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People in the News: Apr 9, 2009

Apr 09, 2009
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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced that Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researcher Joshua Mendell has been appointed to a six-year term as part of the inaugural class of Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientists.

Mendell, an assistant professor of pediatric/molecular biology and genetics, will receive $1.5 million over six years to support his research into the oncogene Myc and its role in microRNA dysregulation.

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