News Releases that are related to Research at The University of Iowa http://research.uiowa.edu/newsreleases/feed/ 2006 A research grant program that encourages "thinking outside the box" will allow a team of University of Iowa investigators to apply findings from heart research to the study of asthma. Specifically, the team has received a three-year, $750,000 grant from the Strategic Program for Asthma Research, known as SPAR, to see if an enzyme known to play a role in heart failure might also affect smooth muscle cells in the airway and thus play a role in asthma. The basic science research focuses on CaM kinase II, which has been under scrutiny in other UI research. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/july/072508asthma_grant.html he University of Iowa and Iowa State University are pooling their resources to significantly enhance both institutions' genetic research capabilities. The two institutions have each purchased a massively parallel DNA sequencer -- an instrument capable of deciphering DNA sequences at the rate of millions to billions of bases in a single run. The two machines -- each with unique advantages -- will be available on a fee-for-service basis to researchers at both universities and to other institutions and private companies. Together, the two instruments represent the state-of-the-art in DNA sequencing technology. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/july/072408instrumentation.html University of Iowa faculty, together with staff and students, generated an all-time record $386.2 million in grants and contracts for UI research, education and service during fiscal 2008, a 2.2 percent increase from 2007. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/july/072308grants-contracts.html Neil Segal, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, has received a five-year, $1.18 million grant from the Paul B. Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging Research Program. Segal was one of only 13 physicians honored with Beeson grants this year. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/july/072208segal.html Mayo Clinic and University of Iowa researchers have identified a new mechanism of atrial fibrillation, the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat). The researchers discovered a mutation in a gene that encodes a hormone originating in the atria of the heart, and they established the mutation as causative of atrial fibrillation. This discovery opens a new avenue to pursue for possible treatments. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/july/071008atrial.html The University of Iowa's WiderNet Project is teaming up with Intel Corporation to make a major improvement to its eGranary Digital Library, an off-line resource that provides digital information in developing countries that lack adequate Web access. Intel will sponsor the creation of a Community Information Platform for the eGranary Digital Library, enabling users to easily add their own content to the eGranary's existing collection of information from Web pages and CD-ROMs. Intel will also purchase multiple eGranaries to use as demonstration pilots for its World Ahead Program. Without the enhancement, only people with certain technical skills could add to the library; now, anyone could. Intel officials said they are pleased to partner with WiderNet to enable developing communities to create and store their own digital content. For more information visit www.widernet.org. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT A major international grant will help University of Iowa researchers collaborate with investigators worldwide to see if a relatively unexplored chemical pathway can be used to create improved treatments for heart failure and arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats), which are leading causes of death in Americans and Europeans. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/july/070808leducq_grant.html The University of Iowa's Tarkio Valley Sloth Project has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to complete the excavation of the remains of three giant sloths and begin research of this unique discovery. The project is a joint effort of the UI Museum of Natural History, Department of Geoscience in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Office of the State Archaeologist, all teaming up with volunteers and students from across the Midwest. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/july/070808sloth_grant.html Researchers at the University of Iowa and the Veterans Affairs Iowa City Health Care System have uncovered a brain pathway that shuts down seizures. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/june/060908seizures.html The National Kidney Foundation of Iowa recently made a gift of $775,000 to the University of Iowa Foundation to advance kidney research in the UI Division of Nephrology. Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 CDT http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/may/053008kidney_foundation_gift.html