See where grants have been awarded across Minnesota.
Jennifer Westendorf, PhD
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and a leading cause of doctor visits, chronic disability, and joint pain. OA occurs when…
2022-2024
Jop van Berlo, MD, PhD
The goal of this project is to study the process of cardiac maturation, which involves changes that happen in the heart from birth to adulthood.…
2022-2024
Robert Tranquillo, PhD
The project aims to develop and test a novel method to create replacement blood vessels that are rapidly seeded with cells derived from a simple…
2022-2024
Juan Carlos Rivera-Mulia, PhD
1. Construct integrative models that characterize the developmental states and rhythms of early embryogenesis.
2. Identify the developmental…
2022-2024
Rory Smoot, MD
This application examines the mechanisms by which targeting the molecule YAP with medications can facilitate liver regeneration. We propose that YAP…
2022-2024
Joseph Metzger, PhD
This proposal focuses on leveraging advances in cardiac stem cell biology to forge new therapeutic modalities for combating heart disease, the…
2022-2024
Qiuying Liu, PhD
Congenital hydrocephalus is a major cause of childhood morbidity. Mutations in Trim71, a conserved stem-cell-specific RNA-binding protein, cause this…
2022-2024
James Dutton, PhD
Dry Age related macular degeneration is a chronic disease of aging that causes progressive loss
of vision due to damage to the RPE cell layer in the…
2022-2024
Aaron Krych, MD
The overall goal of this study is to test the safety and feasibility for a one-stage cartilage restoration procedure for symptomatic defects of the…
2022-2024
Robert Kaiser, PhD, DABT
To procure and optimize processing of human hepatocytes for research and clinical purposes.
2021-2022
Andrew Lewis, PhD
The goal of this project is develop a platform for engineering cells from non-autologous sources for cell therapy. We will use a transposon-based non…
2021-2022
Timothy O'Brien, DVM, PhD
Our goal is to develop a therapeutic product that can arrest or reverse the progress of osteoarthritis of the knee, delay or obviate the need for…
2021-2022