The National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS) has awarded a five-year, $1.6 million grant to John C. Gensel, Ph.D., of the University of Kentucky Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC), to study the potential role of the immune system in repairing spinal cord injuries.
Spinal cord injuries can result in permanent paralysis. Macrophages, white blood cells involved in immune responses, migrate to wounded areas of the spinal cord following an injury, where they assume M1 (i.e. pro-inflammatory) or M2 (i.e. pro-tissue repair) functions.
Many people think there's never been a darker time for Alzheimer's disease (AD).
There's no cure, they point out. The field is littered with treatment failures; the last time the FDA approved a drug to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease was 2003.
Dr. Ronald Petersen is adamant that this is wrong-headed thinking.
In the state with the highest incidence and mortality rates of lung cancer, a collaborative project is taking a multipronged approach to address the continuum of the disease, from prevention to screening to survivorship care. The Kentucky LEADS (Lung cancer. Education. Awareness. Detection. Survivorship) Collaborative, a joint effort of the University of Kentucky, University of Louisville and Lung Cancer Alliance, today announces details of three new statewide programs to reduce the burden of lung cancer in the Commonwealth.
Analia Loria, assistant professor of pharmacology and nutritional sciences at the University of Kentucky, will be a featured presenter at the First Physiology and Gender Conference organized by the American Physiological Society this week.
If you are in charge of shipping these types of materials, you will want to ensure you are properly trained. Please see the following website for information:
Two University of Kentucky researchers will present evidence supporting a promising new therapy for Parkinson鈥檚 disease as part of a showcase of scientific research and innovation during the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Therapeutics Conference.
海角禁区 professor Greg Gerhardt and associate professor Richard Grondin will today present 鈥淭herapeutic Development of siRNA Targeting Alpha-Synuclein鈥 during the MJFF Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Therapeutics Conference in New York.
Conquer Paralysis Now (CPN) has awarded two of its 12 grants to researchers at the 海角禁区 Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC) through its Conquer Paralysis Now Challenge. No other institution received more than one grant.
Sasha Rabchevsky, Ph.D., received the Out of the Box Award, which provides an initial $50,000 funding for high-risk, high-potential research ideas.
As many in the research community know, the 鈥淐ommon Rule鈥 refers to current regulations to protect individuals who participate in research as human subjects. The regulations, which have been in place since 1991, are followed by 18 federal agencies that support research 鈥 hence the name. Today I鈥檇 like to give you some background on how these regulations 鈥 and the conversation around these regulations 鈥 have evolved since 1991, and let you know about an opportunity to provide feedback on the modernization of these important rules.
A wealth of information for faculty, staff and students who have an interest in creating and advancing start-up companies featuring new technologies will be available at a conference, titled "University Start-Ups: Getting Beyond Challenges 鈥 Making It Happen,鈥 scheduled for Nov. 9 and 10 in Louisville, Ky.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has awarded Joe Abisambra, Ph.D., of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging a five-year, $1.6 million grant to study a group of diseases called tauopathies.
Tauopathies are a group of more than 20 neurodegenerative disorders that affect nearly eight million Americans. These disorders all share one common characteristic: deposition of a protein called "tau" into sticky bundles inside brain cells.
Flanked by Gov. Steve Beshear and legislative leaders, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto Friday announced the beginning of work on a research facility unique in the country 鈥 a building dedicated to addressing health challenges and disparities in Kentucky.
The University of Kentucky Office of the Vice President for Research will hold an orientation for new faculty Tuesday, November 3, 3:30 鈥 5:00 pm. This will include an opportunity to hear about the vision for Research at the University of Kentucky from the Vice President for Research, Lisa Cassis; learn about the Research Support Units that are available to support their research activities; have an opportunity to speak directly with the people in eac
Dr. Shinichi Fukuda, postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati at the University of Kentucky's Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has received two prestigious awards to advance his research of dry macular degeneration.
.
The "Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad of Japan Society for the Promotion Science," presented by the Japan Society for the Promotion Science, is a two-year award given to foster highly capable researchers with wide international perspectives.
At the Sr. ADR鈥檚 request, and with Dean de Beer鈥檚 approval, a decision was made in summer 2015 to engage the services of an outside consultant to guide the process of establishing an enterprise-level centralized support structure within the existing Sponsored Research Administrative Services (SRAS) office for administrative, financial, and regulatory activities related to clinical research activity 鈥 industry, government, and internally sponsored.
Certain fiscal responsibilities are entrusted to all employees of the University.
PIs agree to ensure acceptance of fiscal management responsibility of grants, via the certification statement on eIAFs that route prior to grant proposal submissions.
PIs may formally delegate purchasing authority for their grants to others, provided a formal delegation is on file (Required per University鈥檚 Administrative Regulation 8-3.)
