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Blue Awards ($20,000)

Drs. Takhar Kasumov (Pharmaceutical Sciences, NEOMED) and Wilson Chung (Biological Sciences, ������)

• Alcohol-altered brain metabolism in a tauopathy mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Drs. Priya Raman (Biomedical Sciences, NEOMED), Helen Piontkivska (Biological Sciences, ������) and Sheila Fleming (Pharmaceutical Sciences, NEOMED)

• Smooth muscle O-GlcNAcylation, cognitive function and AD pathology in diabetes

Drs. Rafaela Takeshita (Anthropology, ������), Chris Faulk (University of Minnesota), Joe Simmons (MD Anderson Cancer Center) and Sarah Neal (MD Anderson Cancer Center)

• Epigenetic programming of adrenal androgens by early life adversity and its role in modulating the HPA axis

Dr. Brian Trevelline (Biological Sciences, ������)

• Investigating how the gut microbiome affects early-life brain development and behavior of wild birds

Gold Awards ($5,000)

Dr. Joseph Bedont (Biological Sciences, ������)

• Are tanycytes a source of new hypothalamic neurons after major reproductive milestones?

Drs. Robert Clements and Elda Hegmann (Biological Sciences, ������)

• A Liquid Crystalline “Flytrap” for Cancer Cells in the Brain

Dr. John Johnson (Biomedical Sciences, ������)

• Neural Pathways that Mediate Reduced Motivation During Peripheral Inflammation

Drs. Dinah Qutob (Biological Sciences, ������) and Adam Underwood (Math and Sciences, Walsh University)

• Pilot Study of SOX3 SUMOylation in Glioblastoma: Exploring Post-Translational Modifications and Their Role in Tumor Biology