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UK to Lead Multidisciplinary Effort to Develop Next-Gen Batteries, Energy Storage

The nearly $4 million, four-year project, titled “Data-Enabled Discovery and Design to Transform Liquid-Based Energy Storage,” or D3TaLES, seeks to create new domain knowledge in materials science for the creation of next-generation batteries.

Vanderford Receives Kentucky Academy of Science’s Excellence in Science Education and Outreach Award

Vanderford, an assistant professor in the Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology in the UK College of Medicine and assistant director for education and research at the UK Markey Cancer Center, received the award at the KAS Annual Conference on Nov. 6.

UK Study Reveals “Wasp Dope” Use in Appalachian Kentucky

Wasp dope is a crystalline substance created by electrifying pyrethroid-containing substances – such as wasp sprays – that may give users a methamphetamine-like “rush.” Recent reports have highlighted the emergence of this new drug as an issue of concern, research into the substance is so far lacking.

Williams Named Assistant Director for Cancer Health Equity at Markey

A major initiative of Williams and the Markey Community Impact Office will be the organization and expansion of Markey’s research and outreach portfolio that is focused on reducing cancer and other health disparities based on race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, etc.

New Research Aims to Improve Health Among Rural Appalachians Through Personal Technology

The National Institutes of Health/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute recently awarded a five-year $3.8 million grant to the University of Kentucky to begin a new study aimed at improving diet and activity among rural Appalachian Kentuckians. 

UK researchers launch a $2 million project to study sulfur variability in biofuel feedstocks

“We hope to better understand how sulfur accumulates in biofuel feedstocks, what happens to the sulfur during thermochemical conversion, how to remove sulfur and improve gasification efficiency.”

UK and Baptist Health Lexington, Norton Health Care Begin Recruiting Participants for Phase 3 COVID-19 Investigational Vaccine Clinical Trial

Janssen’s AdVac® technology was used to develop Janssen’s Ebola vaccine regimen and is the basis for its HIV, RSV and Zika vaccine candidates.

UK Researchers Collaborate on NSF Project to Reimagine the Internet on Global Scale

A new $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will expand FABRIC, a project to build the nation’s largest cyberinfrastructure testbed, to four distinguished scientific institutions in Asia and Europe.

10th Annual Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Research Series Taking Place Virtually

This year’s Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Research Day will be a series of virtual seminars and activities during November. This also coincides with National Diabetes Month. The Series will include prominent speakers in the areas of diabetes and obesity research.

The Rural & Underserved Health Research Center Receives $2.8 million in Renewed Funding

The RUHRC was established in 2016, with an initial HRSA funding award of $2.8 million. Since then, the Center has produced 22 research products, including policy briefs and peer-reviewed publications, as well as more than a dozen related publications.

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