Murat Cehver, assistant professor of biology at Brooklyn College, has received the Feliks Gross Award for Outstanding Research, a prestigious CUNY-wide honor recognizing exceptional scholarship by assistant professors across the university. The award is presented annually to assistant professors across CUNY who demonstrate outstanding research achievement or exceptional scholarly potential.
The award recognizes Cehver’s contributions to research in gene regulation, chromatin biology, and cancer-related mechanisms, as well as his commitment to mentoring high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. He said the recognition reflects both scientific discovery and the collaborative environment created by the students, trainees, collaborators, and colleagues who have contributed to his research program at Brooklyn College.
As part of the Feliks Gross and Henry Wasser Award Lecture Series, Cehver presented an overview of his laboratory’s research on transcriptional and chromatin-based mechanisms that regulate gene expression and influence human disease. He also thanked his students, collaborators, mentors, and colleagues, as well as Biology Department Chair Anjana Saxena, for her nomination and support.
“It has been incredibly rewarding to build a research program that allows students to participate in addressing important questions in gene regulation and human disease,” says Cehver. “This recognition reflects the contributions of the many people who have helped create a vibrant and collaborative research community.”
The awards are named for Feliks Gross and Henry Wasser, co-founders of the CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences. Gross served on the Brooklyn College sociology faculty from 1946 to 1977, adding a special connection between the honor and the college’s long tradition of scholarly achievement.
