{"id":5454,"date":"2026-02-26T02:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/?p=5454"},"modified":"2026-02-26T02:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:03:18","slug":"winner-of-the-first-ever-tao-rising-stars-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/2026\/02\/26\/winner-of-the-first-ever-tao-rising-stars-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner of the first-ever Tao Rising Stars Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-5454\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-5454-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5454-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5454-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"> <\/span><b>Winner of the first-ever Tao Rising Stars Award<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>February 25, 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2023\/08\/Jean-Denis_Beaudoin.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2023\/08\/Jean-Denis_Beaudoin-231x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2023\/08\/Jean-Denis_Beaudoin-231x300.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2023\/08\/Jean-Denis_Beaudoin.jpeg 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We are<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>pleased to announce the winner of the first-ever Tao Rising Stars Award -<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Dr. J.D. Beaudoin<\/strong>, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences. The Tao Rising Stars Award recognizes a junior faculty member who has outstanding potential to be the next nationally recognized research star from UConn Health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Dr. Beaudoin<\/strong>'s laboratory specializes in RNA structure-function and translational control. As a junior faculty member, Dr. Beaudoin has already achieved independent NIH funding and has published in high-impact journals. He also has displayed a clear commitment to trainee education and mentorship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">More details can be found<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/02\/Winner-of-the-first-ever-Tao-Rising-Stars-Award.pdf\">here<span class=\"flag\">.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winner of the first-ever Tao Rising Stars Award February 25, 2026 We are\u00a0pleased to announce the winner of the first-ever Tao Rising Stars Award &#8211;\u00a0Dr. J.D. Beaudoin, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences. The Tao Rising Stars Award recognizes a junior faculty member who has outstanding potential to be the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 08:05:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5455,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5454\/revisions\/5455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}