Pilot
and Feasibility Program
| Program
Director: |
David
Alpers, M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave., Campus Box 8031
St. Louis, MO 63110
Ph: 314-362-8943 Fax: 314-362-8230
E-mail: dalpers@dom.wustl.edu |
The
Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) and Named New Investigator Program provides
initial support for young investigators in either basic or patient-oriented
nutrition research to obtain adequate preliminary data which will lead to an
independent and competitive research grant application. This program also provides
support for established investigators who are working in other fields but are
interested in exploring new directions in nutrition-related research. Watch
this site for upcoming details of the June 2009 P&F application instructions.
Call
for Applications
Current
Awards
Current
and past P&F studies include:
- Acute
regulation of parathyroid hormone by dietary phosphate
-
An examination of dietary obesity related phenotypes in the LG/J and SM/J
mouse strains
-
Bone demineralization in HIV/AIDS patients treated with HAART
-
Calorie restriction and markers of aging in humans
- Control
of Intestinal Function by a conserved family of KCNQ-like potassium channels
in C. elegans
- Dietary
prevention of colon cancer
- Dissecting
pathways involved in sensing nutrient status and regulating growth using the
zebrafish, Danio rerio
- Effect
of liposuction on insulin sensitivity
- Fatty-acid
induced central insulin and leptin resistance
- GLUT8,
blastocyst nutrition and hyperinsulinemia
- Identification
of genes the regulate zinc metabolism and ras-mediated signaling
- Identifying
diet-regulated genes that control obesity
- In
vivo analysis of the adipocyte S3-12 protein
- Interactions
of fatty acids with RXRá ligand-binding domain
- Metabolic
effects of Valproate and Antipsychotic therapy
- Myocardial
metabolism in obesity
- Nutrient
regulation of islet beta cell survival
- Nutritional
fatty acids and rat brain development
- Omega-3
fatty acids and intestinal stem cell survival following injury
- Polycystic
ovary syndrome, hyperinsulinemia and embryotoxicity
- Proteoglycan
binding and atherogenicity of apoB-48
- Regulation
of fatty acid utilization
- Retinoids
in enteric nervous system development
- Role
of caveolin in triacylglycerol storage in lipid droplets
- Role
of liver fatty acid binding protein in fatty acid uptake and development of
hepatic steatosis
CNRU
Administration
Core
Laboratory Facilities Information
Clinical
Science Research Core
Animal
Model Research Core
Biomolecular
Analysis Core
Adipocyte Biology Core
