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Newswise: Local Institutions Create LA-Area Regenerative Medicine Consortium
Released: 2-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Local Institutions Create LA-Area Regenerative Medicine Consortium
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai investigators have joined with colleagues from seven regenerative medicine institutes in the Los Angeles region to form a new consortium that will share resources and maximize the impact of funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).

Newswise: Initiative to Strengthen Response to Infectious Disease Outbreaks in the Mountain West
Released: 2-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Initiative to Strengthen Response to Infectious Disease Outbreaks in the Mountain West
University of Utah Health

The COVID-19 pandemic spotlighted how a rapid and effective response to infectious disease outbreaks is critical for saving lives and protecting communities. With a $17.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), University of Utah researchers, in collaboration with Washington State University, are leading efforts to provide data and tools that guide decisions to improve responses to emerging public health threats in the Mountain West.

Released: 2-Oct-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Rutgers Receives $4.2 Million to Develop Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

The Resource Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans will work to advance behavioral, social and economic research related to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias especially in older Asian and Pacific Americans.

Released: 2-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Multi-omics research on liver disease in Hispanics/Latinos funded through $4M NIH grant to UTHealth Houston
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

As one of just six sites in the country chosen for a new consortium of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville will use multi-omics in combination with environmental, epidemiologic, and clinical data, along with social determinants of health, to study non-alcoholic and non-viral liver disease in Hispanics/Latinos.

Newswise:Video Embedded finding-art-in-the-biological-rhythms-of-trees
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Released: 2-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Finding art in the biological rhythms of trees
Iowa State University

An Iowa State University professor is creating art out of data produced by tree saplings and the environment using sound, light and artificial intelligence. It’s an experimental approach to science and technology that inspires an alternate awareness of the environment in its audience.

Released: 2-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
UWF enters into Educational Service Agreement to support certificate program partnership with U.S. Navy
University of West Florida

More than 200 student naval aviators are enrolled in a graduate-level certificate program that was launched this fall by #UWF Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz Center for Leadership, in collaboration with UWF College of Business MBA Program and UWF Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering, thanks to a $1,211,196 award from the U.S. Navy.

Newswise: $3.3M grant awarded to UTHealth Houston to study digital patient-reported symptom monitoring tool for patients with head and neck cancer
Released: 29-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
$3.3M grant awarded to UTHealth Houston to study digital patient-reported symptom monitoring tool for patients with head and neck cancer
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A five-year, $3.3 million grant to study symptom management in patients with head and neck cancer has been awarded to researchers from UTHealth Houston by the National Cancer Institute (1R01CA282149), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Newswise: Department of Energy funds new center for decarbonization of steelmaking
Released: 29-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Department of Energy funds new center for decarbonization of steelmaking
Argonne National Laboratory

The DOE recently announced $19 million in funding for Argonne to lead the Center for Steel Electrification by Electrosynthesis. The center's aim is to develop a cost-effective process for steel making that would greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Released: 29-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces up to $500 Million for Basic Research to Advance the Frontiers of Science
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $500 million in funding for basic research in support of DOE’s clean energy, economic, and national security goals.

Released: 29-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
DOE Announces $264 Million for Basic Research in Support of Energy Earthshots™
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $264 million in funding for 29 projects to develop solutions for the scientific challenges underlying DOE’s Energy Earthshots™ Initiative to advance clean energy technologies within the decade. The funding will support 11 new Energy Earthshot Research Centers led by DOE National Laboratories and 18 university research teams addressing one or more of the Energy Earthshots™ that are focused on six different areas, including industrial decarbonization, carbon storage, and offshore wind. The Department launched the Energy Earthshots Initiative to spur decarbonization efforts that will help the United States meet President Biden’s ambitious climate and clean energy goals, including a 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 and a net-zero carbon economy by 2050.

Released: 29-Sep-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Regel Therapeutics Awarded $1 Million from HS Chau Women in Enterprising Science Program at the Innovative Genomics Institute to Continue Developing Its Gene Modulation Technology
Regulus Therapeutics Inc.

Regel Therapeutics, a next generation gene therapy company utilizing proprietary technology to modulate gene expression, today announced that based upon the groundbreaking work of its Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Navneet Matharu.

   
Newswise: A vision for rare cancer research: $5 million commitment launches CURE, a rare cancer initiative, at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Released: 29-Sep-2023 10:30 AM EDT
A vision for rare cancer research: $5 million commitment launches CURE, a rare cancer initiative, at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Western Reserve University

The CURE initiative aims to build on Case CCC’s collaborative nature to create a national network among U.S. cancer centers, and to catalyze innovative bench-to-bedside approaches to identifying and treating rare cancers.

Newswise: CUR Releases 2023 STR Program Participants
Released: 28-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
CUR Releases 2023 STR Program Participants
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) congratulates the following 41 teams accepted to be a part of the 2023-24 Scholars Transforming Through Research (STR) Program. The STR Program is a competitive application-based professional development opportunity for teams consisting of a campus representative and one to three undergraduate students.

Released: 28-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine named one of CIRM’s cell and gene therapy manufacturing facilities
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 28, 2023 — With a two-year, $2 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the University of California, Irvine has earned membership in CIRM’s Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing Network.

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Released: 28-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $5 Million for Research for Climate Resilience Centers
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $5 million in funding for six projects that will increase the use and utility of DOE research to improve climate resilience, particularly in vulnerable communities, in conjunction with the White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities.

Newswise: Van Andel Institute chief scientist earns $7.9 million Outstanding Investigator Award to support cancer research
Released: 28-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Van Andel Institute chief scientist earns $7.9 million Outstanding Investigator Award to support cancer research
Van Andel Institute

Van Andel Institute Chief Scientific Officer Peter A. Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc. (hon), has received a seven-year, nearly $7.9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute’s Outstanding Investigator Award program.

Newswise: New California Tobacco Cessation Policy Research Center to be housed at cancer center
Released: 28-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
New California Tobacco Cessation Policy Research Center to be housed at cancer center
UC Davis Health

California’s new Tobacco Cessation Policy Research Center will be located at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and funded with a $3.7 million state grant

Newswise: Students reimagine U.S. housing in 24 hours
Released: 28-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Students reimagine U.S. housing in 24 hours
University of Utah

Ivory Innovations announces three winners of Hack-A-House, a 24-hour “hackathon” created to engage students in proposing innovative solutions to address the housing affordability crisis.

Newswise: SMU working with transportation nonprofit Feonix Mobility Rising, other universities to improve health disparities in Dallas and Detroit
Released: 28-Sep-2023 10:00 AM EDT
SMU working with transportation nonprofit Feonix Mobility Rising, other universities to improve health disparities in Dallas and Detroit
Southern Methodist University

Janille Smith-Colin, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at SMU (Southern Methodist University) is part of a team that has just received a $6 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ComPASS program to improve health disparities in Dallas and Detroit.

Released: 28-Sep-2023 9:55 AM EDT
Department of Energy to Accept National Laboratory Nominations for Distinguished Scientist Fellows Program
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it is accepting nominations from the DOE national laboratories for the department’s Distinguished Scientist Fellows Program.

Newswise: University Hospitals announces historic $2 billion fundraising campaign
27-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT
University Hospitals announces historic $2 billion fundraising campaign
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio announced today a $2 billion fundraising effort to advance its mission. Because of You: The Campaign for University Hospitals, led by campaign co-chairs Dee Haslam and Shelly Adelman, has received more than $1.18 billion in support to date – nearly 60 percent of its goal.

Newswise: UTEP Awarded $7 Million to Support Hispanic-Serving Institutions Across the Country
Released: 27-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
UTEP Awarded $7 Million to Support Hispanic-Serving Institutions Across the Country
University of Texas at El Paso

The new grant, known as NODE (Network Opportunities for Developing Equitable and Effective Evaluation at HSIs), is a six-year investment that will position UTEP to provide the first full portrait of the effectiveness of all grants funded by the NSF HSI program.

Newswise: HMS Researcher to Lead $104 Million Federal Project Tackling Antibiotic Resistance
Released: 27-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
HMS Researcher to Lead $104 Million Federal Project Tackling Antibiotic Resistance
Harvard Medical School

Multi-institutional effort aims to develop technology to transform diagnosis, treatment of bacterial infections

Released: 27-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
MSU works to make drinking water safer by fighting contaminants
Michigan State University

MSU has been awarded a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, to better understand the amount of pathogens, such as Legionella, and disinfection byproducts in drinking water distribution systems and to assess associated health risks.

Released: 27-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $30 Million for Research to Accelerate Scientific Advances at User Facilities
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $30 million in funding for three projects to increase scientific productivity and discoveries across DOE light source, neutron source, and high-performance computing and networking facilities.

Newswise: Plans Detail Massive Medical School Renovation to Improve Care in Newark
Released: 27-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Plans Detail Massive Medical School Renovation to Improve Care in Newark
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Architects and engineers have completed an essential planning step in what may become Rutgers’ largest-ever investment in Newark, a transformational renovation at New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) that would cost an estimated $600 million and bring more world-class physician-scientists and biomedical researchers to the city.

Newswise: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Unveils The Domino’s Village
27-Sep-2023 11:25 AM EDT
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Unveils The Domino’s Village
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The new patient family housing building was made possible by a multi-million dollar donation from the pizza giant.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Health Officially Opens It’s $24 Million State-of-the-Art Carrier Behavioral Health at Raritan Bay Medical Center
Released: 27-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Health Officially Opens It’s $24 Million State-of-the-Art Carrier Behavioral Health at Raritan Bay Medical Center
Hackensack Meridian Health

“Raritan Bay Medical Center has provided high quality, compassionate care to the Perth Amboy community for more than a century. The need for Behavioral Health services in our communities is greater than ever.

Newswise: Cizik School of Nursing researcher awarded $2.3M grant to evaluate post-pandemic eviction stress and mental health
Released: 27-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Cizik School of Nursing researcher awarded $2.3M grant to evaluate post-pandemic eviction stress and mental health
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A three-year, $2.3 million grant to study post-pandemic eviction stress and mental health has been awarded to researchers from UTHealth Houston by the National Institute of Nursing Research, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Released: 27-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Dr. Mina Sedrak receives $3.4 million grant from National Institutes of Health
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Dr. Mina Sedrak, associate professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of the Cancer and Aging Program at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine how exercise and certain drugs may be able to slow chemotherapy-related accelerated aging seen in breast cancer survivors.

Released: 27-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Edward Garon receives $3.5 million from NIH to personalize immunotherapy based on individual patients’ mutations
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Dr. Edward Garon, professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of the Signal Transduction and Therapeutics Program at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded two grants totaling over $3.5 million from the National Institutes of Health to help improve outcomes for patients with early and advanced stages of non-small cell lung cancer.

Released: 27-Sep-2023 8:05 AM EDT
UTHealth Houston receives $2.5 million to transform knowledge and treatment of bipolar disorder
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A $2.5 million grant for the transformation of knowledge and treatment of bipolar disorder has been awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston by Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder (BD²).

Newswise: Advancing atomic-scale technology
Released: 26-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Advancing atomic-scale technology
Case Western Reserve University

A Case Western Reserve University-led team is working on technology that could dramatically improve electrical transformers and power converters in electric vehicles.

Released: 26-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
UNLV to Launch Tourist Safety Institute
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Safety and security for Nevada’s visitors will be the focus of the newly launched Tourist and Safety Institute at the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs.

Released: 26-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Awarded $10.2 Million NIH Grant to Explore the Early Signs of Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a $10.2 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to investigate risk factors for malignant arrhythmias in mitral valve prolapse.

Released: 26-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
RPI Researcher of Circadian Rhythms Receives $2 Million Grant
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

With daylight savings time ending soon, we anticipate a change in the timing of daylight hours with the sunrise occurring earlier in the morning.

Released: 26-Sep-2023 10:25 AM EDT
Association for Psychological Science (APS) Statement on Looming U.S. Government Shutdown
Association for Psychological Science

The Association for Psychological Science calls on Congress to promptly fund the US government for the coming fiscal year to sustain important scientific programs and initiatives.

   
Released: 26-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Moffitt Receives $10.4 Million to Develop Treatment Strategies to Overcome Drug Resistance in Lung Cancer
Moffitt Cancer Center

The Center of Excellence for Evolutionary Therapy at Moffitt Cancer Center has received a $10.4 million grant to study the eco-evolutionary dynamics responsible for non-small cell lung cancer growth and treatment resistance.

Released: 26-Sep-2023 9:30 AM EDT
The American Association of Immunologists Announces 2023 Recipients of the Careers in Immunology Fellowships
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

The American Association of Immunologists awards thirteen principal investigators one year of salary support for trainees

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Released: 25-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Team to Receive $1 Million in Federal Funding for Smart Kids and Cool Seniors Project
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A team of researchers at Rutgers University–New Brunswick has been selected to receive a $1 million Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) award for a community-university partnership that combats climate change and improves access to essential resources and services.

Released: 25-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
US Department of Energy Office of Science awards $115M for High Rigidity Spectrometer project at FRIB
Michigan State University

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, or DOE-SC, has awarded $115 million for the High Rigidity Spectrometer, or HRS, project at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, at Michigan State University.

Newswise: WVU earns prestigious designation as an ‘Innovation and Economic Prosperity University’
Released: 25-Sep-2023 10:45 AM EDT
WVU earns prestigious designation as an ‘Innovation and Economic Prosperity University’
West Virginia University

Reaffirming the commitment from West Virginia University to its land-grant mission, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated WVU as an “Innovation and Economic Prosperity University,” recognition that will help the University maximize its impact across West Virginia and beyond its borders.

Newswise: NIH awards researchers $1.2M to develop robotic eye examination system
Released: 22-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
NIH awards researchers $1.2M to develop robotic eye examination system
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

A collaboration between researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Duke University has developed a robotic eye examination system, and the National Institutes of Health has awarded the researchers $1.2 million to expand and refine the system.

Released: 22-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
NSF grant awarded for development of method to recover rare-earth elements from U.S. mines
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $2 million grant to researchers who are developing new functional materials to separate and recover rare-earth elements and platinum group metals from waste streams of U.S. mines.

Released: 22-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
ParkinSINGs Program at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Center Receives Support from Parkinson’s Foundation
Hackensack Meridian Health

ParkinSINGs Program at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Center Receives Support from Parkinson’s Foundation

Released: 22-Sep-2023 12:45 PM EDT
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY CONGRATULATES HOUSE AND SENATE SPONSORS UPON ENACTMENT OF THE SECURING THE U.S. ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) congratulates the House and Senate sponsors of the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Act upon President Biden signing the legislation and thanks the Biden-Harris administration for its commitment to improving American’s access to transplantation.



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