Congratulations to both Taylor DePauw (Steve Jameson lab) and John Roy Lozada (Frank Cichocki lab) for receiving a 2026 J. Jacob Kaplan award.   The award is intended to encourage and recognize scholarly achievement in medical research by young investigators at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Taylor and John were two of 6 recipients to receive this $5,000 award for the most meritorious student papers on either clinical or basic medical research.  Congratulations again to Taylor and John!