Biocodex Microbiota Foundation US Research Grant

Biocodex Microbiota Foundation US Research Grant

The Biocodex Microbiota Foundation, an organization founded by Biocodex, is dedicated to talented scientific projects that explore the implication of microbiota in human health, has announced its 2023 open call for applications for its $50,000 annual US Research Grant. The application can be downloaded here.

This will be the 7th consecutive year the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation has awarded the $50,000 US grant, which is juried by a panel of medical and scientific experts in the field and will be awarded to a US-based, early-career investigator studying gut microbiota in human health and disease, and can be applied to a new or existing study.

We hope you will share this open call information. The application and details are available online at the link above. Deadline to enter is 10/1/2023.

Previous Biocodex Microbiota Foundation $50,000 grant recipients include:

  • 2022 – Dr. Harikesh Dubey, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, for his research focused on to study the effect of gut microbiomes (collected from human infants) on brain structure and functions in various mouse models of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • 2021 – Dr. Julie Brown, MD, PhD, for her research into the neonatal gut microbiome and its role in lung immune development and antiviral immunity
  • 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

Danone Awarding TWO $25,000 Grants for Graduate Students

GRANT ALERT:  Danone North America Public Benefit Corporation, announces its 8th Danone North America Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant. As a part of our commitment to advancing the study of the gut microbiome on well-being, Danone will award $25,000 each to two graduate students who aim to explore how the gut microbiome, probiotics and yogurt helps support and maintain human health and wellness.  Applications are due by February 14, 2020. For more information and how to apply, visit: http://www.danonenorthamerica.com/fellowship-application/

Noel presents at EPI in Action!

Noel presents at EPI in Action!

On October 5, Noel Britton presented her poster Comparison of fungal DNA extraction methodologies for mycobiome analysis at the Department of Epidemiology’s EPI in Action! Student Poster Presentation Symposium.

Noel is a Clinical Research Coordinator and a PhD Student in the Department of Epidemiology.

 

Congrats to the FMT grant awardees!

Congratulations!

We are pleased to announce the following doctors have been awarded a CMM Grant of $50,000 for their proposals for a Fecal Microbiome Transplantation Grant.

Tatiana Bogdanovich, MD, PhD, MSc
Director, Fecal Microbiota Transplant Program
Clinical Assistant Professor, Transplant Infectious Diseases
Division of Infectious Diseases

Georgios Kitsios, MD, PhD
Fellow, Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine

Bernard JC Macatangay, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Immunology
Assistant Director, Pitt Immunology Specialty Lab
Clinical Lab Director, Pitt Clinical Research Site
Division of Infectious Diseases/ HIV/AIDS Program