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Zohreh Gholizadeh-Siahmazgi: Furthering induced pluripotent stem cell research

Lily Farabaugh

Eli Speechley

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March 26, 2026

The following story was written in Fall 2025 by Eli Speechley in ENGL 4824: Science Writing as part of a collaboration among the English department, the Center for Communicating Science, and the U.S. National Science Foundation COMPASS Center. The COMPASS Center is tackling the grand challenge of uncovering the genetic, molecular, cellular, and chemical rules of life underlying virus-host interactions through community-based and ethically grounded research. It is one of four Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) centers funded by the National Science Foundation.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 2412115. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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