{"id":11917,"date":"2022-08-25T11:25:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T15:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=11917"},"modified":"2022-08-25T11:25:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T15:25:57","slug":"dr-hector-franco-awarded-r01-from-nci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/dr-hector-franco-awarded-r01-from-nci\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Hector Franco Awarded R01 from NCI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8766 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/02\/Dr-Hector-L-Franco-PhD-400x518-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hector L. Franco, PhD\" width=\"198\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/02\/Dr-Hector-L-Franco-PhD-400x518-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/02\/Dr-Hector-L-Franco-PhD-400x518-1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>Hector Franco, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was awarded a new R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for his project titled \u201cPosttranslational regulation of FOXA1 in breast cancer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This five-year grant will focus on understanding how inflammatory signaling affects FOXA1 function and the role of its posttranslational modifications. More specifically, the work will determine how acetylation of FOXA1 affects binding site selection and its ability to act as a pioneer factor for others such as ERa. 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