{"id":254,"date":"2024-09-27T13:55:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/brainstem\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:43:43","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/brainstem\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the BRAIN-STEM Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-columns advgb-columns-wrapper\" id=\"advgb-cols-c936a329-0f9e-4b2d-808c-21264f6e2d66\"><div class=\"advgb-columns-container\"><div class=\"advgb-columns advgb-columns-row advgb-is-mobile advgb-columns-2 layout-15-45 mbl-layout-stacked vgutter-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-column advgb-column\" id=\"advgb-col-b87b81d5-969c-4e96-9876-36e9bb0fd5bd\"><div class=\"advgb-column-inner\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:1px\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n<nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex 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