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dkNET News
New publication
"A New Approach to the Study of Energy Balance and Obesity using CalR", presented by Dr. Alexander Banks. CalR slides.
New added resources
Events in June, 2020
Jun. 08-22, 2020
ENDO Online 2020
More information: https://www.endocrine.org/meetings-and-events/endo-online-2020
Jun. 09, 2020
ENDO Online 2020 Basic Science Day
Jun. 12-16, 2020
American Diabetes Association 80th Scientific Sessions
More information: https://professional.diabetes.org/scientific-sessions
Jun. 15, 2020
Webinar Series on Sphingolipid Biology: Sphingolipids in Physiology and Pathology
More information: https://sphingolipidbiology.wixsite.com/slbiol-web
Jun. 21-26, 2020
[Cancelled] Gordon Research Conference: Basic and Translational Cellular Metabolism in Immunity
Location: Smithfield, RI, USA
More information: https://www.grc.org/immunometabolism-in-health-and-disease-conference/2020/
Jun. 29, 2020
Webinar Series on Sphingolipid Biology: Sphingolipids in Physiology and Pathology
More information: https://sphingolipidbiology.wixsite.com/slbiol-web
Jun. 30, 2020
21st Annual Harvard Nutrition & Obesity Symposium: Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutics
More information: https://dev.norch.org/center-events/2020-non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease-nafld/
Funding opportunities information and deadlines in June, 2020
Jun. 01, 2020
MMPC Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: MMPC MICROMouse Program
More information: https://www.mmpc.org/shared/microMouse.aspx
Jun. 02, 2020
NIDDK Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: New Paradigms in Tissue Communication-from mediators to metabolic function (RC2 Clinical Trials Optional)
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-18-886.html
Jun. 05, 2020
NIDDK Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: Small R01s for Clinical Trials Targeting Diseases within the Mission of NIDDK (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement encourages the submission of pilot and feasibility clinical trials conducted in humans that will lay the foundation for larger clinical trials related to the prevention and/or treatment of diseases and conditions within the mission of NIDDK. The program will support small, short-term clinical trials in humans to acquire preliminary data regarding the effects of the intervention, as well as feasibility data related to recruitment and retention, and study conduct. Applications for clinical trials submitted under this FOA should have clearly described aims and objectives, and have a high likelihood that the trial findings will lead to more definitive, hypothesis-driven trialsto improve understanding, diagnosis, prevention or treatment of the diseases studied and have the potential to impact clinical practice and/or public health. Preliminary data regarding intervention efficacy a?r?e not required.
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-20-160.html
Jun. 10, 2020
NIH Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: DiaComp Pilot and Feasibility Program
More information: https://dknet.org/about/dknetnews/2010
Jun. 12, 2020
NIDDK and ODP Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: The Physiology of the Weight Reduced State Clinical Trial Consortium (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
Following intentional weight loss, physiological processes including altered appetite and decreased energy expenditure create a tendency toward regain of lost weight. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites UG3/UH3 cooperative agreement applications from multi-disciplinary teams that propose to conduct collaborative mechanistic clinical trials focused on elucidation of the physiological mechanisms underlying individual variability in maintenance of reduced weight over time. This FOA will not support studies with a goal to evaluate the efficacy of interventions for weight loss or maintenance of reduced weight. Participants must be studied before and after a successful behavioral/lifestyle weight loss intervention to determine the extent, durability, and mechanisms for physiologic adaptations to weight loss, including metabolic and biobehavioral mechanisms. It is expected that tissue biospecimens will be collected that can be used to identify potential metabolic pathways that are altered after weight loss and may render it more difficult to maintain the reduced weight.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will use the bi-phasic, milestone-driven UG3/UH3 cooperative agreement mechanism in parallel with a companion FOA, RFA DK-19-018 , Physiology of the Weight Reduced State Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Awards made under this FOA will initially support a planning/preparation phase (UG3) for approximately one year with possible transition to a study (UH3) phase of up to four additional years once planning milestones are met. Applications submitted in response to this FOA must propose activities for both phases and are expected to include plans for project management and performance milestones for each phase.
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-19-017.html
Jun. 12, 2020
NIH Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00) Independent Clinical Trial Required)
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-187.html
Jun. 12, 2020
NIH Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00) Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-188.html
Jun. 16, 2020
NIDDK Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: Catalytic Tool and Technology Development in Kidney\, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-140.html
Jun. 18, 2020
NIDDK and NCI Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: Development of Wearable Smart Devices for Continuous Monitoring of Circulating Nutrients, Metabolites and Hormones (R21/R33 Clinical Trial Required)
Recent advances in precision nutrition and circadian metabolism have come from studies utilizing continuous glucose monitors. However, diet leads to metabolic excursion of thousands of nutrients and metabolites, some linked to gut microbiota metabolism. Precision nutrition studies would benefit significantly from tools that can be used to monitor the metabolic excursions of other nutrients and metabolites in response to diet or other factors. Such data could help identify quantifiable links between the consumption of specific nutrients or food constituents and patho-physiological processes and the factors that impact health and disease susceptibility along with the factors leading to inter-individual variability in those links.
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-134.html
Jun. 18, 2020
NIDDK and NCI Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: Gastrointestinal (GI and Microbiome Explorers: Development of Swallowable Smart Pills or Devices for Precision Nutrition, Microbiome and Digestive Disease Applications (R21/R33 Clinical Trial Required)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to support the development of tools/devices for sampling or monitoring of diet- gastro-intestinal (GI)(contents and mucosa) and microbial interactions (GI- Microbiome Explorer). It is anticipated that successful completion of the projects completed under this FOA will yield implementable devices/tools for gastroenterological research or other clinical applications, along with monitoring and sampling of GI contents and/or mucosa to examine diet-host-microbiome interactions for clinical research or diagnostic applications.
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-133.html
Jun. 18, 2020
NIDDK Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: Urological Epidemiology (UroEpi) Institutional Research Career Development Program [K12- Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed]
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites institutional career development program (K12) applications in the area of epidemiology of benign urological conditions. This institutional program will provide scholars with research and/or clinical doctoral degrees (including MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DrPH) with the skills and resources necessary to initiate an independent research career in the epidemiology of benign urological conditions within the mission of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) allows appointment of Scholars proposing to gain research experience in a clinical trial led by another investigator, as part of their research and career development.
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-20-001.html
Jun. 22, 2020
NIDDK Funding Opportunity Letter of Intent Due Date: Kidney Technology Development Research Education Program (R25- Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-20-006.html
Jun. 24, 2020
NIH Funding Opportunity Application Due Date: Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) (S06 Clinical Trials Optional)
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, in conjunction with the Institutes/Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) listed above in the "Components of Participating Organizations" section and the Indian Health Service (IHS), invites applications from federally recognized Tribes and Tribal organizations for the Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) initiative. The objective of the NARCH initiative is to support biomedical research and career enhancement opportunities to meet health needs prioritized by American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. The NARCH initiative also supports research capacity building and the development of research infrastructure to enhance the biomedical research capabilities of AI/AN communities.
More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-125.html