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Trans-omic analysis of epicardial adipose tissue in atrial fibrillation
Project Summary Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia affecting well over 2 million people in the US with projections that it will affect 8-12 million people by...
Trans-omic analysis of epicardial adipose tissue in atrial fibrillation
Project Summary Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia affecting well over 2 million people in the US with projections that it will affect 8-12 million people by...
Trans-omic analysis of epicardial adipose tissue in atrial fibrillation
Project Summary Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia affecting well over 2 million people in the US with projections that it will affect 8-12 million people by...
The Georgia Cystic Fibrosis Data Warehouse
1 PROJECT SUMMARY 2 Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the second-most common life-shortening inherited disease of Americans, arising from 3 mutations in the gene encoding the CFTR ion ch...
Effects of Dietary Phosphorus Bioaccessibility and Calcitriol onPhosphorus and Calcium Whole-Body Balance and Kinetics in Moderate CKD
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is highly prevalent, affecting approximately 37 million U.S. adults. CKD- mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) is a common c...
Mechanism of Toxin Mediated Damage to the Lung Epithelium during S. pneumoniae Infection
Project Summary Streptococcus pneumoniae causes over 150,000 hospitalizations annually in the U.S., with a mortality rate of 5- 7%, making the disease both a significant health a...
CAREER: Frailty Assessment for Older Adults with Walking Disabilities using Dynamical Modeling of Cardiac, Brain, and Motor Systems in Response to Provocative Testing
Frailty syndrome in older adults results from deterioration of many physiological systems. To diagnose frailty, clinicians consider weight loss, muscle weakness/strength, cognitive...
Collaborative Research: Image-based Readouts of Cellular State using Universal Morphology Embeddings
Observing cells under the microscope reveals an incredible amount of information about cellular processes. For example, images of cells can reveal cell types, and whether the cells...
Investigating host cell exit in the neglected obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi
BBSRC strategic theme: Bioscience for an integrated understanding of health Orientia tsutsugamushi (OT) is a gram-negative, obligate intracellular alpha-proteobacterium of the R...
Investigating Pseudomonas aeruginosa physiology and the impact of pathoadaptive mutations, in a polymicrobial airway environment
Bioscience for an integrated understanding of health The airways of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) are often colonised by a diverse "zoo" of microbes, especially dur...
Biophysics of liquid droplets in bacteria
Brief description of the context of the research including potential impact: The cytoplasm of biological cells is organised into compartments called organelles which are typically...
Evaluating the contribution of drones to building community climate change resilience
RESEARCH QUESTIONS How do communities that are at risk from the impacts of climate change perceive the use of drones for improving community resilience? How effective are drones...
Investigating novel mechanisms of genetic stability at the replication fork
The human body is made up of trillions of cells. To replenish old or dying cells, billions of new cells have to be generated each day by duplication and differentiation of progenit...
Collision and Cohesion: (re)negotiations of mortuary identities in England and Denmark (c. 800-1100 CE)
The overall objective of this project is to evaluate the transformative effects of migration and changing religions upon mortuary identities in Denmark and Anglo-Scandinavian regio...
Using Linked-administrative Data to Examine the Impact of Parental Disability on Child Attainment
Background Little is known about the educational attainment of children of parents with disabilities, leaving them vulnerable to education inequalities. Existing evidence from oth...
Optimization of the potency and specificity of engineered regulatory t cells to treat inflammatory and fibrotic liver diseases
The prevalence of chronic liver disease, the 5th most common cause of death in the UK is rising sharply mainly due to the increasing load of viral hepatitis, alcohol- related liver...
Understanding child marriage amongst girls with disabilities in Zimbabwe: Implications for an intersectional and gender transformative approach to ...
Each year 12 million girls are married before their 18th birthday. Eastern and Southern Africa has the second highest prevalence of child marriage globally and is home to 55 millio...
Combining real-time airborne bioaerosol spectrometry with neural network algorithms to quantify different bioaerosol emissions from agriculture.
This studentship will combine state of the art real-time single particle integrated optoelectronic bio-aerosol and dust-aerosol spectrometry combined with neural net data analysis...
Beacon Sensors and Telerehabilitation to Assess and Improve use of Devices (BeST-AID) for Low Vision
Project Summary or Abstract The successful application of magnification devices for reading and daily tasks is predicated on their correct use by individuals with low vision (LV)...
Microphthalmia, anophthalmia and coloboma (MAC) and retinoic acid pathway genes
SUMMARY Microphthalmia, anophthalmia and coloboma (MAC) are a group of clinically and genetically related eye defects that cause significant visual impairment. MAC can be caused...