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Big League Addiction Research
Though his first passion was baseball, Professor Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., of the College of Medicine, has become an internationally recognized neuroscientist – a major-league researcher for pain and addiction.
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Antipsychotics' Effects on Youth
John W. Newcomer, M.D., of the College of Medicine, along with his co-authors of a new study recently published in
JAMA Psychiatry, point to their findings as a wake-up call for psychiatrists and other clinicians treating youths. Their clinical trial revealed that even short-term antipsychotic treatment can negatively impact key disease risk factors, such as increased body fat and decreased sensitivity to insulin.
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Potential Antimicrobial Found at Sea
In a study recently published in the journal
Frontiers in Microbiology, FAU Harbor Branch scientists found anti-microbial activity in more than half of the 50 actinobacteria strains they sampled from marine sponges. The team found a strain that's more powerful than the antibiotic vancomycin, used to treat
C.
difficile
– a bacterium that can cause ...
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Sleeping with Fishes
Alex Keene, Ph.D., of the College of Science and Erik Duboue, Ph.D., of the Honors College, studied the role of the environment and differences in sleep cycles in various animal species including fish. Their findings, recently published in the
Journal of Experimental Biology, may lead to approaches to sleep-related disease treatments.
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Ensuring Due Process in Animal Welfare Noncompliance
Investigators and animal use professionals now have new guidance for dealing with noncompliance, thanks to Sylvia Gografe, D.V.M., Ph.D., director of comparative medicine. Gografe helped develop recommendations for use in research institutions, published in the
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
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NIH Peer Review Assures That Integrity Matters
NIH reminds investigators of the importance of maintaining integrity in the peer review process. To view the agency's announcement, click
here.
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Recent Sponsored Research Awards
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Investigator Name and Project
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Sponsor Name and Total Anticipated Funding
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Kim Myeongsub
Development of a 90 Day Expiration Dots
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Time Label Technologies
$57,772
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Karethy Edwards
Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention in Primary Care Training Program
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Health Resources and Services Administrator
$2,800,000
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Cassandra Atkin-Plunk
Palm Beach County Reentry
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Palm Beach County
$135,128
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9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Aug. 21 & 22,
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Proposals accepted anytime
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Proposals accepted anytime
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Expand Your Search for Research Funding
To find funding opportunities, visit GrantForward. To find university-based resources, expertise and collaborators, use Florida ExpertNet. Click on the images below.
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Now, more than ever, it's important to broadcast your scientific and scholarly achievements.
Please send research news and accomplishments to
Luis F. Perez or Beth C. Barak
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