Project Investigators

University of Louisiana at Monroe Protective role of Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone Antagonists in Endothelial Barrier Dysfunction

Louisiana Tech University Multifunctional Living Stem Cell-Laden Hydrogel Networks for Directed Tissue Regeneration

Louisiana State University Shreveport Startup Project Ischemic Stroke in COVID-19 Patients - Predicting Outcomes with Machine Learning.

University of Louisiana at Monroe Full Project Development of fisetin as a novel inhibitor co-targeting PI3K/AKT/mTOR/Rac1 and IL-17A for Treating Psoriasis

Louisiana State University Shreveport Pilot Project Impact of rapid heat acquisition on neural function, decision-making, stress, and inflammation.

Louisiana State University Shreveport Translational Preclinical Development of Small Molecule Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease

Xavier University of Louisiana Full Project Nano particulate magnetic imaging Agents for Cancer Diagnostic

University of Louisiana at Monroe Full Project miR-mediated Inhibition of Lung Cancer Progression

University of Louisiana at Monroe Full Project Development of Pyrazoles and Related Heterocyclic Compounds as Anti-Cancer Agents : Design, Synthesis and Anti-cancer Activity Studies

Xavier University of Louisiana Startup Project The interaction between kainate (KRs) and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in modulating nicotine-associated behaviors.

Southeastern Louisiana University Full Project Life in the fast lane: Testing for congruence among transcriptomic signatures

University of Louisiana at Monroe Startup Project Characterization of Hsc70 interactions regulating LPS stimulated RAW264.7 cells.

Louisiana State University Shreveport Full Project Elucidation of Plant-Derived Drug Biosynthetic Pathways and Molecular Mechanisms as Anticancer Agents

Southeastern University of Louisiana Pilot Project A Multi-View Spatiotemporal Hierarchical Deep Fusion Learning Model for Decoding Human Brain Activity.

Southeastern Louisiana University Full Project MindPrint: Exploring uniqueness of individuals' brain signals

University of Louisiana at Monroe Full Project Formulation and characterization of pluronic lecithin organogel as an efficient transdermal delivery vehicle of the flavonol fisetin and its potent derivatives.

University of New Orleans Exploring Toggle Proteins: Bridging Ordered and Disordered States with Explanatory Insight Pilot Project thoque@uno.edu

South Eastern Louisiana University Effects of environmental contaminants on mosquito development & virus replication Startup Project justin.anderson-3@selu.edu

South Eastern Louisiana University The Development of the 'Fight Bacteria with Bacteria (F2B)' Methodology: Using Current Pathogenic Bacteria Models to Uncover a Probable Core Mechanism for Treating Newly Emerging Pathogenic Bacteria Pilot Project james.cho@selu.edu

University of Louisiana at Monroe Antigenic variation in the protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia Pilot Project garlapati@ulm.edu

Xavier University of Louisiana Development of a Targeted Photorelease Drug Delivery System Full Project scdimagg@xula.edu

University of Louisiana at Monroe Harnessing Microbial Symbiosis to Biofortify Iron in Garden Pea for Combating Human Anemia Startup Project kabir@ulm.edu

Xavier University of Louisiana Evaluating the role of reactive astrocytes in glioblastoma metastasis utilizing a modular 3-D in vitro platform Startup Project cbolden6@xula.edu

Loyola University New Orleans Regulation of orphan receptor NR4A2: adopting a novel target for osteoarthritis Full Project kmix@loyno.edu

Loyola University New Orleans Molecular specificity determinants in erythromycin resistance methyltransferases Full Project ajschoef@loyno.edu

Louisiana State University, Shreveport Identifying the mechanisms by which Kin17 promotes EMT Full Project mconnel2@lsus.edu

Southern University and A&M College at Baton Rouge Role of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S1) Protein on LOX-1 Receptor Expression in Macrophages Pilot Project md.hossain@subr.edu

Louisiana Tech University The nanoparticulate elixir of microbial alchemists: Assessing the antibiotic efficacy and anticancer potency of microbially generated gold and selenium nanoparticles Pilot Project mwells@latech.edu

Southern University and A&M College devaiah_kambiranda@suagcenter.com