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Review a listing of recent competitive grants awarded to UNC School of Medicine faculty.


The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates from 5/1/2020 -5/15/2020 (the awards listed have a total award amount greater than $100,000):

PI

Project Title

Sponsor

Award Amount

Project Begin Date

McElligott, Zoe Noradrenergic plasticity in opioid withdrawal NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

$425,845

5/1/2020

Cotter, Peggy Contact-dependent signaling and DNA transposition in Burkholderia NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

$388,750

5/1/2020

Shih, Yen-Yu 9 4T Small Animal MRI scanner at UNC NIH Office of the Director

$2,000,000

5/1/2020

Calabrese, Mauro Cooperative control of Polycomb Repressive Complexes by long noncoding RNAs, CpG island DNA, and RNA-binding proteins NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

$386,784

5/1/2020

Li, Zibo Novel Catalytic Methods for Efficient Radiolabeling of Un-activated Arene Compounds NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

$467,297

5/1/2020

Griffith, Jack R-loops at the telomere as a toxic source of genomic instability NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

$345,453

5/1/2020

Emanuele, Michael Deubiquitinases in Cell Cycle Control NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

$352,617

5/1/2020

Juengst, Eric Incidental Enhancement: Addressing a Neglected Policy Issue in Human Genome Editing NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

$777,498

5/1/2020

Tian, Shaomin Novel 3D printed microneedle patches for detection of viral infections NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

$233,250

5/1/2020

Rubin, Janet Role of force regulated nuclear structure in expression of osteogenesis NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMSD)

$537,650

5/1/2020

Anton, Eva Defining Mechanisms of Progenitor Balance and Neuronal Connectivity NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

$544,250

5/1/2020