Our Impact
In 2023, HudsonAlpha donors helped improve our health, our environment, and our future. Together, we have a measurable impact on the world around us.
DRIVING POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGH THE POWER OF GENOMICS
FUELING DISCOVERY, INNOVATION, AND PROGRESS
Donor support of the Innovation Fund helped us purchase two new PacBio Revio DNA sequencers, expand our student training program, launch the HudsonAlpha Bio-Cybersecurity Lab, and start a hiring search for a new faculty member specialized in diseases of the brain
15TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT SERIES
HudsonAlpha hosted over 3,500 members of our community for events and public talks as part of a year-long celebration of the Institute’s 15th anniversary
MAKING STEM ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS
The STEM Saturdays and Genetic Explorers programs partner with nonprofits across North Alabama to make STEM experiences possible for underrepresented students
A NEW TEACHING GARDEN
The newly dedicated Terry & Herb Lewis Demonstration Garden, a teaching garden by the Kathy L. Chan Greenhouse, teaches the public about the plants used in our research programs
CELEBRATING FIFTEEN YEARS OF HUDSONALPHA
The 2023 Spring Benefit celebrated the Institute’s 15th anniversary and raised over $200,000 for the Innovation Fund
STUDENT EXPERIENCES
We welcomed over 2,300 students for 100 student experiences over the last year, ranging from school field trips to summer camps
SUPPORT FOR BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH
Over $200,000 was raised from the 15th Tie The Ribbons luncheon for our breast and ovarian cancer program, as well as the Information is Power Initiative
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Over 800 people registered for HudsonAlpha U, our newest free public education series about how genomics and DNA impact our daily lives, our health, and the world around us
DOUBLE HELIX DASH
Over 500 runners helped raise more than $43,000 for our scientists’ research on childhood genetic disorders and for the Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine
MEMORY & MOBILITY PROGRAM
Gifts made to the Memory & Mobility Program help fund our scientists’ work to find solutions that give us earlier diagnostics and better treatment options for diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, and dementia
The HudsonAlpha Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the supporting entity for the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Tax-deductible contributions to the Foundation are for the sole purpose of advancing the mission of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.
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