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Adriana Beltran, PhD<\/strong> (Associate Professor of Genetics and Director, Human Pluripotent Cell Core)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Department of Genetics has established a non-endowed program fund in the UNC Health Foundation \u2013 the Chair\u2019s Mid-Career Genetics Faculty Research Fund.<\/p>\n

Funds were provided by a donor based on their belief that cutting-edge fundamental research relies on the creativity and ingenuity of scientists and their willingness to challenge long-held assumptions. \u00a0The fund is intended to provide outstanding mid-career scientists with the freedom to continue to challenge dogma and engage in transformative research. \u00a0The fund provides a three-year award for an Associate Professor. \u00a0Dr. Adriana Beltran (Associate Professor and Director of the Human Pluripotent Cell Core) is the first recipient of this new award.<\/p>\n

Dr. Beltran intends to utilize these funds to advance high-risk, high-reward projects focused on developing novel physiological models, functional assays, and analytical pipelines. \u00a0Using novel systems, including patient-specific neuronal models of epilepsy, hepatocyte-neuron integrated systems to study the brain-liver axis, and estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer organoid models, Beltran proposes to redefine how we study disease by using physiologically relevant cellular systems.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared in UNC Vital Signs HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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