The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $1,215,000 Project Grant under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to Washington University in St. Louis. The grant, titled "Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases (PRIDE)", will provide recent underrepresented minority (URM) college graduates with a 2-year mentored research experience in...
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $108,000 Project Grant under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The grant, titled "MICHIGAN SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: DIABETES & METABOLIC DISEASES", will provide a 5-year summer research experience for 14 undergraduate students per year to instill an appreciation and passion for...
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $392,258 Project Grant under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to the Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc. This grant will fund the Joslin-BIDMC Post-Bac Program in Diabetes and Metabolism. The program aims to attract talented individuals from diverse backgrounds to pursue further training and careers in biomedical research focused on metabolic diseases. Key program...
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $436,277 Project Grant under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to the University of Delaware. The grant titled "NEPHROGENESIS ON A CHIP: AN SIMPLE MODULAR PLATFORM TO SPATIALLY PATTERN EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, STROMAL CELLS, AND SOLUBLE FACTORS" aims to develop an easy-to-use 3D in vitro model of the developing nephron that allows spatial patterning...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847) provides $174,368 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to support a research project focused on understanding the role of the LRRK2 kinase in pancreatic beta cell responses to inflammatory damage. The goal is to gain insights into the molecular mechanisms that govern beta cell survival under inflammatory conditions, which could inform new therapeutic approaches for treating...
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $1,600,000 Project Grant under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The project, titled "Decoding Endocrine and Paracrine Communication Through Mammokines," aims to discover new signaling molecules from the mammary gland that influence metabolic function and the progression of obesity and type 2...
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $538,354 Project Grant under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to The University of Kentucky Research Foundation. The grant supports research to understand the role of the hypothalamic adhesion G-protein coupled receptor L 1 (ADGRL1) in regulating the counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia. The project aims to establish ADGRL1's contribution to eliciting...
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $1,439,769 project grant under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to the University of Southern California. This 5-year study, titled "PFAS Exposure and Diabetic Kidney Disease in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes: A Multi-Omic Approach for Prevention and Treatment," aims to investigate the link between exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
This $391,250 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) will support research on extracellular vesicle-dependent RNA signaling in metabolism. The project aims to identify key proteins involved in the delivery of adipose microRNAs into liver cells via extracellular vesicles, and to determine if this RNA delivery mechanism is necessary for...
This federal Project Grant award of $248,915.00 was provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847). The grant supports research aimed at "Unravelling the Role of Epigenetics and Cytokines in Type 2 Diabetes among African-Ancestry Populations." The key objectives are to infer causal relationships between lifestyle factors, genetic regulatory...