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SUMMARY:Before the First Symptom: A Fireside Chat with Ronit Freeman
LOCATION:Innovate Carolina Junction\, 136 E Rosemary St. Suite 100 Chapel 
 Hill\, NC 27514
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, Nov. 5\, from 4 to 5 p.m. at Innovate Carolina J
 unction in Chapel Hill\, Carolina Chief Innovation Officer Tommy Sowers h
 osts a fireside chat with Ronit Freeman\, the UNC associate professor lea
 ding IMPEDE\, a consortium backed by up to $24.8 million from ARPA-H to d
 etect and treat protein-misfolding diseases like Alzheimer’s and pulmonar
 y fibrosis before symptoms appear. They’ll discuss how she assembled a 10
 0-person\, multi-university team and an industry partner in weeks\, how A
 I and simulation are tackling “undruggable” proteins\, her path toward a 
 pulmonary fibrosis venture\, and how Carolina’s innovation ecosystem move
 s discoveries toward patients. The event is aimed at faculty\, researcher
 s\, students\, entrepreneurs\, industry partners and anyone curious about
  turning big ideas into real-world impact.\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events
 /e7d267ac-ee20-4d46-970d-76b16e63211d
URL:http://next-to-u.app/events/e7d267ac-ee20-4d46-970d-76b16e63211d
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