Congratulations to Tania Lupoli and Stefano Sacanna, both of whose research was selected to compete in STAT Madness 2022, a bracket-style competition of the year's most innovative science and medicine research. Read the NYU Press Release about the four entries selected from NYU for this national competition:
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/february/stat-madness-2022.html.
To read about Stefano's work developing cell-mimics, click here.
To read about Tania's discovery that the drug teleprevir can reduce the likelihood of antibiotic resistance, click here.
Inspired by college basketball’s March Madness, STAT News developed this virtual tournament of the best innovations in health and science. Voting in the first round of 64 runs from March 1 through March 7, when the round of 32 begins, and so on, until a winner is crowned on April 4. Cast your vote for your favorite research at the STAT Madness site.
Update: Stefano Sacanna made it to the Round of 8! In addition, he was one of the three researchers, selected from the total competitor group of 64, to present his research at the STAT Breakthrough Science Summit on March 31 in New York City. Go, Stefano!