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  • Xinzhu Yu receives NIH Director's New Innovator award

    Oct 3, 2023 11:30 am by Diana YatesExcellence
    Illinois molecular and integrative physiology professor Xinzhu Yu. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • Illinois molecular and integrative physiology professor Xinzhu Yu. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    The New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health, which provides $2.4 M in funding over five years, will allow her to continue her exploration of mechanisms driving astrocyte-neuron interactions in the brain.