First published in April 2024, and updated in Fall 2024.
Four Biochemistry and Biophysics graduate students have received Prestigious External Fellowships. Congratulations to Abigail Ballard Kordeliski in Bergmeier lab, Dalia Fleifel in Cook lab, Dillon Sloan in Baker lab, and Anna Wheless in Neher lab!
Abigail Ballard Kordeliski, NIH Fellowship (F31) – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for her project “The Role of the Small GTPase Rap1 in Platelet Coagulation Interplay.”
Dalia Fleifel, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship for her project “Angiogenesis regulation by c-Myc-mediated endothelial cell proliferation.”
Dillon Sloan, NIH Fellow (F31) National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research for his project entitled “Molecular mechanism of CCDC32 in Cardiofacioneurodevelopmental syndrome.” Dillon also has a fellowship with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Anna Wheless, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for her project “Viewing a Lipase Through Two Lenses to Resolve the Mysteries of Lipid Metabolism.” In 2022, Anna also received an NC TraCS $2,000 Pilot grant for cataloging and analyzing the effects of LPL gene therapy on mouse livers in the hopes of developing a basis for further clinical development in the Neher lab.
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External fellowships, which are highly competitive awards from the federal government and other organizations, add to Carolina’s reputation as one of the world’s leading public research universities. This academic year, 279 graduate students campus-wide, who represent 42 academic programs, received prestigious external fellowships. — The Graduate School