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BEE: The Evolution of Fluctuation-Dependent Species Coexistence
Understanding how similar species coexist has been a central question in ecology since its inception. The question is important because species diversity is a defining characterist...
NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology FY 2021: Establishing parametric variability as a driver of plasticity across genotypes with diverse life histories ...
This action funds an NSF Plant Genome Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology for FY 2021. The fellowship supports a research and training plan in a host laboratory for the Fel...
Reactivity of Organic Radicals in the Atmospheric Aqueous Phase
With support from the Environmental Chemical Sciences Program in the Division of Chemistry, Professors Jesse Kroll and William Green will pursue experimental and modeling studies o...
A Networked Improvement Community Approach to School-wide Transformation, Teacher Agency, and Minoritized Students’ Climate Science Learning and Belonging
Incorporating urgent issues of social and environmental justice into environmental science teaching can harness youth’s real-world interests and improve their engagement, learning,...
CAREER: Designing a Synthetic Nucleolus for Cell Free Biocatalysis
Non-Technical Abstract:This research will develop new biomaterials incorporating enzymes. Enzymes are functional proteins that act as a catalyst for chemical reactions in nature. T...
EAGER: SaTC-EDU: A Case- and Play-Based Learning Module for Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Education for Early Teen Learners
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are expanding into more aspects of our daily lives as well as key infrastructure. As a result, understanding these concepts a...
Targeting Bcl-2 Family Proteins to Facilitate Fibroblast Apoptosis and Promote the Resolution of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Project Summary/Abstract This project aims to understand and control the anti-apoptotic mechanisms employed by fibroblasts to evade apoptosis during the fibrotic process. Pulmonary...
Targeting Bcl-2 Family Proteins to Facilitate Fibroblast Apoptosis and Promote the Resolution of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Project Summary/Abstract This project aims to understand and control the anti-apoptotic mechanisms employed by fibroblasts to evade apoptosis during the fibrotic process. Pulmonary...
Targeting Bcl-2 Family Proteins to Facilitate Fibroblast Apoptosis and Promote the Resolution of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Project Summary/Abstract This project aims to understand and control the anti-apoptotic mechanisms employed by fibroblasts to evade apoptosis during the fibrotic process. Pulmonary...
Targeting lysosome/RPE heterogeneity in AMD pathobiology as a novel therapy
SUMMARY: Vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major, expanding problem due to the aging population.While treatment is available for intermediate AMD and the...
University of Iowa – 3T ESP MRI Scanner
The University of Iowa is requesting funds to acquire the GE Extreme Slewrate Performance (ESP) 3T head-only scanner.The ESP scanner provides high end gradient performance (Amplitu...
Chronic kidney disease effects on cortical bone porosity and mechanics with age
ABSTRACT Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects one in seven individuals in the US and significantly increases fracture risk.While CKD occurs in patients of all ages, the prevalence...
Chronic kidney disease effects on cortical bone porosity and mechanics with age
ABSTRACT Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects one in seven individuals in the US and significantly increases fracture risk. While CKD occurs in patients of all ages, the prevalence...
Collaborative Research: US GEOTRACES GP17-ANT: Constraining the Neodymium (Nd) Isotope and Rare Earth Element Cycles near the Amundsen Sea Continental Margin
Trace elements in seawater are relevant to climate and human society, because they can act as essential nutrients for marine ecosystems or useful chemical fingerprints for a variet...
Early Life Stress Effects on Threat Learning
Abstract from Parent Project Early life stress (ELS) significantly increases the risk for emotional disturbance and affective pathology.Sixty- four percent of individuals will expe...
Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Characterize Cystic Fibrosis
Project Summary/Abstract This proposal details a 5-yr plan to prepare the candidate, Ruobing Wang, MD, for a career as an independent physician-scientist positioned to impact our u...
Role of Monolayer Curvature in Lung Surfactant Morphology and Mechanics
ABSTRACT: Native lung surfactant (LS) coats the air-water interface of the pulmonary alveoli, reducing its sur- face tension and stabilizing the lung from collapse.Virtually every...
Feasibility of Objective Measures and Outpatient Washout in Disease-Modifying Trials for Parkinson's Disease
PROJECT SUMMARY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT ABSTRACT There is no therapy that slows the progression of any symptom of Parkinson?s disease (PD), a progressive, age-related neurodegenerat...
Link between early gut dysfunction and amyloid beta aggregation in Alzheimer's Disease related dementia
PROJECT SUMMARY In recent years, it has become apparent that a ?gut-brain? axis exists where communication occurs between the gut, its microbiota, the immune system and the brain.A...
IGE: Enhancing Doctoral Research Training through Cascading Mentorship (Anteater Huddles)
This National Science Foundation Innovations of Graduate Education (IGE) award to the University of California-Irvine will test a cascading mentorship program for science, technolo...