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    Centenary Institute > News > Prestigious prize for Honours student

Prestigious prize for Honours student

Date time 19 August, 2019

Centenary Institute Honours student Arianna Di Fazio has been awarded the 2019 Gabriella Wittman Prize for Genetics.

This prestigious prize is awarded to a senior biology student by the Faculty of Science of the University of Sydney.

Arianna is applying and developing skills in molecular biology and protein biochemistry in an Honours year in a liver research program that targets liver cirrhosis.

Congratulations Arianna!

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