{"id":69546,"date":"2019-06-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-pew-funds-biomedical-research-for-10-latin-american-scientists\/"},"modified":"2019-06-14T10:03:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:03:16","slug":"pew-financia-la-investigacion-en-biomedicina-de-10-cientificos-latinoamericanos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/pew-financia-la-investigacion-en-biomedicina-de-10-cientificos-latinoamericanos\/","title":{"rendered":"Pew Funds Biomedical Research for 10 Latin American Scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PHILADELPHIA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 14, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced the 2019 class members of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences. <\/p>\n<p>The 10 postdoctoral fellows from six Latin American countries\u2014Argentina, <span class=\"xn-location\">Brazil<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Chile<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Ecuador<\/span>, and Mexico\u2014will receive two years of funding to conduct research in laboratories in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, where they will work under the mentorship of prominent biomedical scientists, including members of the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scientific exploration and discovery should be a global pursuit,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Rebecca W. Rimel<\/span>, Pew&#8217;s president and CEO. &#8220;Pew is pleased to support these exceptional fellows from <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>, who are dedicated to advancing biomedical research and expanding scientific expertise in their home countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Research interests in the 2019 class include how immune cells in the gut distinguish infectious microbes from healthy bacteria, how the brain interprets and responds appropriately to sound, and the molecular strategies infectious bacteria use to invade plant hosts. Notably, fellows who choose to return to <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> to launch their own research labs will receive additional funding from Pew. Approximately 70 percent of participants have pursued this path, with many now leading groundbreaking research efforts throughout the region. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 2019 class of fellows is composed of promising, dedicated, and passionate researchers who have the ability to chart new scientific courses in <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Eva Nogales<\/span>, Ph.D., professor in the department of biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology at the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of California, Berkeley<\/span> and chair of the Pew program&#8217;s national advisory committee. &#8220;I look forward to seeing where their innovative research interests lead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Pew Latin American fellows and their U.S. mentors are: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Daniel Almeida-Filho<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Alcino J. Silva<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><span class=\"xn-org\">University of California<\/span>, Los Angeles\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Dr. Almeida-Filho will explore how navigational information is encoded in brain regions associated with spatial memory.<\/p>\n<p><b>Maria Cec\u00edlia <span class=\"xn-person\">Campos Canesso<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Gabriel D. Victora<\/span>, Ph.D., 2019 Pew-Stewart scholar<br \/>The Rockefeller University\u00a0 <br \/>Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Campos Canesso<\/span> will investigate how immune cells in the intestine decide whether to promote tolerance or incite an inflammatory response.<\/p>\n<p><b>Jos\u00e9 Duhart, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Kyunghee Koh<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><span class=\"xn-org\">Thomas Jefferson University<\/span><br \/>Dr. Duhart will explore the brain regions of animals that help balance reproductive behavior and sleep.<\/p>\n<p><b>Mar\u00eda <span class=\"xn-person\">Florencia Ercoli<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Pamela C. Ronald<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><span class=\"xn-org\">University of California, Davis<\/span><br \/>Dr. Ercoli will uncover the molecular strategies that infectious bacteria use to invade plants.<\/p>\n<p><b>Carmen <\/b><b>Hern\u00e1ndez Candia, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Chandra Tucker<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><span class=\"xn-org\">University of Colorado, Denver<\/span><br \/>Dr. Hern\u00e1ndez Candia will explore how the formation of different types of cellular aggregates \u00a0influences protein activity.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Esteban Orellana Vinueza<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Richard I. Gregory<\/span>, Ph.D., 2008 Pew biomedical scholar<br \/>Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital<br \/>Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Orellana Vinueza<\/span> will investigate whether changes in the chemical modification of RNA molecules play a role in the development of human cancers.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fausto Andr\u00e9s Ortiz-<span class=\"xn-location\">Morea<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Libo Shan<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><span class=\"xn-org\">Texas A&amp;M University<\/span><br \/>Dr. Ortiz-<span class=\"xn-location\">Morea<\/span> will explore how plants integrate and execute an immune response against invading pathogens.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Izabella A. Pena<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">David M. Sabatini<\/span>, M.D., Ph.D., 2003 Pew biomedical scholar<br \/>Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research<br \/>Dr. Pena will explore how cells calibrate their growth, metabolism, and proliferation based on nutrient availability.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Bernardo Pinto<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Francisco Bezanilla<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><span class=\"xn-org\">University of Chicago<\/span><br \/>Dr. Pinto will investigate how nerve cells produce proteins they need to support electrical activity and chemical signaling in their axons.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lucas Vattino, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Anne E. Takesian<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/>Massachusetts Eye and Ear and <span class=\"xn-org\">Harvard Medical School<\/span> <br \/>Dr. Vattino will explore the neural circuitry that allows the brain to interpret and respond appropriately to sound. <\/p>\n<p><i>The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today&#8217;s most challenging problems. Learn more at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2494673-1&amp;h=3994904073&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pewtrusts.org%2Fen&amp;a=pewtrusts.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">pewtrusts.org<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Erin Davis,\u00a0202-540-6677, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:edavis@pewtrusts.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">edavis@pewtrusts.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  The Pew Charitable Trusts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PHILADELPHIA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 14, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced the 2019 class members of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences. <\/p>\n<p>The 10 postdoctoral fellows from six Latin American countries\u2014Argentina, <span class=\"xn-location\">Brazil<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Chile<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Ecuador<\/span>, and Mexico\u2014will receive two years of funding to conduct&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}