{"id":3085,"date":"2018-06-14T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/hiroyuki-kato-phd-selected-as-pew-scholar-in-biological-sciences\/"},"modified":"2018-07-05T13:29:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T17:29:43","slug":"hiroyuki-kato-phd-selected-as-pew-scholar-in-biological-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/hiroyuki-kato-phd-selected-as-pew-scholar-in-biological-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiroyuki Kato, PhD, Selected as Pew Scholar in Biological Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Hiroyuki Kato, PhD, has been selected as a Pew Scholar in Biological Sciences, which provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health.<br \/>\nThe Kato Lab will use this award to study the circuit mechanisms underlying the extraction of complex sounds in the auditory cortex. Findings in the simple mouse cortex should provide a first step towards an ultimate understanding of the neuronal circuits underlying vocal communications, and how they fail in diseased brains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-section\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2018\/07\/hiroyuki-kato-phd-selected-as-pew-scholar-in-biological-sciences-image2-251x300.jpeg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Hiroyuki Kato, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For more information on the 2018 Pew Biomedical Scholars, <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/projects\/pew-biomedical-scholars\/directory-of-pew-scholars\" target=\"_self\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For information about the Kato Lab, <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/katolab-unc.org\" target=\"_self\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --> <\/p>\n<p class='lead'>Hiroyuki Kato, PhD, has been selected as a Pew Scholar in Biological Sciences, which provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health.<br \/>\nThe Kato Lab will use this award to study the circuit mechanisms underlying the extraction of complex sounds in the auditory cortex.  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