October 1, 2022, Deadline
Approaching for Application Submission
BEDMINSTER, N.J., September 26, 2022
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- With the submission deadline approaching, the
Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is calling for final grant
applications from early-career investigators studying gut
microbiota in human health and disease, including Covid-19, sleep
disorders, the brain-gut axis and other evolving gut health
research. The $50,000 research grant,
now in its 6th year, is juried by a panel of medical and scientific
experts in the field and can be applied to a new or existing study.
The application can be downloaded here and deadline for entry is
October 1, 2022, 5PM EST.
This is the sixth consecutive year the Biocodex Microbiota
Foundation has awarded the $50,000 US
grant, which aims to advance research and understanding of human
microbiota.
"The study of the gut microbiota and its role in human health
and disease is crucial for understanding the connections of the gut
with the rest of the body, along with the discovery of novel health
management solutions for these conditions," says Julien Dureisseix,
General Manager of Biocodex, Inc. "The Biocodex Microbiota
Foundation's mission is to help advance research and deepen the
understanding of human microbiota. We at Biocodex are excited to
continue the tradition of supporting up and coming researchers in
this field."
Julia Brown, MD, PhD., who is
currently a Postdoctoral Associate in Pediatrics at Weill Cornell
Medical College, received the 2021 grant to help further her
research into the neonatal gut microbiome and its role in lung
immune development and antiviral immunity.
"The Biocodex Microbiota Foundation grant has helped further the
efforts to understand how the microbiome contributes to the
heightened risks of severe RSV in preterm infants by dysregulating
the immune response," Dr. Brown explains. "We are currently working
to identify specific bacteria or metabolites that are responsible
for these effects, which could potentially offer therapeutic
strategies to improve immune function in preterm infants by
manipulating the microbiome."
Other Biocodex Microbiota Foundation $50,000 grant recipients include:
- 2020 -- Dr. Jessica Queen, MD,
PhD, for her work on Fusobacterium strains from colon cancer
biopsies
- 2019 -- Dr. Arpana Gupta, PhD.,
for her research on the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome
(MetS)
- 2018 -- Dr. Tao Yang, PhD., for his investigation into how
intestinal microbes may cause dysfunctional gut-brain
connections
- 2017 -- Dr. Rashim Singh, PhD,
for her research on flavonoids and microbiome interactions via
triple recycling and their roles in food-borne carcinogen-induced
colorectal cancer
The Biocodex Microbiota Foundation's annual call for grant
applications is part of a multi-year research initiative to
recognize the interaction between microbiota and different
pathologies. The 2022 applications will be reviewed, and recipient
selected, by the US Biocodex Microbiota Foundation's scientific
board, comprised of Dr. Ruth Ann
Luna from Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Emeran Mayer from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and Dr. Erica
Sonnenburg from Stanford
University.
The ideal applicant is a US-based researcher with five or less
years of research experience within the microbiota field seeking to
establish themselves as an independent researcher. All finalized
applications must be sent to USAFoundation@biocodex.com by the
October 1, 2022, 5 p.m. EST deadline. Late or incomplete
applications, or those that don't meet the criteria of the grant
program or research topic will not be considered.
To learn more information about Biocodex Microbiota Foundation
and the 2022 US grant program, click here.
About the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation:
The Biocodex Microbiota Foundation's mission is to support
research into microbiota and its interaction with various
pathologies. Research is reinforced through grants given to
projects that examine the implication of microbiota in human
health. The Biocodex Microbiota Foundation supports both
foundational and applied research, and projects are selected
annually by a committee of independent scientists.
The foundation's primary activity remains the awarding of annual
grants to innovative scientific research projects that explore the
structure and impact of microbiota. In addition, the foundation
also runs and helps establish programs to improve our understanding
of microbiota and disseminates this knowledge as widely as
possible, including scientific communities and via public projects
aimed to help improve human health.
The Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is a non-profit, general
interest organization. For more information about the foundation's
international research grants, visit here.
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