{"id":5675,"date":"2023-04-28T12:58:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharm.virginia.edu\/?p=5675"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:37:06","slug":"congratulations-andy-heindel-dissertation-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/2023\/04\/28\/congratulations-andy-heindel-dissertation-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Andy Heindel: Dissertation Defense!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5700 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/04\/Andy-Heindel-Defense-Pic-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Heindel speaks while wearing a suit and glasses\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/04\/Andy-Heindel-Defense-Pic-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/04\/Andy-Heindel-Defense-Pic-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/04\/Andy-Heindel-Defense-Pic-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/04\/Andy-Heindel-Defense-Pic-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/04\/Andy-Heindel-Defense-Pic.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>The Pharmacology Department would like to send out a huge congrats to Andrew Heindel (Pharmacology Graduate Student in the lab of Ken Hsu) for presenting his Dissertation Defense on Friday, April 28th, 2023. He talked about &#8220;<span class=\"x_ContentPasted0\">Developing a Chemical Proteomics Platform for Capturing and Liganding RNA-binding Activity in Cells<\/span>.&#8221; Way to go, Andy! Pharm is very proud of you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pharmacology Department would like to send out a huge congrats to Andrew Heindel (Pharmacology Graduate Student in the lab of Ken Hsu) for presenting his Dissertation Defense on Friday, April 28th, 2023. He talked about &#8220;Developing a Chemical Proteomics Platform for Capturing and Liganding RNA-binding Activity in Cells.&#8221; Way to go, Andy! 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