{"id":4985,"date":"2024-06-03T11:52:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2025-07-22T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:53:00","slug":"the-qian-lab-publishes-in-the-journal-nature-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/the-qian-lab-publishes-in-the-journal-nature-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"The Qian Lab Publishes In The Journal Nature Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4986 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/07\/Gregory-Farber-177x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Gregory Farber\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/07\/Gregory-Farber-177x300.jpeg 177w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/07\/Gregory-Farber-604x1024.jpeg 604w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/07\/Gregory-Farber-768x1301.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/07\/Gregory-Farber-907x1536.jpeg 907w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/07\/Gregory-Farber-600x1016.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2025\/07\/Gregory-Farber.jpeg 1092w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1780 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/12\/nature-communictions.jpg\" alt=\"Nature Communications\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/12\/nature-communictions.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2020\/12\/nature-communictions-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1017 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2019\/08\/Li-Qian-300x300.png\" alt=\"Li Qian, Ph.D.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2019\/08\/Li-Qian-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2019\/08\/Li-Qian-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2019\/08\/Li-Qian-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/mhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/525\/2019\/08\/Li-Qian.png 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Congratulations to the Lab of <a href=\"https:\/\/uncliqian.web.unc.edu\/\">Li Qian, Ph.D.<\/a>, Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for publishing article, titled &#8220;Direct conversion of cardiac fibroblasts into endothelial-like cells using Sox17 and Erg\u201d, in the journal Nature Communications.<\/p>\n<p>The work from the Qian Lab&#8217;s team was first-authored by postdoctoral fellow, Gregory Farber. The article is featured in 16 May 2024 issue of the journal Nature Communications, which can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-024-48354-6\">read online<\/a> now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the Lab of Li Qian, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for publishing article, titled &#8220;Direct conversion of cardiac fibroblasts into endothelial-like cells using Sox17 and Erg\u201d, in the journal Nature Communications. The work from the Qian Lab&#8217;s team was first-authored by postdoctoral fellow, Gregory Farber. 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