November, 2017
The Society for Neuroscience awarded Jessie Butts the 2017 Nancy Rutledge Zahniser Trainee Professional Development Award. These awards a presented every year to deserving young scientists who demonstrate scientific merit and excellence in their research.
Jessie was chosen for her work, "Differentiation and single cell RNA sequencing of V2a interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells." As part of the award, Jessie will present her work during the Society for Neuroscience conference.