Jean-Phillipe Gourdine, PhD, MS, was awarded a $249,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his project, “Exploring the Role of Urinary Host N-Glycans as a Nutrient Source for Bladder Bacteria Metabolism.”
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David Chu, MD, MSCE, awarded $10M from PCORI
David Chu, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, co-investigator with Gregory Tasian, MD, MSc, for the CAIRIBU P20 Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, was awarded $10M from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study strategies for improving bowel continence in people with spina bifida. Maryellen Kelly, DNP, CPNP, MHSc, will serve as Associate Director.
Indira Mysorekar, PhD awarded an R01 research grant from NIDDK
Indira Mysorekar, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Basic and Translational Research at Baylor College of Medicine and PI of a prior CAIRIBU P20 Exploratory Center at Washington University, was awarded an R01 research grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health for the project “Mechanisms of age- and sex-dependent changes in urinary bladder immunity.”
Rafael Tomoya Michita, PhD awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
Rafael Tomoya Michita, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the lab of Indira Mysorekar, PhD, was awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health for the project titled “The Role of Tunneling Nanotubes and Mitochondrial Programming in HIV-Associated Placental Dysfunction“.
UW-Madison and Mayo Clinic KUH Generator TL1 Training Program
The KUH Generator Program is pre-and postdoctoral research training program spearheaded by UW-Madison and Mayo Clinic Rochester (MCR). Funded by the NIDDK, it is designed to train the next generation of researchers in Kidney (K), …
Aaron Miller, PhD Presents at the 26th Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) Annual Fall Scientific Meeting
Aaron Miller, PhD, recently presented his research during the Robert Krane Lecture at the 26th Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) Annual Fall Scientific Meeting. His presentation was titled “Beyond Infection: Implications of Biofilms on Implantable Medical Devices.”
Accelerating Research Translation (ART) – NSF
The overarching goal for the Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program is to advance the U.S. scientific and economic leadership by building capacity and increasing the number of robust translational research ecosystems in Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs). The ART program seeks proposals involving institutional leadership; research translation programs, institutes or centers; technology transfer offices; units responsible for managing research intellectual property (IP); entrepreneurial training teams; and researchers from all scientific, technological and engineering fields in collaboration with one or more of the other target categories. The ART program framework is built around five distinct Tracks that are interconnected. These Tracks are differentiated by the research translation readiness level (RTRL). [The deadline to apply for Tracks 1 & 5 is 01/15/2026. The deadline to apply for Tracks 2,3, and 4 is 03/12/2026.]
Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience
The Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience supports early-career investigators engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Priority is given to candidates who may not have received substantial funding from other private awards yet have highly promising scientific careers. [Application deadline is Feb. 1 at 11:59 PM ET each year.]
Basic Research in Neurobiology Research Grants – Whitehall Foundation
The Whitehall Foundation seeks to fund basic research in vertebrate (excluding clinical) and invertebrate neurobiology in the United States. Investigations should specifically concern neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior with an overall goal to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior. Research grants of up to three years will be provided with two-year renewals competitively awarded. [Letters of intent due 01/15/2026. Full applications due 06/01/2026.]
Ajinkya Limkar of UW-Madison O’Brien Center receives F30 fellowship from the NIH
Ajinkya Limkar, MD/PhD candidate at UW-Madison and research assistant at the UW-Madison George M. O’Brien Urology Cooperative Research Center, recently received a highly competitive F30 fellowship from the NIH. Ajinkya’s study aims to determine the role of senescent cells in BPH/LUTS pathogenesis and evaluate the therapeutic potential of senescent cell elimination.