NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2019
CHRISTOPHER C BRODER · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · 2019 · $193,928 — Project Summary/Abstract The emergence of pathogenic viruses represents continuous infectious disease threats to public health. Among these, the paramyxoviruses, which include many important human and animal pathogens, also include two excellent examples of emerged, zoonotic pathogens of importance:…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2019
Daniel S Chertow · CLINICAL CENTER · 2019 — Project 1: In this study, we will expose pregnant rhesus macaques to ZIKV in the first, second, or third trimesters of their 165-day gestational period. Following exposure, we will investigate fetal brain development and evolution of brain injury using serial fetal brain imaging (MRI and ultrasound)…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2019
Yi Zeng · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2019 · $84,504 — Project Summary / Abstract: Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (FCSR) The goal of the Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (FCSR), which has served investigators of the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) for more than 25 years, is to offer UACC Members efficient and reliable flow cytometric service…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2019
Corrie Ntiforo · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · 2019 · $409,937 — The overall goal of this project is to maintain the high containment research resources (infrastructure and facilities) required to conduct research that will facilitate the next generation therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines for infectious diseases. The Galveston National Laboratory (GNL) at the…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2019
Yi Zeng · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2019 · $22,222 — Project Summary / Abstract: Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (FCSR) The goal of the Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (FCSR), which has served investigators of the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) for more than 25 years, is to offer UACC Members efficient and reliable flow cytometric service…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2019
Yi Zeng · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2019 · $11,939 — Project Summary / Abstract: Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (FCSR) The goal of the Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (FCSR), which has served investigators of the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) for more than 25 years, is to offer UACC Members efficient and reliable flow cytometric service…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2019
DAVID Branch MOODY · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · 2019 · $295,736 — The Metabolomics Core (B) is comprised of a Biosafety Level 3 suite for handling infectious samples, massively parallel detection of mycobacterial metabolites using Time of Flight mass spectrometry (Agilent Accurate Mass ToF 6230), specialized resources for identifying known mycobacterial compound…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2019
Thomas William Geisbert · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · 2019 · $780,615 — Abstract Among viruses that cause disease in humans the henipaviruses, Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV), stand out for their impressive lethality. These viruses are among the most deadly human pathogens known to man with case fatality rates averaging about 75% for NiV. Significantly, there i…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2024
David Aaron Jacobson · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $72,900 — Project Summary Islet glucose-stimulated somatostatin (Sst) secretion is lost in patients with type-2 diabetes (T2D) and in animal models of the disease, which contributes to disrupted glucagon and insulin secretion. It is generally accepted that Sst secretion from -cells occurs in response to elev…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2024
David Aaron Jacobson · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $431,638 — Project Summary Islet glucose-stimulated somatostatin (Sst) secretion is lost in patients with type-2 diabetes (T2D) and in animal models of the disease, which contributes to disrupted glucagon and insulin secretion. It is generally accepted that Sst secretion from -cells occurs in response to elev…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2024
Jenna Susan Reed · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · 2024 · $39,995 — Abstract Malaria afflicted 247 million people in 2021, of which over 600,000 died. In the most severe cases, patients can develop organ-specific pathologies related to vascular leak, including cerebral malaria and malaria-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (MA-ARDS). The mechanisms of pu…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2024
Scott Benjamin Biering · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2024 · $162,000 — PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Research Project: Dengue virus (DENV) is a medically important pathogen posing a major public health threat. DENV infection can result in potentially fatal cases of severe dengue associated with vascular leak as a result of endothelial dysfunction, but the triggers of these …
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2024
Joshua Anthony Keefe · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2024 · $49,244 — PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT There is a fundamental gap in the understanding of the molecular drivers of postoperative atrial fibrillation (poAF), which is self-limited atrial fibrillation (AF) 2-4 days after surgery. The recurrence rate of AF is eight-fold greater and mortality risk two-fold greater in…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2023
KENNETH R COOKE · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2023 · $400,716 — Allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation (allo-BMT) is the only curative therapy for many pediatric patients with malignant and non-malignant disorders. Unfortunately, treatment-related complications remain a major barrier to successful outcomes. A multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) works…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2023
David Aaron Jacobson · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · 2023 · $449,622 — Project Summary Islet glucose-stimulated somatostatin (Sst) secretion is lost in patients with type-2 diabetes (T2D) and in animal models of the disease, which contributes to disrupted glucagon and insulin secretion. It is generally accepted that Sst secretion from -cells occurs in response to elev…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2023
David Aaron Jacobson · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · 2023 · $30,368 — Project Summary Islet glucose-stimulated somatostatin (Sst) secretion is lost in patients with type-2 diabetes (T2D) and in animal models of the disease, which contributes to disrupted glucagon and insulin secretion. It is generally accepted that Sst secretion from -cells occurs in response to elev…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2023
Philip Anfinrud · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · 2023 · $574,654 — As the NIH began loosening requirements for returning to the lab, the pace of our collaborative pressure-jump NMR studies picked up. Three home-built pressure-jump systems are currently operable. During the pandemic, the consoles used to operate the high-field Bruker NMR magnets were upgraded, which…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2023
ROBERT KREITMAN · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · 2023 · $1,665,659 — Overview. We focus on targeted therapy for hematologic malignancies, particularly hairy cell leukemia (HCL), and other new therapies for HCL. Moxetumomab pasudotox (Moxe) contains truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE) fused to an anti-CD22 Fv fragment. Previously called HA22 or CAT-8015, it is an affi…
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2023
Ashley Loeven · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · 2023 · $42,193 — ABSTRACT Previous experiments in our lab have shown that a fatty diet reduces olfactory sensory neuronal abundance. Isocaloric feeding in which a fat-fed mouse consumed the same number of calories as a control-fed mouse, but of fatty chow, prevented obesity but did not prevent the neuronal loss. It …
NIH Pandemic-Era Grants
· Pandemic Era Grants
/ 2022
Donald M Bers · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · 2022 · $760,168 — Project Summary Our overall goal is to understand the structural mechanisms for the functional dysregulation of the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) Ca2+-release channels in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). RyR2 contributes to and is a therapeutic target for treating heart failure (HF) and arrhythm…