The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has greenlit a second phase of funding — worth $800,000 — for a cholesterol dynamics project led by Celia Shiau and En Yang.
Congratulations to Dr. Celia Shiau and Dr. En Yang for receiving the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Neuroscience Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Phase 2 Acceleration Award! Their project, “Cholesterol Dynamics from Diet to Brain-wide Circuits,” aims to understand how irregular cholesterol levels in the brain and/or body may correlate with cognition, a relationship that is poorly understood. This will allow Shiau, Yang, and their colleagues to watch how cholesterol moves from food to the body and the brain as well as how neurons fire at single-cell resolution, providing insights into how increased cholesterol affects cognition and their potential neuroimmunological underpinnings. Original full article can be found here.