黑料吃瓜资源 (CSHL) Assistant Professor Corina Amor Vegas has been named a 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). are appointed for up to two five-year terms and receive up to $8.6 million to support their research.
鈥淭his will provide us with the resources and the freedom to explore new, high-risk, bold ideas in aging research that we wouldn鈥檛 be able to do with traditional funding sources,鈥� Amor Vegas says.
Amor Vegas studies cellular senescence鈥攚hen cells stop dividing but don鈥檛 die. Senescent cells can contribute to chronic inflammation. They play a key role in aging and have been linked to cancer, fibrosis, and dementia. Amor Vegas recently harnessed the power of CAR T cells to eliminate built-up senescent cells in mice.
The HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars program supports outstanding early-career scientists who have a strong potential to become future leaders in their fields.
鈥淎 big plus of this program is that it also provides mentoring and professional development resources to enhance scientific leadership skills,鈥� Amor Vegas says. 鈥淚鈥檓 excited to learn from this opportunity and to develop my skills both within my lab and with the external scientific community.鈥�
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