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PORTLAND, Maine

Ada and Donald Olins win Diatome Award for work in microscopy

Ada Olins, Ph.D., and Donald Olins, Ph.D., both research professors in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, were recently awarded third-place in the Annual Diatome Award for their poster "ELCS in Ice: Cryo-electron Microscopy of Nuclear Envelope-Limited Chromatin Sheets."

A total of 454 posters were entered into this year’s competition.

Over the last 20 years, the Diatome Award, given at the Microscopy Society of America's annual meeting, recognizes distinguished scientists who have produced new and enlightening work in microscopy. 

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