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Examining Mechanisms of Challenging Eating Behaviors in Children with Autism Using a Biopsychosocial Approach.
$165,240Anna Wallisch · University Of Kansas Medical Center · K23 · FY2024 · HD
Development of colonic intraepithelial lymphocytes and their role in epithelial and immune function
$165,239Kristine A. Kuhn · University Of Colorado Denver · K08 · FY2017 · DK
Early life protein-enriched human milk diets to increase lean body mass accretion and diversity of the gut microbiome in extremely preterm infants: a randomized trial
$165,126Ariel Salas · University Of Alabama At Birmingham · K23 · FY2021 · HD
Early life protein-enriched human milk diets to increase lean body mass accretion and diversity of the gut microbiome in extremely preterm infants: a randomized trial
$165,126Ariel Salas · University Of Alabama At Birmingham · K23 · FY2020 · HD
Human Biomimetic Scientific Core
$165,080Sarah E Blutt · Baylor College Of Medicine · U19 · FY2025 · AI
Mechanisms Underlying Individual Variations of Taste and Smell in Obesity
$165,005Paule Joseph · National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism · ZIA · FY2021 · AA
Collaborative Research: NSF-BIO/BBSRC: The amphibian skin microbial-immune interface and its impact on infection outcome
$165,000Barney Bishop · George Mason University · · FY2022 · BIO
MORE THAN 2 BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE EXPERIENCE MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES. FAILURE TO CONSUME ENOUGH VITAMINS AND MINERALS IS A GROWING, GLOBAL PROBLEM (TERMED HIDDEN HUNGER). AN UNLIKELY, LOW-TECH SOLUTION TO IMPROVING CROP QUALITY WITHOUT SACRIFICING YIELD COULD LITERALLY BE LAYING AT OUR FEET. THE SOIL/ROOT MICROBIOME HAS BEEN TOUTED AS A POTENTIAL SOLUTION TO AFFECT AGRONOMICALLY IMPORTANT PLANTS TRAITS AND YIELD, BUT COULD IT ALSO IMPROVE NUTRIENT QUALITY?THE PLANT MICROBIOME MEDIATES MANY ASPECTS OF PLANT PHENOTYPE, INCLUDING YIELD, REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY, AND STRESS TOLERANCE PHENOTYPES. MICROBES ALSO PROFOUNDLY AFFECT NUTRIENT CYCLING AND AVAILABILITY IN THE RHIZOSPHERE WHICH CAN DIRECTLY AFFECT CROP NUTRITIONAL QUALITY. THE MAJOR GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO HARNESS THE PLANT MICROBIOME TO ENHANCE CROP NUTRITIONAL QUALITY, AN EMERGING RESEARCH AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL TO LINK ECOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES TO OPTIMIZE FOOD PRODUCTION.I PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIOME AFFECTS SEED NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT PULSE CROP WORLDWIDE, CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM). I WILL MINE THE MICROBIOME OF DOMESTIC AND WILD CHICKPEA RELATIVES, USING AN APPROACH THAT INCORPORATES CUTTING EDGE SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES, SEED NUTRITIONAL PHENOTYPING, AND INFORMATICS TO GENERATE HYPOTHESES, AND SYNTHETIC COMMUNITY APPROACHES TO VALIDATE THESE RELATIONSHIPS. THIS WORK WILL RESULT IN ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL LEAD TO IMPROVED CROP QUALITY, THUS AMELIORATING HIDDEN HUNGER WORLDWIDE. ADDITIONALLY, APPROACHES DEVELOPED HERE CAN BE USED WIDELY BY RESEARCHERS INTERESTED IN LINKING HOST PHENOTYPE TO MICROBIOME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.
$165,000Washington State University · · FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Biomarker-Guided Antimicrobial optimization to reduce complications from intra-abdominal infections
$165,000Robert G Sawyer · Surgical Infection Society Foundation For Education And Research · R34 · FY2024 · AI
Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard
$165,000Steven Kyle Grinspoon · Massachusetts General Hospital · P30 · FY2020 · DK
INCIDENCE OF OBESITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE, MAKING ITS PREVENTION OR REDUCTION A PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY. NUTRITION RESEARCH THAT CAN LEAD TO EFFECTIVE PREVENTION STRATEGIES IS GREATLY NEEDED. INFLAMMATION IS A MAJOR UNDERLYING CAUSE FOR OBESITY, AND IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOOD SOURCES, SUCH AS FISH OIL, COULD AID IN REDUCING OBESITY. MOREOVER, EXERCISE IS EFFECTIVE AT REDUCING SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION AND IMPROVING INSULIN RESISTANCE. BOTH EXERCISE AND DIET CAN INFLUENCE HEALTH THROUGH CHANGES IN GUT MICROBIOME; HOWEVER, NO STUDIES HAVE INVESTIGATED HOW TOGETHER THESE AFFECT GUT MICROBIOME AND OVERALL METABOLIC HEALTH. OUR GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF FISH OIL AND EXERCISE IN OBESITY-ASSOCIATED INFLAMMATION. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT FISH OIL WILL IMPROVE GUT BACTERIA PROFILES, WHICH WILL IN TURN POTENTIATE THE BENEFITS OF AN EXERCISE PROGRAM AND IMPROVE ENERGY UTILIZATION AND REDUCE INFLAMMATION AND METABOLIC RISK. OUR STUDIES WILL PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL STRATEGIES FOR OBESITY, INFLAMMATION, DYSLIPIDEMIA AND DYSGLYCEMIA.
$165,000Texas Tech University System · · FY2020 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Postdoctoral Fellowship: SPRF: A Novel Exploration of Global Variation in the Human Estrobolome
$165,000Rebecca S Brittain · Brittain, Rebecca Shae Anna · · FY2023 · SBE
DESPITE ITS POTENTIAL TO AFFECT THE BRAIN IN CHILDREN AND BABIES, CHLORPYRIFOS IS A COMMONLY USED PESTICIDE (7 MILLION POUNDS ANNUALLY) FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (E.G., APPLES, PEACHES, BELL PEPPERS). OTHER PESTICIDES (SIMILAR TO CHLORPYRIFOS) HAVE BEEN SEEN TO KILL CERTAIN BACTERIA IN THE GUT MICROBIOME AND, CONSEQUENTLY, NEGATIVELY AFFECT HUMAN HEALTH.THE GUT MICROBIOME, WHICH IS A COLLECTION OF BACTERIA LIVING IN OUR GUT TO HELP US DIGEST FOOD, IS IMPORTANT TO OVERALL HUMAN HEALTH. NO STUDIES HAVE INVESTIGATED THE EFFECT OF CHLORPYRIFOS ON THE GUT MICROBIOME AT DOSES SIMILAR TO THE AMOUNT OF CHLORPYRIFOS SEEN ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AVAILABLE AT STORES. THIS STUDY USES A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF CHLORPYRIFOS IN WILD TYPE MICE. MICE ARE COMMONLY USED AS A MODEL ORGANISM AND THE RESULTS FROM THESE STUDIES ARE USED TO MAKE INFERENCES ABOUT HUMAN HEALTH. I WILL TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE SMALL LEVELS OF CHLORPYRIFOS SEEN ON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WILL PROMOTE AN IMPAIRED GUT MICROBIOME, LEAD TO INCREASED INFLAMMATION IN THE GUT, AND EXACERBATE THE EFFECTS OF OBESITY. NEW TECHNIQUES WILL BE USED TO DIRECTLY INVESTIGATE THE DAMAGE TO THE BACTERIA IN THE MICROBIOME, WHAT PRODUCTS THE BACTERIA ARE MAKING IN THE GUT, AND HOW THESE PRODUCTS CHANGE AFTER EXPOSURE TO CHLORPYRIFOS. TOGETHER, THESE RESULTS WILL ILLUSTRATE THAT CHLORPYRIFOS EXPOSURE PROMOTES DETRIMENTAL MODULATION OF THE GUT MICROBIOME.
$165,000The Pennsylvania State University · · FY2020 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Bayesian Sparse Dirichlet-Multinomial Models for Discovering Latent Structure in High-Dimensional Compositional Count Data
$164,999Matthew D Koslovsky · Colorado State University · · FY2023 · MPS
MICROBES INHABITING FLORAL NECTAR HAVE GARNERED ATTENTION DUE TO THEIR POTENTIAL TO ALTER INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BEES AND FLOWERS, AND THUS INFLUENCE POLLINATION. THESE BACTERIA AND YEASTS, JUST LIKE MACROORGANISMS, CAN BE SUBJECTED TO NON-TARGET IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES, POTENTIALLY AFFECTING BEE BEHAVIOR AND CROP POLLINATION. NEONICOTINOIDS ARE THE MOST WIDELY USED CLASS OF INSECTICIDES WORLDWIDE AND CAN ALTER CERTAIN MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, YET WE KNOW NOTHING OF HOW THEY IMPACT NECTAR MICROBES. FURTHERMORE, IRRIGATION (I.E., PLANT WATER AVAILABILITY) INFLUENCES NEONICOTINOID TRANSLOCATION THROUGH PLANT TISSUES AND NECTAR PROPERTIES, YET THE IMPACTS OF THIS AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE ON NECTAR MICROBES ALSO REMAIN UNSTUDIED. IN THIS POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH PROJECT, I WILL INVESTIGATE HOW NEONICOTINOIDS AND PLANT WATER AVAILABILITY INTERACT TO AFFECT NECTAR MICROBES AND ULTIMATELY POLLINATION. SPECIFICALLY, I WILL TEST (1) HOW NEONICOTINOIDS AFFECT THE TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION OF NECTAR MICROBES IN PLANTS GROWN UNDER DIFFERING WATERING REGIMES; (2) HOW THESE ALTERED MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AFFECT NECTAR CONSUMPTION BY SOLITARY BEES; AND (3) HOW THIS TRANSLATES TO POLLINATION AND SEED SET UNDER SEMI-FIELD CONDITIONS. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE COMMONPLACE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES MAY INFLUENCE POLLINATION VIA THE FLORAL MICROBIOME, IN HOPES OF FURTHER INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE PEST AND POLLINATOR MANAGEMENT IN NORTH AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WITH AFRI FARM BILL PRIORITY AREA "PLANT HEALTH, PRODUCTION, AND PLANT PRODUCTS" AND WILL BE COMPLETED UNDER THE MENTORSHIP OF RACHEL VANNETTE (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS). THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE AFRI EWD PROGRAM BY PREPARING ME VIA INTERACTIVE MENTORING, SCIENTIFIC TRAINING, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, AND SELF-EVALUATION.
$164,887University Of California, Davis · · FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Psychosocial stressors in relation to oral health in African American women
$164,875Yvette C Cozier · Boston University Medical Campus · R03 · FY2018 · DE
Microbiome of the Airway and the Risk for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in the Lungs of Extreme Preterms: The MARBLE Study
$164,808Erik Allen Jensen · Children'S Hosp Of Philadelphia · K23 · FY2018 · HL
Administrative Core
$164,736Jill P Buyon · New York University School Of Medicine · P50 · FY2019 · AR
Precise Microbiome Editing for the Treatment of Acne
$164,724Yug Varma · Phi Therapeutics, Inc. · R43 · FY2015 · AR
Clinical Core (MSSM)
$164,716Christina M Wyatt · Baylor College Of Medicine · P01 · FY2017 · DK
From Symbiosis to Dysbiosis and Back: The Impact of Pro-Inflammation and Pro-Resolution
$164,700Ning Yu · Ada Forsyth Institute, Inc. · K99 · FY2024 · DE
From Symbiosis to Dysbiosis and Back: The Impact of Pro-Inflammation and Pro-Resolution
$164,700Ning Yu · Ada Forsyth Institute, Inc. · K99 · FY2025 · DE
Role of the Oral Microbiome in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression
$164,653Philip Stashenko · Boston University Medical Campus · R21 · FY2020 · DE
Determining the role of the creatine pathway regulation of intestinal goblet cell development in colitis
$164,645Caroline H Hall · University Of Colorado Denver · K08 · FY2024 · DK
Nano-response: Immune stimulation, microbiome perturbation, and impacts from protein corona
$164,635Wenwan Zhong · University Of California Riverside · U01 · FY2017 · ES