THE JACKSON LABORATORY
DISCOVERY STARTS HERE
2021: Your support at work in Maine
RESEARCH
• Catherine Kaczorowski, Ph.D.,
was awarded major NIH grant
to study the genetics of sleep
disturbance in dementia.
• Cat Lutz, Ph.D., was named
vice president of JAX's newly
established Rare Disease
Translational Center.
• Ryan Tewhey, Ph.D., and
his lab sequenced more than
20,000 COVID variants in
partnership with Maine CDC.
COMMUNITY
• JAX's Volunteer Time Off program
gives each employee 16 hours of
paid time off to provide service to
other nonprofits.
• Community Contributions program
supports local nonprofits, including
libraries, health-care organizations
and food pantries.
• JAX supported large and small
Maine businesses with more than
$42 million in local spending.
EDUCATION
• High school research projects
in equine health, AI and sensors
were awarded top prizes at
Maine State Science Fair.
• Seven hundred Maine students
completed a genomics
lesson through Teaching the
Genome Generation.
• JAX celebrated the fifth year of
its College Scholarship Program
for 1
st
-generation college students.
Learn more at www.jax.org
