Administrative Supplement Awards
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences’ (NIGMS) Administrative Supplement is intended to develop collaborations between investigators at the RI-INBRE partner institutions and investigators supported by Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) or IDeA-Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research (IDeA-CTR) awards. The collaborations provide funding in research areas currently supported by COBREs or IDeA-CTRs. The goal of this funding opportunity is to encourage collaborations by investigators supported by different IDeA funding initiatives while providing students a broad continuum of research opportunities.
RI-INBRE SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECTS AWARDED (2019-2021)
2019 RI-INBRE INBRE/COBRE Collaboration Supplemental Award
(May 2019, National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
Dr. Susan Meschwitz, Associate Professor and Chairwoman of Chemistry at Salve Regina University, received the first NIGMS Administrative Supplement Award entitled “Quorum sensing antagonistic inhibition of medically important ESKAPE pathogens.” Dr. Meschwitz collaborated with Dr. Helen (Beth) Fuchs, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Research Scientist at Rhode Island Hospital, and a COBRE Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Therapeutic Discovery investigator.
2020 RI-INBRE INBRE/COBRE Collaboration Supplemental Award
(May 2020, National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
Dr. Christopher Reid, Associate Professor of Science and Technology at Bryant University, received the RI-INBRE’s 2020 NIGMS Administrative Supplement Award award entitled “Inhibitors of Candida parapsilosis virulence informed by cell wall proteomics.” Dr. Reid collaborated with Dr. Joseph Bliss, MD and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, and a COBRE for Perinatal Biology investigator.
2021 RI-INBRE INBRE/COBRE Collaboration Supplemental Award
(May 2021, National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
Dr. Jamie Towle-Weicksel, Associate Professor at Rhode Island College, received the 2021 NIGMS Administrative Supplement Award entitled “Nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery for inflammatory arthritis.” Dr. Towle-Weicksel collaborates with Dr. Eui Young So, Research Assistant Professor at Rhode Island Hospital and a COBRE for Skeletal Health & Repair investigator.
Other recent RI-INBRE Supplement Awards are:
NIH Cloud-Based Learning Module for Biomarker Discovery
(May 2022, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $52,194)
Dr. Christopher Hemme, Assistant Professor of Research at the University of Rhode Island, received the first NIH Cloud-Based Learning Module for Biomarker Discovery. This supplemental award provides support to convert biomedical research training materials into cloud-based learning modules that include instructional videos, interactive demonstrations, and practicum exercises to encourage and enable self-learning. The NIGMS plans to develop a cloud-based “sandbox” to house the learning modules, to create a learning environment for students to obtain biomedical research training on diverse topics.
RI-INBRE Equipment Supplemental Award
(June 2022, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $214,375)
This supplemental award will purchase a helium recycling system funding for Brown University’s Structural Biology NMR facility, one of several RI-INBRE CRCF Extension Laboratories (CELs). High-resolution NMR spectrometers for biomolecular work require superconducting magnets cooled by liquid helium. There is a helium shortage that is threatening NMR systems worldwide. The requested system will allow recycling helium to reduce consumption, conserving this non-renewable resource. Dr. Nicolas L. Fawzi, Associate Professor of Medical Science in the department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology.
RI-INBRE Women’s Health Supplemental Award
(May 2021, Office of Research on Women’s Health, $268,789)
This supplemental project entitled “Targeting Quiescent E. coli for Prevention of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections,” falls within the thematic area of Environmental Health Sciences. The award will be carried out at Salve Regina University by Dr. Susan Meschwitz, in collaboration with University of Rhode Island investigators Dr. Jodi Camberg and Dr. David Rowley.
RI-INBRE Equipment Supplemental Award
(May 2021, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $209,364)
This supplemental award will purchase instruments at two RI-INBRE Centralized Core Facilities (CRCF) Extension Laboratories (CELs), Roger Williams University and Providence College.
At Providence College, the Keyence BZX Fluorescence Microscope will be installed in the Science Building LL53 (vivarium) under Dr. Victoria L. Templer of the Department of Psychology.
Roger Williams University will receive a BD Biosciences Accuri C6 Plus flow cytometer to be installed in MNS 106 under the care of Dr. Christopher R. Burtner of the Department of Biology, Marine Biology, and Environmental Science.
Stay tuned for updates.