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# UCR scientist wins $2.1 million NIH grant
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/noteworthy/ucr-scientist-wins-2-1-million-nih-grant/
- Published: 2026-07-23T19:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T14:05:50.000Z
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Education, #brief, #herald-noteworthy:6a5e8fd6ce5a0e0001bd4e18:2

UC Riverside synthetic biologist Sonali Chaturvedi has received a $2.1 million NIH grant to study how cells maintain stability while adapting to stress, aiming to uncover [rules governing gene regulation](https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/07/21/why-our-cells-almost-never-fail?ref=raincrossgazette.com) tied to diseases like cancer and diabetes.