{"id":6800,"date":"2025-03-11T09:58:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/?p=6800"},"modified":"2025-03-14T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:03:46","slug":"miguel-cuevas-melendez-completed-qualifying-exam-on-march-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/miguel-cuevas-melendez-completed-qualifying-exam-on-march-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"Miguel Cuevas Melendez Completed Qualifying Exam on March 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 11th, Miguel Cuevas Melendez (Stein Lab) successfully defended and passed his oral qualifying exam! The title of his research proposal is, \u201cEngineering synaptic plasticity in advanced maturation cortical organoids harboring an intellectual disability-associated mutation&#8221;. Congratulations Miguel!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/03\/Cuevas-Melendez_Miguel_Head-Shot-2025-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/03\/Cuevas-Melendez_Miguel_Head-Shot-2025-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/03\/Cuevas-Melendez_Miguel_Head-Shot-2025-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/03\/Cuevas-Melendez_Miguel_Head-Shot-2025-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/03\/Cuevas-Melendez_Miguel_Head-Shot-2025-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/03\/Cuevas-Melendez_Miguel_Head-Shot-2025-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2025\/03\/Cuevas-Melendez_Miguel_Head-Shot-2025-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 11th, Miguel Cuevas Melendez (Stein Lab) successfully defended and passed his oral qualifying exam! 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