Alan Tackett, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Scharlu Family Endowed Chair in Cancer Research, was named as the Arkansas Biosciences Institute Established Investigator of the Year for his work on histone epigenetic mechanisms that regulate gene transcription and that are coupled to melanoma progression. He is also the director of the Center for Translational Pediatric Research and the IDeA National Resource for Proteomics. Congratulations Dr. Tackett!