
{"id":5325,"date":"2025-09-23T22:04:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T02:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/sweis\/?page_id=5325"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:20:25","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/sweis\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#141414&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0) 33%|#141414 91%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/sweis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/519\/2024\/03\/nerve-cell-2213009_1920_copy-scaled.jpg&#8221; min_height=&#8221;384.2px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||16px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; 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