Busch Biomedical Grant (BBG)
Spring 2019 Busch Biomedical Grant Guidelines
Applications are due by 5pm on May 20th 2019 - Late applications will not be accepted
Busch Biomedical Grant Application - Please read the guidelines before submitting your application
Award amount up to $40,000 total for up to a two-year period ($20,000 per year)
Three categories of funding opportunities: Seed, Bridging and Collaborative
Please direct any questions to res-dev@rutgers.edu
2019 Busch Biomedical Grant Awardees
| PI | Proposal Title | Type of Grant |
| Abdelfattah El Ouaamari | Sensory-Derived Signals Regulate Regeneration of Insulin-Producing β Cells | Seed |
| Alexander Kusnecov | Role of OFQ/N in the neuroinflammatory and behavioral response to chronic stress |
Bridging |
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Alice Chu Co-PI: Kang Li |
A dynamic functional hand splint for severely disabled children with cerebral palsy | Collaborative |
| Andrew Nieuwkoop | Incorporating Deuterium to Enable Solid-State NMR Investigations of Phosphatidylinositol Phosphate Binding Domains | Seed |
| Anna Konova | Role of the LC-NE stress and arousal system in opioid reuse risk in humans | Seed |
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Arek Kulczyk |
Cryo-EM Structure Determination of the Mitochondrial Replisome | Seed |
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Audrey Minden Co-PI: Estela Jacinto |
PAK4 and mTORC2 as novel targets for the treatment of triple negative breast cancers |
Collaborative |
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Carol Lutz Co-PI: Raymond Birge |
Coordinated TAM receptor and arachidonic acid signaling in a lung cancer model | Collaborative |
| Carrie Esopenko | Characterizing the Brain and Behavioral Phenotypes of Physical Violence in IPV | Seed |
| Enver Izgu | Designer Small Molecule-Nucleic Acid Constructs for in Cellulo Detection of Disease Conditions | Seed |
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George Wagner Co-PI: Amrik Sahota |
A new genetic model of self-injurious behavior in Lesch-Nyhan disease: Neurochemistry and pharmacotherapy |
Collaborative |
| Grace Brannigan |
Mechanisms for lipid modulation of neurotransmitter receptors |
Bridging |
| Guoping (Sam) Gu | RNA-mediated Chromatin Regulation and Epigenetic Inheritance in C. elegans | Bridging |
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Haoran Zhang Co-PI: Benjamin Schuster |
Developing a new paradigm for antibiotic discovery using advanced synthetic biology tools | Collaborative |
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Jamil Bhanji Co-PI’s: Marc Steinberg and Mauricio Delgado |
Neural Mechanisms of Negative Affect in Lab and Daily Life in Smokers | Collaborative |
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Jianyuan Zhang |
Precise Gd Endohedral Metallofullerene Derivatives for Next-Generation Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents |
Seed |
| Joan Durbin | Inhibition of Antibacterial Defenses by Antiviral Interferons | Bridging |
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Joseph Martin Co-PI: David Augeri |
Thyronamines: Detection and Characterization of Effects |
Collaborative |
| Kristen Labazzo | A Novel Approach Utilizing a Biomaterial Scaffold for the Prevention of Trauma-Induced Heterotopic Ossification |
Seed |
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Laura Byham-Gray Co-PI: Dimitris Metaxas |
Image-based DiEtary Assessment in Chronic Kidney Disease (IDEA-CKD) |
Collaborative |
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Lei Yu Co-PI: Samuel Gunderson |
Targeting SIP30 for Neuropathic Pain Relief with U1 Adaptor Gene Silencing Technology |
Collaborative |
| Mimi Phan | Epigenetic modulation of auditory memories in a songbird model | Bridging |
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Philip Giampietro Co-PI’s: Sijian Wang, Patricia Soteropoulus, J Andrew Bowe |
Utilization of "Hold Out" Testing as a Means of Predicting Surgical Need in Idiopathic Scoliosis | Collaborative |
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Pierre-Olivier Polack |
Integration of visual information in the primary visual cortex during passive and active audiovisual processing |
Seed |
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Shireen Rizvi Co-PI: Evan Kleiman |
Real-time physiological and psychological assessment of emotion regulation as a mechanism of efficacy in Dialectical Behavior Therapy | Collaborative |
| Sunyoung Kim | Creating a novel indoor air quality monitoring tool for children with asthma | Seed |
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William G. Johnson Co-PI: Elizabeth Torres |
A pilot project to validate digital biomarkers as a tool to measure improvement in core symptoms of autism during sulforaphane treatment |
Collaborative |
| Yan Lam | Characterizing a foundation guild of fiber-utilizing bacteria in the human gut microbiota | Seed |
| Yanxiang Guo | Autophagy and Immunoresponse in LKB1-deficient KRAS-mutant NSCLC | Seed |