{"id":10,"date":"2010-09-15T20:00:46","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T20:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=10"},"modified":"2010-09-15T20:00:46","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T20:00:46","slug":"chemistry-star-shines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/chemistry-star-shines\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry star shines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2010\/09\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24\" title=\"Ciceron Yanez \" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2010\/09\/2-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>Receiving a biomedical grant from the state of Florida is not easy. Ciceron Yanez has pulled it off, though, showing how brilliant he is while making the College of Sciences proud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a major award for him,\u201d said Dr. Kevin Belfield, chair and professor of chemistry.  \u201cIt is a big accomplishment for the university and for the college, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the 146 proposals the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program for tobacco related projects received only 42 were selected for funding. Only one of those 42 came from UCF. The COS has never won this award before, according to Belfield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really does recognize my group\u2019s efforts in nanomedicine,\u201d Belfield said.<\/p>\n<p>The grant Yanez received is a three-year, $159,750, postdoctoral research fellowship to conduct research in Belfield\u2019s lab.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will allow him to take on a long term project and develop a cancer therapy,\u201d Belfield said.<\/p>\n<p>Yanez\u2019s work has the potential to create a cancer therapy that doesn\u2019t have harsh side effects like chemotherapy, according to Belfield.<\/p>\n<p>Yanez\u2019s success highlights his own hard work in addition to the competiveness of the UCF chemistry department, which he represented while competing with several schools for the grant including University of Miami, University of Florida and Burnham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Receiving a biomedical grant from the state of Florida is not easy. 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