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  • Project/Pilot Project Leaders

    Awasthi, Shanjana, Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Surfactant Protein-A Regions as TLR4-Immunomodulators, # 1R01HL136325-01A1, 08/08/17- 07/31/22, $1,826,000.

     

    Deng, Junpeng, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Non-Vesicular Lipid Transport by Poxvirus A6 Protein, # 1R21Al133589-01, 06/05/17- 05/31/19, $411,400.

     

    Deng, Junpeng, National Cancer Institute, Structure/Function Studies of Anti-Cancer HSP90 Inhibitors that Target the C-Terminal Domain, #1R15CA219907-01, 07/01/17-06/30/20, $438,069.

     

    Duerfeldt, Adam, National Eye Institute, HIT to Lead Optimization of a Systemically Available Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy, # 1R21EY028279-01, 09/01/17- 08/31/19, $421,850.

     

    Duerfeldt, Adam, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Structure, Function, and Therapeutic Potential of Clostridium Difficile Caseinolytic Protease P, # 2P20GM103640-06, 07/01/17- 06/30/22, $1,054,150. (Subproject PI)  

     

    Duerfeldt, Adam, University of Oklahoma Growth Fund, Pre-Clinical Assessment of Small Molecule Drug Leads for Ocular Microvasculature Diseases, 03/18- 02/19, $75,000.

     

    Ford Versypt, Ashlee, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Computational Modeling of the Onset of Diabetic Kidney Diseases, 09/01/17- 08/31/2020, $135,000.

     

    Hoff, Wouter, Mohamty, Smita, Mort, Andrew, Schroeder, Susan, Weaver, Jimmies, National Science Foundation, MRI: Acquisition of the First 800 MHZ NMR Spectrometer with a Cryogenically Cooled Probe in the State of Oklahoma for Interdisciplinary Research and Training, # 1726397, 09/01/17- 08/31/20, $2,288,600.

     

    Lacombe, Veronique, OSU President’s Fellows Faculty Research Award, Novel mechanisms underlying hyperinsulinemia- induced laminitis in horses, 01/2017-07/2018, $15,000.

     

    Lacombe, Veronique, Collaborative research award, Oklahoma State CVHS research advisory committee, Equine Atrial fibrillation: novel cause and treatment, $25,000.

     

    Li, Shitao, Research Advisory Committee, Regulation of cGas-Mediated Cytosolic DNA Sensing Pathway, 11/01/17- 10/30/18, $15,000.

     

    Li, Shitao, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, HR17- 045 Role of Plakophilin 2 in Limiting Influenza A Virus Infection, 07/01/17- 06/30/20, $135,000.

     

    Lin, Dingbo, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, β,β-carotene 9’,10’-oxygenase 2 in acute respiratory distress syndrome, 10/01/17-9/30/20, $135,000.

     

    Narasaraju, Teluguakula, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Role of Extracellular histones in Francisella tularensis pathogenesis, 01/04/18- 01/03/19, $15,000.

     

    Patrauchan, Marianna, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, CA2+ Binding Protein EFHP Mediates CA2+ Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence and Host-Pathogen Interactions, # 1R15GM124670-01, 08/01/17- 07/31/20, $437,357.

     

    Ranjan, Ashish, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Magnetic Hyperthermia combined antimicrobial targeting of bone pathogens, 10/01/17-9/30/20, $135,000.

     

    Rybenkov, Valentin, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Optimization of Efflux Avoidance and Inhibition for Antibiotic Development, # 1R01Al136799-01, 02/07/18- 01/31/23, $1,162,500 (Multiple PI Grant: Total $7,123,005).

     

    Feng, Yu, CDC/ NIOSH/ SWCOEH, A Virtual Human System for Health Risk Assessments in a Representative Whole-lung Configuration Associated with Welding Fume Exposure, 01/30/2018-06/30/2018, $10,000.

  • Mentor/Core Directors

    Jones, Clinton, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Regulation of Beta- Catenin in Neurons During the HSV-1 Latency Reactivation Cycle, 1R21NS102290, 01/15/18- 12/31/20, $411,400.

     

    Liu, Lin, Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, The Role of LncRNAs in Pulmonary Fibrosis, 1R01HL135152, 07/01/17- 06/30/21, $1,496,000.

     

    Liu, Lin, Oklahoma Center for Adult Stem Cell Research, Acquiring Nanosight NS 300 for Adult Stem Cell Research, 02/01/18-06/30/18, $75,013.

     

    Metcalf, Jordan, Presbyterian Health Foundation Grant, Immunosuppressive Effects of E- Cigarettes, 10/17- 09/18, $75,000.

  • Center Investigators

    Pereira, Anne, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Leukocyte Memory: Health and Disease, 09/01/2017-08/31/2018, $13,000.

     

    Ramesh, Rajagopal, Veterans Affairs, Molecular Impact of Platinum Drugs on the Proteasome and SQSTM1_P62 Complexes_ A Paradigm Shift in Resistance, # 1I01BX003420-01A1, 09/01/17- 09/30/21, $1,156,784.

     

    Walters, Matthew, Oklahoma Center for Adult Stem Cell Research Grant, Notch-mediated regulation of airway epithelial secretory cell differentiation, 07/01/17- 06/30/18, $143,983.

     

    Walters, Matthew, Oklahoma Shared Clinical & Translational Resources Pilot Project Grant, Cigarette smoke-induction of UCHL1 suppresses innate immunity in the lung, 07/01/17- 06/30/18, $50,000.

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