dkNET community events and announcements in January, 2025

Dear dkNET Community,

dkNET provides updates on activities of interest to the NIDDK-supported community. You could keep up to date on these activities through our Twitter feed @dkNET_info, through our Community Calendar, or through dkNET e-mail list. If you have an event or funding opportunities you'd like to advertise, please contact us info_at_dknet.org.

dkNET News

• Upcoming dkNET Webinar: Join us for a dkNET webinar "National Institute on Aging (NIA) Alzheimer's Disease Data Center" on Friday, February 14, 2025, 11 am - 12 pm PT. More information: https://dknet.org/about/webinar

• dkNET at Cell Bio 2024 Thank you to everyone who visited our booth and attended our poster presentations—it was wonderful meeting so many inspiring scientists! We hope you enjoyed the meeting! Explore the dkNET portal feature highlights shared during the conference: https://dknet.org/about/blog/2800. We are also seeking use cases and beta users for the Computational Core. If you're interested, reach out at info@dknet.org or fill out this Google Form.

• Recordings and Slides are Now Available for these dkNET Webinars:

• The 4DN Data Portal - Data, Resources and Tools to Help Elucidate Nuclear Organization in Space and Time, presented by Dr. Andrew Schroeder: Recording; Slides.

• Single Cell Multi-Omics Analysis of Beta Cell Heterogeneity and Differentiation, presented by Dr. Yan Li: Recording; Slides.

• Introduction to AI-READI, Studying Salutogenesis in T2DM, presented by Drs. Cecilia Lee, Bhavesh Patel, and Sally L Baxter: Recording; Slides.

• The ADI IsletCore and HumanIslets.com: Improving Accessibility, Integration and Usability of Human Research Islet Data, presented by Dr. Patrick MacDonald: Recording.

• Mapping the Human Landscape of Metabolite-Mediated Communication Signals Between Single Cells, presented by Dr. Kaifu Chen: Recording.

• Expanding Human Islet Research via the Integrated Islet Distribution Program (IIDP) Research Data Repository, presented by Dr. Joyce Niland and James Cravens: Recording.

Events in January 2025

Jan. 13-14, 2025

NIDDK Symposium: A 10-Year Anniversary Symposium Organized by The Human Islet Research Network: Changing the Course in Type 1 Diabetes

The purpose of the Changing the Course of Type 1 Diabetes: The Human Islet Research Network 10-year Anniversary Symposium is to bring together experts in type 1 diabetes (T1D) and investigators outside of the diabetes field to discuss current trends in biomedicine that have the potential to advance T1D research over the next decade. This symposium is open to the public and will focus on emerging concepts and technological advances tha t will catalyze progress in T1D research in three broad thematic areas: T1D etiology, discovery, and therapies. Registration deadline: Jan. 5, 2024 .

Location:  Bethesda, MD, USA

More information: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-workshops/2025/hirn-2025

Funding Opportunities Information and Deadlines in January 2025

Jan. 13, 2025

National NIH K12 Physician Scientist DiabDocs Program Application Due

The National NIH Physician Scientist DiabDocs-K12 Program is now open to scholars who can conduct research at any eligible US institution! The prime objective of our multi-center National NIH K12 “Diabetes- Docs: Physician-Scientist DiabDocs-K12 Program” (DiabDocs) is to support the academic research career development of the next generation of physician- scientists with a specific focus in basic and clinical diabetes. Application due date: January 13, 2025.

More information: https://med.stanford.edu/pedsendo/physician-scientist-diabdocs-k12-program.html#about_us

Jan. 13, 2025

IIDP Funding Opportunity Letter of Intent Due: 2025 IIDP Data Resource - Trainee Scholar Award (DRTSA) and the Data Resource Award

The Integrated Islet Distribution Program (IIDP) announces two new funding initiatives, the 2025 IIDP Data Resource - Trainee Scholar Award (DRTSA), that is intended to advance research in human pancreas biology by providing trainees with support and access to detailed donor and islet data contained within the IIDP’s Research Data Repository (RDR) that will enable important secondary analyses to explore the relationships among donor characteristics, islet phenotyping, and genetic risk. Studies supported by these awards should focus on key questions in pancreatic research. IIDP data, including detailed donor, islet isolation, and post-shipment phenotyping data, will be made available to award recipients via the IIDP’s Research Data Repository (RDR). A comprehensive list of data points available via the IIDP’s RDR can be viewed here: https://iidp.coh.org/Investigators/Research-Data-Repository. Another initiative is the 20 25 IIDP Data Resource Award (DRA), that is intended to advance research in human pancreas biology by providing new principal investigators with support and access to detailed donor and islet data contained within the IIDP’s Research Data Repository (RDR) that will enable important secondary analyses to explore the relationships among donor characteristics, islet phenotyping, and genetic risk. Information Webinar: December 6, 2024, 12 pm PT; Letter of Intent due date: December 16, 2024; Application Due Date: February 14, 2025.

More information: https://dknet.org/about/dknetnews/2795;  https://dknet.org/about/d knetnews/2796

Jan. 14, 2025

PKD Foundation Funding Opportunity Application Due: PKD Foundation' s Research Fellowship

The PKD Foundation’s principal mission is to support basic, translational and clinical research that will benefit patients with autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD and A RPKD). The PKD Foundation is interested in fostering research in the areas relevant to PKD with the goal of furthering our understanding of the physio logical, biochemical, molecular and genetic mechanisms of this disease. T is fellowship is designed to facilitate young investigators to obtain significant research experience as they initiate careers in PKD research. This program is intended to assure the continuity over time of outstanding investigators committed to the study of PKD.

More information: http s://pkdcure.org/research-medical-professionals/research-funding/apply-for-funding/pkd-foundation-fellowship-rfa/

Jan. 17, 2025

Application Deadline: AI Ready and Equitable Atlas for Diabetes Insights (AI-READI) Research Internship Program

AI-READI is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) program, a large trans-NIH initiative to generate new datasets to advancing artificial intelligence (AI). The program includes a year mentored research internship ai med at diversifying the future workforce at the intersection of data science/AI and the biomedical sciences. Inters will work on a mentored research project related to AI-READI at sites across the country under the mentorship of AI-READI faculty mentors, while also engaging in a didactic curriculum conducted throughout the year. The program is now open for applications and encourage you to share this opportunity with your networks and prospective participants! Application deadline: January 17, 2025.

More information: https://dknet.org/about/dknetnews/2778

Jan. 25, 2025

NIH Funding Opportunity Application Due: Enhancement and Management of Established Biomedical Data Repositories and Knowledgebases (U24 Clinic al Trial Not Allowed)

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is designed to support established biomedical data repositories and knowledgebases as distinct and separate resources that have demonstrated impact and have potential for continued benefit to the community served.

More information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-237.html