{"id":4852,"date":"2023-01-26T13:02:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/?p=4852"},"modified":"2023-01-26T13:02:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:02:23","slug":"abigail-ballard-awarded-an-f31-from-the-national-heart-lung-and-blood-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/2023\/01\/abigail-ballard-awarded-an-f31-from-the-national-heart-lung-and-blood-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Abigail Ballard Awarded an F31 From the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4410 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2022\/05\/Abigail-Ballard.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Abigail Ballard\" width=\"235\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2022\/05\/Abigail-Ballard.png 348w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1089\/2022\/05\/Abigail-Ballard-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/>Abigail Ballard, a BCBP PhD candidate in Wolfgang Bergmeier\u2019s lab, was awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The proposal titled \u201cThe Role of the Small GTPase Rap1 in Platelet Coagulation Interplay\u201d will investigate the regulation platelet procoagulant response by Rap1 and Rho family small GTPases over three years of fellowship funding. The project will utilize novel in vivo imaging techniques, proteomics, and functional platelet assays to establish the in vivo significance of Rap1 in platelet procoagulant response as well as the regulation of Rap1 activity by Rho family GTPases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abigail Ballard, a BCBP PhD candidate in Wolfgang Bergmeier\u2019s lab, was awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 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