SURF fellow Jacqueline Masehi-Lano has experimented with various growth factors that might inhibit the formation of scar tissue and promote orderly wound healing.
Among the 58 projects funded in furtherance of President Obama's "Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnology"—or BRAIN—Initiative are six projects either led or co-led by Caltech researchers.
Jacqueline K. Barton, Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor and Professor of Chemistry; Chair, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, will receive the ACS Priestley Medal in 2015.
Mark E. Davis, Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering, will receive the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.