Marwa Elamin, a recent graduate from the Levine lab, was awarded the 2024 Epilepsia Prize in Basic Science for her article, Dysfunctional sodium channel kinetics as a novel epilepsy mechanism in chromosome 15q11-q13 duplication syndrome. The prize is awarded for a paper of exceptional quality that constitutes an important contribution to clinical or experimental epilepsy. The prize will be presented at the 15th European Epilepsy Congress in Rome, Italy in September 2024. Marwa will deliver a brief presentation at a special session during the meeting and expenses to attend the meeting will be covered by the International League Against Epilepsy.
https://www.ilae.org/about-ilae/awards/epilepsia-prize/marwa-elamin-2024
