“see discovery.” UK Alum Paves the Way for Space Exploration
When you ask UK alum and former astronaut Story Musgrave about being the only person to have traveled to space in five different shuttles, he hesitates.
"I never come for a triumph, I come for tomorrow," said the 80-year-old in a recent interview.
That attitude propelled Musgrave to a career that has led him to succeed in a wide range of fields – from serving in the Marines to scientific research to practicing medicine to teaching to space exploration, just to name a few.
Thompson Publishes Findings About Increased Atherosclerosis in Mice
Increased atherosclerosis in mice with increased vascular biglycan content. Thompson JC, Tang T, Wilson PG, Yoder MH, Tannock LR. Atherosclerosis. 2014 Apr 15;235(1):71-75. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.03.037. [Epub] PMID: 24816040
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Birdwhistell, Steltenkamp Among 2014 MediStar Award Winners
Gerhardt Laboratory
Overarching Mission of the Gerhardt Laboratory:
The Major mission of the Gerhardt Lab is to develop Brain Machine Interface (BMI) medical technologies involving implantations of catheters (Parkinson’s studies), microelectrodes (MEA’s for chemical and electrophysiological recordings) and combined closed-loop technologies for the understanding and treatment of brain disorders.
Parkinson’s Disease:
FY15 HHS Budget Appropriations Update
[From the Proposal Development Office]
UK Colleagues:
NIH eRA Commons Down Memorial Day Weekend
Over Memorial Day weekend, all eRA services will be completely shut down (this means both Commons and ASSIST). The systems will be brought down at 9 p.m. on Friday, May 23 and are expected to be restored to service by Tuesday, May 27 at 7 a.m. This downtime is to complete the upgrade of all eRA systems so they are Unicode capable.
UK Receives $1.5 Million Grant for Youth Substance Abuse Program
UK Research Project to Focus on Lung Cancer, Pediatric Obesity in Appalachia
Sui Finds Bisphenol A Increases Athersclerosis in Mouse Model
Bisphenol A Increases Atherosclerosis in Pregnane X Receptor-Humanized ApoE Deficient Mice. Sui Y, Park SH, Helsley RN, Sunkara M, Gonzalez FJ, Morris AJ, Zhou C. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Apr 22;3(2):e000492. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000492. PMID: 24755147
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Xiang's Research Shows that Platelets Inhibit Inflammation to Protect from Septic Shock
Platelets protect from septic shock by inhibiting macrophage-dependent inflammation via the cyclooxygenase 1 signalling pathway. Xiang B, Zhang G, Guo L, Li XA, Morris AJ, Daugherty A, Whiteheart SW, Smyth SS, Li Z. Nat Commun. 2013;4:2657. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3657. PMID: 24150174
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