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Winter Ball 2014 hits record highs for fundraising 

Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, was an evening of record for the Winter Ball, the gala fundraising event that supports the academic medical center consisting of UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center. The sixth annual event, co-chaired by Paula and Eric Dunphy, Elizabeth and David Klein, and Kimberly Malloy-Salmon and Matthew Salmon, raised more than $750,000 overall through sponsorships, live and silent auctions, and ticket sales. Read more (includes slideshow and video).

Victor Ambros awarded 2015 $3M Breakthrough Prize for co-discovery of microRNAs 

Victor R. Ambros, PhD, professor of molecular medicine, has been awarded a 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his co-discovery of a new world of genetic regulation by microRNAs, a class of tiny RNA molecules that inhibit translation or destabilize complementary mRNA targets. Honored with his longtime collaborator Gary Ruvkun, PhD, professor of genetics at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Ambros, the Silverman Chair in Natural Sciences and co-director of the RNA Therapeutics Institute, was one of six biomedical researchers honored, each of whom received a $3 million prize. In total, the Breakthrough Prizes awarded more than $36 million this year. Read more.

Luzuriaga, Szabo appointed to newly endowed chairs at UMMS – Dec 2014

UMMS Ebola Relief effort launched with $7.5M Paul G. Allen Family Foundation grant – Oct 2014

Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant to advance glioblastoma research at UMMS – Sept 2014

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