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Slusky featured in KU's "I Am Striving" series

University of Kansas faculty are striving to advance knowledge, interpret our world, solve problems, spark innovation, create beauty and catalyze imagination through their research, scholarship and creative activity.

Orozco, CBID Research Project Awardee, Granted $9,998

Robin Orozco, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, was awarded a $9,998 pilot grant by the KU Center for Genomics for her project entitled: “Pro-autoimmune allele of PTPN22 influences immune cell functions during virus infection.”

Fehr, CBID Faculty Recruit, granted $424,184 by National Institutes of Health

CBID faculty recruit Anthony Fehr, Dept of Molecular Biosciences, has been granted $424,184 by the National Institutes of Health for his project titled "Identifying the targets of virus-induced PARPs during SARS-CoV-2 infection."

Berkland, CBID Pilot Project Awardee, Granted $3,025,839

Cory Berkland, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was awarded $3,025,839 by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust for his project, "Development of SAgA-T1D as Type 1 Diabetes Antigen Specific Immunotherapy."