Wishnok Prize

Photo of Pete Wishnok, addressing BATS attendees.

The Wishnok Prize

The Wishnok Prize for the Bioengineering and Toxicology Seminar (BATS) was established by the Department of Biological Engineering in 2015 in honor of Pete Wishnok, who led BATS for over three decades. The Wishnok Prize is awarded for the best talks in the Fall and Spring Semesters.

Wishnok Prize Winners

 

3rd Year Students Fall 2023 (awarded March 4, 2024)

 

4th Year Students Spring 2023 (awarded September 15, 2023)

  • Winner: Viraat Goel, Laboratory of Anders Hansen
  • Runners-up:
  • Ellen Kan, Laboratories of Linda Griffith and Roger Kamm
  • Owen Leddy, Laboratories of Bryan Bryson and Forest White
  • Honorable Mention: Jeff Hsiao, Laboratories of Katherina Ribbeck and Galit Alter

 

3rd Year Students Fall 2022 (awarded February 10, 2023)

 

3rd Year Students 2021-2022 (awarded February 11, 2022)

  • Winner: Viraat GoelLaboratory of Anders Sejr Hansen
  • Runner-up: Kalon Overholt, Laboratories of Doug Lauffenburger, Domitilla Del Vecchio, and  Richard Young
  • Honorable Mention: Owen Leddy, Laboratories of Bryan Bryson and Forest White

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

4th Year Students Spring 2021 (awarded February 11, 2022)

 

3rd Year Students 2020-2021 (awarded April 20, 2021)

        photo of Cal Gunnarsson, Blake Lash, and Jacqueline Valeri                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2020 (awarded November 18, 2020)

                                     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2019 (awarded December 20, 2019)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2019 (awarded October 15, 2019)

 

Fall 2018 (awarded October 15, 2019)

 

Spring 2018 (awarded October 9, 2018)

 

Fall 2017 (awarded October 9, 2018)

 

Spring 2017 (awarded October 10, 2017)

 

    Fall 2016 (awarded February 17, 2017)

    • Winner: Linyi Gao, Laboratory of Feng Zhang    
    • Runner-up: Alison Tisdale, Laboratory of K. Dane Wittrup
    • Honorable Mention: Ally Huang, Laboratory of Ram Sasisekharan

    Gao, Tisdale, Huang

     

     

    Spring 2016 (awarded September 16, 2016)

     

    Fall 2015 (awarded Februrary 12, 2016)