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Congratulations to Dr Jia Li on her recent funding success.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well done to all Principal Investigators and teams in the Department who have recently been awarded research grants. Here is our quarterly round-up of funding successes.*<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proposal Dept\/Group<\/strong><\/td>\nPI Name<\/strong><\/td>\nSponsor<\/strong><\/td>\nProposal Title<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Awarded Value (\u00a3)**<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology<\/td>\nAylin Hanyaloglu<\/td>\nGenesis Research Trust<\/td>\nDeciphering G protein-coupled receptor activity<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 39,096<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology<\/td>\nStephen Franks<\/td>\nWellcome Trust<\/td>\nThe Healthy Reproductive Ageing Study (HERA)<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 314,720<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Division of Systems Medicine<\/td>\nJake Bundy<\/td>\nNERC Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)<\/td>\nTackling PFAS complexity through mode of action assignment<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 382,893<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology<\/td>\nMaria Kyrgiou<\/td>\nWellbeing of Women<\/td>\nNovel technologies for cervical screening in the era of self sampling evaluation of the Iponatic and HPV NPAX tests for rapid and enhanced detection of cervical precancer and cancer<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Digestive Disease<\/td>\nTamas Korcsmaros<\/td>\nHuman Frontier Science Program<\/td>\nMicrobes Also Need Their Space: A BioPrinting Approach to Unravel Host-Microbe Interactions in IBD<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 217,512<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hepatology and Gastroenterology<\/td>\nTamir Rashid<\/td>\nAddition Therapeutics<\/td>\nTesting Gene Printing Tools in Human Liver Models<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 500,122<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nutrition<\/td>\nJia Li<\/td>\nMRC Medical Research Council (MRC)<\/td>\nExploring the Transgenerational Impacts of Maternal Surgical and Pharmacological Obesity Management<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,048,181<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology<\/td>\nPhillip Bennett<\/td>\nImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust<\/td>\nFunding to support Commercial activities WHRC Band 7 Amy Barker Research Nurse<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 76,685<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology<\/td>\nMark Johnson<\/td>\nThe Borne Foundation<\/td>\nBig BUMP Biological sample collection during pregnancy<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 78,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology<\/td>\nChristoph Lees<\/td>\nImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust<\/td>\nResearch delivery support for POPPY study (edge reference: 154984)<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 164,622<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hepatology and Gastroenterology<\/td>\nDespoina Chrysostomou<\/td>\nPancreatic Cancer UK<\/td>\nTargeting the gut microbiome to predict therapy outcomes in pancreatic cancer.<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 99,201<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

** This is the total project value,\u00a0including subprojects.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*Dude, where\u2019s my grant? A disclaimer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

To ensure the quality and accuracy of the information published on this blog, we source our data directly from the College\u2019s strategic reporting dashboards, relating to FoM. This means that, typically, we only include awards on this list which have been set up on the College\u2019s grants management system, in accordance with the Joint Research Office\u2019s policies and processes. As a result, there may be a delay in promoting some awards.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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