Gilbert Family Foundation
Efren Munoz, Jr. is a Scientific Associate at the Gilbert Family Foundation since December 2022. Prior to this role, Munoz served as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago from October 2019 to June 2022, focusing on the development of DNA microscopy, a spatial genomics technique. Munoz has extensive experience in research and mentorship, including positions as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at Wayne State University, where key projects involved designing an automated 3D gel system and purifying myosin 5 isoforms. Additional experience includes work as a Construction Laborer at Merlo Construction Company and a Peer Mentor in the WIDER Learning Community at Wayne State University. Munoz holds a Master of Science in Molecular Engineering from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Physics from Wayne State University.
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Gilbert Family Foundation
The Gilbert Family Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation founded by philanthropists Dan and Jennifer Gilbert to address their two priorities and passions: accelerating a cure for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and transforming the city of Detroit, Michigan. The Foundation has embarked on two bold, high risk/high reward NF1 research initiatives: (1) the Gene Therapy Initiative (GTI), to develop curative therapies that address the underlying genetic abnormalities in NF1 patients, and (2) the Vision Restoration Initiative (VRI), inspired by their son’s loss of vision from NF1 and with a goal of advancing vision restoration therapies.