{"id":7426,"date":"2025-10-03T14:13:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/?p=7426"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:16:03","slug":"two-carolina-biologists-awarded-competitive-neuroscience-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/two-carolina-biologists-awarded-competitive-neuroscience-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Carolina biologists awarded competitive neuroscience grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has greenlit a second phase of funding \u2014 worth $800,000 \u2014 for a cholesterol dynamics project led by Celia Shiau and En Yang.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55848\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-55848\" src=\"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1280\/2025\/10\/En-Yang_Celia-Shiau-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Left: portrait of Celia Shiau. Right: Portrait of En Yang\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Celia Shiau (left) and En Yang will use their award to study the impact of cholesterol levels on the brain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">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, \u201cCholesterol Dynamics from Diet to Brain-wide Circuits,\u201d 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. 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