{"id":82128,"date":"2020-06-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-pew-supports-10-latin-american-scientists-advancing-biomedical-discovery\/"},"modified":"2020-06-15T10:04:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:04:29","slug":"pew-apoya-a-10-cientificos-latinoamericanos-que-promueven-el-avance-de-la-investigacion-en-biomedicina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/pew-apoya-a-10-cientificos-latinoamericanos-que-promueven-el-avance-de-la-investigacion-en-biomedicina\/","title":{"rendered":"Pew Supports 10 Latin American Scientists Advancing Biomedical Discovery"},"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 15, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced the 2020 class members of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences. <\/p>\n<p>The 10 postdoctoral fellows from seven 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\">Guatemala<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>, and Peru\u2014will receive two years of funding to conduct research in laboratories across <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 and the Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pursuit of scientific discovery calls for diverse perspectives from around the world,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Rebecca W. Rimel<\/span>, Pew&#8217;s president and CEO. &#8220;Pew is thrilled to welcome these promising Latin American fellows to our global network of researchers as they explore new frontiers in biomedical science.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>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, to contribute to the development of a more robust biomedical research community in <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Research interests in the 2020 class include how leukemia stem cells evade detection by the immune system, how the influenza virus can increase susceptibility to secondary bacterial pneumonia, and how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can hide quietly inside host cells.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 2020 class of fellows brings a global perspective that will help advance biomedical discovery,&#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;By collaborating with investigators in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>, these rising talents benefit scientific progress in both regions.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The 2020 Pew Latin American fellows and their U.S. mentors are:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Juan Carlos Balandr\u00e1n, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Frenette<\/span>, M.D.<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Albert Einstein College<\/span> of Medicine <br \/>Dr. Balandr\u00e1n will explore how leukemia stem cells evade detection by the immune system.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Gabriel Lozano Betancourt<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Seth Rakoff-Nahoum<\/span>, M.D., Ph.D., 2018 Pew biomedical scholar <br \/>Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital<br \/>Dr. Betancourt will explore the mechanisms that allow an animal host to monitor the quality of its diet and the function of its microbiome.<\/p>\n<p><b>Eunice Dom\u00ednguez Mart\u00edn, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Richard Youle<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/>National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health <br \/>Dr. Dom\u00ednguez Mart\u00edn will investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the relationship between mitochondria and the body&#8217;s innate immune response.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fabi\u00e1n Morales Polanco, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Judith Frydman<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><span class=\"xn-org\">Stanford University<\/span><br \/>Dr. Morales Polanco will explore whether proteins assemble into multiprotein complexes as they are being synthesized.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Luisa Maria Nieto Ramirez<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Tim van Opijnen<\/span>, Ph.D. <br \/><span class=\"xn-org\">Boston College<\/span><br \/>Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Nieto Ramirez<\/span> will examine how the immune system recognizes and eliminates the pneumonia-causing microbe <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Luciana P\u00e1dua Tavares, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Bruce Levy<\/span>, M.D. <br \/>Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital and <span class=\"xn-org\">Harvard University<\/span> <br \/>Dr. Tavares will probe how infection with the influenza virus can increase susceptibility to secondary bacterial pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jeffrey Roberto Reina Garciasalas<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Tony Hunter<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/>Salk Institute for Biological Studies<br \/>Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Reina Garciasalas<\/span> will explore whether breast cancers show altered patterns of histidine phosphorylation.<\/p>\n<p><b>Estefan\u00eda S\u00e1nchez V\u00e1squez, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Ph.D. <br \/><span class=\"xn-org\">California Institute of Technology<\/span><br \/>Dr. S\u00e1nchez V\u00e1squez will investigate the fate of cells harboring abnormal chromosomes and how they interact with normal cells during early mammalian development. <\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Gustavo Vasen<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Leor Weinberger<\/span>, Ph.D., 2008 Pew biomedical scholar<br \/>Gladstone Institutes <br \/>Dr. Vasen will investigate how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can hide quietly inside host cells, emerging when conditions are most favorable.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Miguel Villavicencio Camarillo<\/span>, Ph.D.<br \/><\/b>Laboratory of <span class=\"xn-person\">Charles Zuker<\/span>, Ph.D., 1988 Pew biomedical scholar<br \/><span class=\"xn-org\">Columbia University<\/span><br \/>Dr. Villavicencio will identify the brain circuits underlying our insatiable appetite for sugar.<\/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=2822344-1&amp;h=746794217&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pewtrusts.org%2Fen&amp;a=pewtrusts.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">pewtrusts.org<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Erin Davis<\/span>, 202-540-6677, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:edavis@pewtrusts.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">edavis@pewtrusts.org<\/a><\/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 15, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced the 2020 class members of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences. <\/p>\n<p>The 10 postdoctoral fellows from seven 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\">Guatemala<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>, and Peru\u2014will&#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":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82128","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=82128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}