CPRI COBRE in Translational Chemical Biology

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COBRE Projects, Pilots, & Scholars to Date

$22M

COBRE-Affiliated Funding to Date

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COBRE Participating Departments

A Commitment to Research Mentorship, Scientific Cross-Cultivation and Innovative Team Science

As a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE, NIH P20 GM130456), the mission of the Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation (CPRI) COBRE for Translational Chemical Biology is to support junior faculty career development, advance impactful translational chemical biology research/tools, and stimulate transdisciplinary collaboration, research innovation and early translation. Within this context, the COBRE synergizes with and builds on CPRI's central mission as a primary lead discovery and development resource for the University of Kentucky and the Commonwealth.

COBRE Funding Opportunities
COBRE Projects & Pilots
COBRE Leadership & Advisors
CPRI Research Cores & Resources
CPRI and COBRE Publications
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COBRE Projects & Pilots

CPRI's COBRE for Translational Chemical Biology supports innovative junior investigator projects and pilots by providing both research funding and mentorship.

COBRE Team

CPRI's COBRE for Translational Chemical Biology is lead by an experienced Executive Committee and world-class External Advisory Committee.

CPRI Research Cores & Resources

The COBRE for Translational Chemical Biology augments and leverages CPRI core services, state-of-the-art facilities, and unique expertise to facilitate translational research.

News

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TODD Symposium on Translational Chemical Biology

Therapeutics Outcomes Discovery and Delivery (TODD) Symposium on Translational Chemical Biology will be held at the College of Pharmacy on October 15, 2024.

The TODD Symposium brings together scientists from across campus and the nation to engage in the latest scientific advancements for a day of seminars, poster sessions, and conversations.

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COBRE Project and Pilot Leaders receive awards

Former COBRE Project Leader, Dr. Martha Grady, and former COBRE Pilot Project Leader, Dr. Yosra Helmy, among 4 professors to receive Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards

NSF-funded engineering research to combat medical device infections

Dr. Martha Grady, COBRE Graduate, receives NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award.

COBRE Project Leader creates company to improve equine research

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Researchers at the UK College of Pharmacy Uncover New Biomarker for Cardiovascular Disease

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Seeking Cures in Kentucky Coal Mines

Read more about how natural products-based lead to discovery in our Newsweek feature.

NIH Awards $11.2 Million for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation Center at UK

The University of Kentucky was awarded a prestigious Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant to study translational chemical biology from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health.

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The CPRI seeks to develop innovative research partnerships with UK investigators. For more information and to request services, please contact us.

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Funding Acknowledgment Statement

This work was supported by the Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation (CPRI, NIH P20 GM130456) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR001998).

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