Fremont Native Wins Prestigious Scholarship to Cambridge

FREMONT, CA — Fremont native Aswini Krishnan has been awarded a prestigious Churchill Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree at Winston Churchill College at the University of Cambridge. There, she will study with the Nobel Prize-winning biologist Venki Ramakrishnan.

Krishnan is one of just 15 US students to receive the scholarship, which will provide $50,000 to $60,000 to pay all of her expenses — tuition, a living stipend and travel expenses.

At Cambridge, her work will focus on the study of ribosomal structures and translational mechanisms, which govern how cells produce proteins. She plans to become a physician-scientist, contributing to the medical field through both patient care and scientific research.

“I am thrilled and humbled to receive this fantastic opportunity to study at a renowned lab at the University of Cambridge,” said Krishnan. “As an aspiring physician-scientist, this opportunity will allow me to expand my skills as a scientific researcher and further fuel my passion for medical discovery.”

Krishnan is completing her fourth year as a bioengineering student at UC San Diego where she has contributed to cancer research in the lab of Weg M. Ongkeko.

The Churchill Scholarship is funded by the Winston Churchill Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1959 by American friends of Winston Churchill in order to cultivate an American-UK scientific exchange.

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