not behave as predicted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gelashvil majored in biochemistry and molecular biology at Clark and earned his master\u2019s in the same field through Clark\u2019s 4+1 Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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