{"id":13905,"date":"2020-05-04T11:50:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T15:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/?p=13905"},"modified":"2020-05-06T12:12:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T16:12:31","slug":"graduate-student-ben-roberts-receives-multiple-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/graduate-student-ben-roberts-receives-multiple-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate student Ben Roberts receives multiple awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate student Ben Roberts of Saskia Neher lab receives NRSA Fellowship (F31) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Ben Roberts was also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/ben-roberts-inducted-into-the-frank-porter-graham-graduate-and-professional-honor-society\/\">Inducted into the Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Honor Society<\/a>. In addition, Ben was on the research team that used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/neher-lab-publishes-cryoem-structure-in-pnas\/\">cryoelectron microscopy (CryoEM) to solve the structure of the protein lipoprotein lipase (LPL)<\/a> forming a novel helical assembly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11222\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 278px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/09\/Ben-Roberts-August-2018-268x300.png\" alt=\"Ben Roberts BCBP graduate student\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ben Roberts, graduate student (Neher lab)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Congratulations Ben!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate student Ben Roberts of Saskia Neher lab receives NRSA Fellowship (F31) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. 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