Postdoc, Dr. Imad Aoude in Dr. Weihong Lin's lab is among five postdoctoral fellows to receive the Polak Postdoctoral Travel Award for attending a national meeting of Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS, 2014).

The purpose of the Polak Postdoctoral Travel Award is to encourage innovative science at the annual conference by postdoctoral researchers by supporting travel-associated expenses of the fellow. The Councilors will select up to five postdoctoral researchers based upon the scientific merit of their abstract submission and their career commitment to the chemical senses field as determined from their curriculum vitae.

Funding for these awards is generously provided by the Polak Foundation.