Congratulations to Assistant Professor Xin Gu who was recently received the Damon Runyon - Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists. This award recognizes Damon Runyon Fellows who have exceeded the Foundation’s highest expectations and are most likely to make paradigm-shifting breakthroughs that transform the way we prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer. Xin’s work is on “The midnolin-proteasome pathway catches proteins for ubiquitination-independent degradation.”