
Support and Progress
- NIH—R01(HL153529), $1,936,792 (07/01/2020 –06/30/2024), Project Title: The Matricellular Protein Cyr61 Signaling Axis in Arterial Restenosis, Mei-Zhen Cui, PI, Xuemin Xu, Co- Investigator and John Garza, Co-Investigator.
- NIH - R01 (HL107466), $1,880,618 (07/01/2017 – 06/30/2021), (Direct cost: $1,279,332, F&A: $601,286). Project title: Novel mechanism mediating LPA-induced smooth muscle cell and vascular responses, Mei-Zhen Cui, PI, Xuemin Xu, Co-Investigator.
- Mei-Zhen Cui STARs fund ($500,000) from University of Texas System.
- R21NS095256 (From NIH) X. Xu (PI) 09/01/16–12/31/19 “Pathogenic Role of the Novel Mitochondrial Apoptotic Protein (PSAP) in ALS” The objective of this proposal is to determine the pathogenic role of a novel molecule, PSAP, in neurodegeneration in ALS.
- Xuemin Xu STARs fund ($500,000) from University of Texas System.
- Ayudhya rising STARs, University of Texas System (2019-2022, $300,000)
- Ayudhya Alaska INBRE Pilot Grant (2018-2019, $75,000)
- Innovate Award, UAA T. Ayudhya (2018, $10,000)
- Alaska INBRE Equipment Grant for NMR T. Ayudhya (2017, $180,000)
- Rising STARs Award (Univ of TX System) - Carbon Monoxide as Therapeutics: Dingra, N. $300,000 (2019-2022)
- Alaska INBRE Pilot Award (NIH) - Antineoplastic, Anti-inflammatory, and Hepatic Clearance Profiling of CORCB-1: Dingra, N. $75,000 (2018-2019)
- Cha Dong’s medicinal chemistry laboratory is investigating the synthesis of Gout medicines. STARs fund $237000 from University of Texas Systems.
- Gandhi, P. Gutierrez, J. Garza, T. Gray-Walzo, R. Meiser, S. David, M. Carrillo, M. Narasimhan, M. Galloway, and G. Ventolini, Vaginal Lactobacillus species and inflammatory biomarkers in pregnancy. Minerva Ginecologica, (2020). DOI: 10.23736/s0026-4784.20.04566-9 PMID: 32403915
- K. Gandhi, P. Gutierrez, J. Garza, R. Arispe, M. Galloway, and G. Ventolini. Lactobacillus species and inflammatory cytokine profile in the vaginal milieu of pre-menopausal and post- menopausal women. GREM-Gynecological and Reproductive Endocrinology & Metabolism. (2020)
- Rajalingam Dakshinamurthy, STARS Grant Biomedical, $140,000 (2020)