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Congratulations to William Polacheck, Ph.D., an MHI member and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Member, Cell Biology and Physiology Curriculum, UNC Medicine; Member, Comparative Medicine Institute, NCSU, for the receipt of CDA from the AHA. Dr. Polacheck received this grant for his studies, titled, “The role of the Notch mechanosensory...

Congratulations to Hannah J. Wiedner, B.Sc., a graduate student, GMB curriculum, in the Giudice Lab, and Jimena Giudice, Ph.D., a MHI member and Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, for publishing review article, titled “It’s not just a phase: function and characteristics of RNA-binding proteins in phase separation” in...

Congratulations to Ke Cheng, Ph.D., Randall B. Terry, Jr. Distinguished Professor in Regenerative Medicine, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, NC State University and UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Adjunct Professor, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, for being named a 2021 IAMBE Fellow. Dr. Cheng is one of only 26...

Congratulations to the lab of Kathleen M. Caron, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, for the receipt of R03 grant from the NIH’s NCATS. The grant, titled, “Illuminating Orphan GPCRs in Lymphatics”, is a part of the Trans-NIH Illuminating the Druggable Genome Initiative. The goal is...

Congratulations to Margeaux Marbrey, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Caron’s Lab, for recently receiving a K99/R00 pathway to independence award from NICHD. Margeaux’s project is titled “Investigating Implications of E-Cigarettes on Pregnancy Success and Reproductive Fitness”. She aims to examine how e-cigarette usage affects the initiation and progression of pregnancy...

Congratulations to Emma R. Hinkle, a graduate student in Dr. Giudice’s Lab, for recently receiving a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA individual predoctoral fellowship (Parent F31) from NIH’s Research Training and Career Development. The fellowship provides ongoing stipend support for Emma’s project, which is investigating the interplay between alternative splicing and...

Congratulations to Natalie Harris, a graduate student in Dr. Caron’s Lab, for recently receiving a 2021 predoctoral fellowship from AHA. Natalie’s project will focus on defining the protein networks important for lymphatic endothelial cell function.

Congratulations to Natalie Tanke, a graduate student in Dr. Bautch’s Lab, in collaboration with the lab of Jean Cook, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Associate Dean for Graduate Education, for recently receiving an F31 predoctoral fellowship award from NIH’s NHLBI. The fellowship provides ongoing stipend support for their project,...

Congratulations to Gabriela Torres, a graduate research assistant, who received her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, currently in Dr. Gallippi’s Lab, for successfully defending Ph.D. thesis. Gabriela passed her Ph.D. Defense, titled: “Noninvasive ARFI Ultrasound for Differentiating Carotid Plaque with High...

Congratulations to Whitney Edwards, a SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellow in UNC Biological & Genome Sciences, who received her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, currently in Dr. Conlon’s Lab, for recently receiving a 2021 postdoctoral fellowship from AHA. Whitney’s fellowship provides stipend support for her project,...