ChangHwan Lee received $1.86 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study how transcription misregulation drives diseases including cancer and infertility. The work will explore cellular mechanisms that regulate dynamic transcription with a special focus on the “Notch” signaling pathway, and how Notch-driven transcription shapes stem cell development.

Paul Morgan and Eric Hu published a study this month in the journal Autism, which examined autism identification among U.S. elementary school students. They found that students of color, girls, low-income and multilingual students are consistently overlooked — suggesting systemic bias that limits these students’ access to vital supports and services.

Qiang Zhang received a $2 million, five-year Maximizing Investigators' Research Award renewal from the National Institutes of Health to support his project titled “The chemical approach towards homogenous glycoprotein preparation and evaluation.” The funding will enable him to continue his work examining novel strategies for synthesizing peptide and glycoprotein-based drugs.