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Preparation of a Phase I/II safety and efficacy trial for a cholera phage cocktail intervention
Project Summary The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 1.3 billion people globally are at risk for cholera, a severe diarrheal disease caused by the bacte...
Is CEP290 a vesicle tether at the ciliary base?
In order to function, cells need to sense their environment, manipulate their surroundings and move. For example, sperm cells swim using a whip-like tail; the cells lining your air...
Control of dentate gyrus function and context discrimination by CCK+ interneurons
Efficient memory processes rely on our brain's ability to store similar experiences as distinct memories. This process, performed in part by a structure in the brains of mamma...
A novel Bayesian methodology to estimate unobserved traits of cattle for AI assisted prec
"The traditional method of feeding livestock is to feed them according to the requirements of the 'average' individual within a group and feed them as a group. T...
Spotting Ice! (SPICE): infrared light-field tracking of icy particles
The overarching aim of our research is to study the structure and behaviour of the dusty and icy material that dominates the space environments where stars and planets form. In par...
'The Mad Crew': the Ranters and the Rhetoric of Madness (1648-1660)
This study examines the writings of the Ranters in the context of mid-seventeenth-century perceptions of madness. The Ranters were a group of dissenting Protestants that emerged du...
Collaborative Research: MIM: The impact of the fungal microbiome in metal tolerance and soil biogeochemical transformations
Some metals are essential nutrients for life, while some are non-essential or even harmful to living organisms. Fungi and bacteria are microorganisms that often live in a close ass...
How those who have served/serving, in the Metropolitan Police Special Branch or Counter Terrorism Command understand their lifeworld
The research project explores how those who have served or are still serving, in the Metropolitan Police Special Branch (SB) or Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) understand their li...
Place-based approaches to sustainable food supply chains: scaling socio-technical innovations as enablers for enhancing public sector food procurement
Transforming food systems in the context of climate change, biodiversity loss, soil fertility depletion, water pollution, food insecurity, and diet-related diseases requires the so...
National Science Foundation Expeditions in Computing for Computational Decarbonization of Societal Infrastructures at Mesoscales
Our society stands at a critical inflection point with its rapidly accelerating demand for energy due to growth in domestic manufacturing, datacenters, artificial intelligence (AI)...
PS24-063, MARI: Refining and pilot testing an intervention to improve PrEP uptake among marginalized Black cisgender women PrEP-WISE
Abstract The scale-up of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a prominent component of the U.S. Ending the HIV Epidemic Plan. Although Black women are disproportionately affected by...
CAREER: Understanding Electrochemical Metal Extraction in Molten Salts from First Principles
The CAREER project addresses a critical climate change challenge: developing environmentally friendly methods for producing and recycling key metals such as nickel and cobalt, esse...
CAREER: Safe Autonomy for Soft Robots
Robots built from soft rubbery materials could work closely with humans in settings where rigid robots cannot, since unintentional contact would cause fewer injuries. However, the...
Role of congenital heart defects in motor skills and language acquisition of infants with Down syndrome
PROJECT SUMMARY Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic condition and causes significant development delays and weaknesses in the motor, cognitive, and language domains. Abou...
CAREER: Adaptive Multimodal Fusion for Robust Robot Perception in Underwater Environments
This Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) project will support research that attempts to provide new capabilities for marine robotic systems to map, visualize, and nav...
Preventing Catalyst Degradation in Oxygen Reduction: Harnessing Doped Pt3Ni(111) Facets with Pt(111)-Skin
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARYThis grant supports research aimed at enhancing the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), crucial for green energy initiatives. While PE...
Improving Causal Inference for National Adolescent Substance Use Datasets
Project Summary Prevention of adolescent substance use (SU) and interventions to reduce harmful use has long been a goal of NIDA in order to improve the health of individuals and l...
CAREER: A neurocomputational approach to contextually flexible human social behavior
Humans often make guesses about what other people are like or what other people might do when making decisions, including decisions about when and whether to support, listen to, pu...
Microbial and Host Factors in the Progression to Celiac Disease
PROJECT SUMMARY Celiac disease (CeD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy that occurs when genetically susceptible individuals consume gluten. CeD affects >1% of the US population,...
Structure-guided cancer immunotherapy design with HLA-Arena and CrossDome
Project Summary The broader use of T-cell-based therapies is still hindered by challenges related to the identification of peptide- targets that are both immunogenic (capable of act...