Funding to the lab and PI

7/2024 – 6/2029. National Institutes of Health (NIH)-NIGMS. MIRA/R35 (1R35GM152426).

6/2023. National Institutes of Health (NIH)-NIGMS. Supplement from the R01 (R01GM130866) to purchase a new -80C freezer.

4/2023 – 3/2025. National Science Foundation (NSF). CAREER Award (#2239056).

11/2020 – 10/2024. UNC-Chapel Hill, School of Medicine. Jefferson Pilot Award.

7/2020. National Institutes of Health (NIH)-NIGMS. Supplement from the R01 (R01GM130866) to purchase an electroporation transfection equipment.

4/2019 – 3/2022. American Heart Association (AHA). Career Development Award (19CDA34660248).

3/2019 – 3/2024. National Institutes of Health (NIH)-NIGMS. R01 (R01GM130866).

3/2018 – 3/2020. March of Dimes Foundation. Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award (5-FY18-36).

8/2018 – 1/2020. NC TraCs. 50K Pilot Grant.

3/2017 – 3/2019. NORC – UNC-Chapel Hill. Pilot Grant (P30DK056350)

2017. IBM/Provost UNC-Chapel Hill. Junior Development Faculty Award.

2016 – present. UNC-Chapel Hill, Dept. Cell Biology and Physiology. Start up Funds.

Funding to trainees

12/2024 – 11/2027. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI-NIH), F31 predoctoral fellowship (1F31HL176049), Gabrielle B. Bais, Ph.D. student

4/2024 – 3/2027. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS-NIH), F32 postdoctoral fellowship, Jessica L. Cote, postdoctoral research associate

12/2023. UNC-Chapel Hill Core Facilities Advocacy Committee’s (CFAC) voucher program award, Jessica L. Cote, postdoctoral research associate

6/2023 – 12/2024. IVB T32 training program (NIH-NIGMS), Gabrielle B. Bais, Ph.D. student

7/2023 – 6/2025. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI-NIH), F31 predoctoral fellowship, Gabrielle M. Gentile, Ph.D. student

2023 – 2024. Dissertation Completion Fellowship, The Graduate School, UNC-Chapel Hill, Gabrielle M. Gentile, Ph.D. student

2023 Summer. EDGE Genomics Scholarship (NIH-NHGRI) for summer research, Aubriana N. Bishop, undergraduate student

2023 Summer. American Heart Association (AHA) / McAllister Heart Institute (MHI) Scholarship for summer research, Aaliyah Bryant, undergraduate student

5/2023. SPLENDOR-NC, P&F award, Jessica L. Cote, postdoctoral research associate

2/2022. The company of biologists, DMM Conference Travel Grant, Emma R. Hinkle, Ph.D. student

2/2022. Biophysical Society, Travel Award, Emma R. Hinkle, Ph.D. student

2021 – 2023. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS-NIH), F31 predoctoral fellowship, Emma R. Hinkle, Ph.D. student

2020 – 2023. National Science Foundation (NSF). GRFP predoctoral fellowship, Gabrielle M. Gentile, Ph.D. student

2019 – 2022. National Science Foundation (NSF). GRFP predoctoral fellowship, Hannah J. Wiedner, Ph.D. student

2019 – 2022. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI-NIH), F32 postdoctoral fellowship, Adam Black, postdoc

2019 – 2020. MiBio T32 training program (NIH-NIGMS), Gabrielle M. Gentile, Ph.D. student

2019 – 2020. R25 UNC-PREP training grant (NIH-NIGMS), Nicole Rivera, PREP scholar

2019 Summer. Chancellor Scholarship for summer research, Eddie V. Torres, undergraduate student

2018 Summer. Chancellor Scholarship for summer research, Eddie V. Torres, undergraduate student

2018 – 2019. MiBio T32 training program (NIH-NIGMS), Hannah J. Wiedner, Ph.D. student

2018 – 2019. GMB T32 training program (NIH-NIGMS), Emma R. Hinkle, Ph.D. student

2018 – 2019. R25 UNC-PREP training grant (NIH-NIGMS), Jennifer Gamarra, PREP scholar

2017 – 2018. Doctoral Merit Assistantship from The Graduate School at UNC Chapel Hill, Hannah J. Wiedner, Ph.D. student

2017 – 2018. R25 UNC-PREP training grant (NIH-NIGMS), Ennessa Curry, PREP scholar