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\"KaylaCongratulations to Kayla Mason<\/a>, Cell Biology and Physiology graduate student, in The Conlon Lab<\/a>, for recently receiving the 2025 Marzluff RNA Fellowship Award from the UNC RNA Discovery Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Frank\"UNC<\/a>Kayla is the recipient of this fellowship award, a 1-year grant, which provides stipend support for her studies of the role of DDX3X in sex differential mRNA translation in the developing mammalian heart. Funded through the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the UNC RNA Discovery Center’s main goals are to recruit and train the world\u2019s top talent in RNA research, to make key discoveries in the basic and translational sciences, to study the various roles of RNA in health and disease, and to commercialize RNA-based tools and medicines to help the people of North Carolina and around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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