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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards UK Statistician’s Open Software to Advance Biomedical Research

Dec 14, 2020, 8:56 AM

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has funded a University of Kentucky open source software project aimed at advancing scientific and biomedical research. Derek Young will use the grant to significantly modernize and enhance his two R packages, titled “mixtools” and “tolerance.”

UK Cardiologist Discovers 'Game Changer' Therapy for Heart Failure Patients

Oct 27, 2020, 8:40 AM

Dr. Emma Birks, UK HealthCare's heart failure section chief, is working on a new treatment therapy that recovers the hearts of some patients with advanced-stage chronic heart failure and ultimately cut down the number of heart transplants needed.

UK Researchers Awarded $1.1 Million Grant to Develop Metabolomics Data Analysis Tools

Aug 26, 2020, 8:11 AM

The challenge, Moseley says, is in analyzing this complex data to derive new biological knowledge and in making this data and knowledge available in a highly reusable format in public scientific repositories.

NIH Awards $11.2 Million for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation Center at UK

Aug 3, 2020, 8:27 AM

"Our outstanding researchers at the University of Kentucky are leading the way in translational chemical biology, and the recently awarded COBRE grant is a testament to UK CPRI’s success in their constant pursuit of discovery," said UK President Eli Capilouto.

Guoqiang Yu Awarded Two NIH Grants Totaling Nearly $4.7 Million

May 28, 2020, 8:37 AM

Guoqiang Yu has been awarded two grants from the National Institutes of Health that total nearly $4.7 million. Yu researches near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopy/tomography through his Biomedical Optics Lab.

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UK Chemistry, College of Medicine to Host Biochemist Rafael Radi March 2, 3

Feb 24, 2020, 8:07 AM

Next week, UK College of Medicine and the Department of Chemistry in the UK College of Arts and Sciences will host renowned biochemist Dr. Rafael Radi for two special events on campus.

UK Researcher’s Study Focuses on Painful Hip Condition

Feb 6, 2020, 8:15 AM

A study in the January issue of Clinical Biomechanics helps shed light on the short-term outcome of arthroscopic surgery for a painful hip condition known as femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS).

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UK OTC, Partners Receive Phase II Funding for Southeast XLerator Network

Dec 19, 2019, 1:24 PM

In October 2018, it was announced that UK and regional partners had received a federal NIH grant that could potentially total $3.5 million over three years to create a hub to accelerate the commercialization of biomedical technologies.

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4 UK Technologies Pitched to Entrepreneurs at Founder Hunt

Dec 13, 2019, 8:39 AM

The UK Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) worked with four UK innovators to pitch their technologies at the inaugural Founder Hunt event at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Groundbreaking Grant Will Transform Kentucky’s Healthcare Startup Ecosystem

Oct 31, 2019, 10:23 AM

An elite $4 million grant received by UK, UofL, C3, and the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development paves the way to bring dozens of new biotech and heath companies to life across the state.

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