Cheers to the 2021 Karches Prize Winners

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Coralie Backlund (Irvine Lab), Jason Conage-Pough (White  Lab), Jay Mahat (Sharp Lab), and Alicia Darnell (Vander Heiden Lab)

The Peter Karches Mentorship Prize is awarded annually to KI trainees and technicians serving as mentors to high school and undergraduate students while working in KI laboratories. Congratulations to this year's winners, Coralie Backlund (Irvine Lab), Jason Conage-Pough (White  Lab), Alicia Darnell (Vander Heiden Lab), and Jay Mahat (Sharp Lab), and thank you to all those who submitted nominations. We are proud to celebrate the critical role mentorship plays in engaging the next generation of cancer researchers.