2021 REGIONAL Pilot & Feasibility AWARDEES

2021 Regional Pilot and Feasibility Awards of the Stanford DRC

Based on our recent targeted Pilot and Feasibility request for applications from UC Davis and UC Berkeley, we received 8 project proposals. With the support of UC Davis and UC Berkeley leadership to complement the efforts of SDRC leadership, we proudly announce the following 4 awardees.

SDRC is committed to providing support for the most innovative and unique research proposals related to diabetes in all disciplines. Our goal is to support, enhance and foster new ideas that will improve how we understand, diagnose, treat and care for diabetes and its complications. The P&F program is a DRC hallmark designed to meet this goal. 

Thank you to all applicants for their submissions, and congratulations again to this year's awardees.

John Albeck PhD | AssociateProfessor, Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of California - Davis
Collaborators: Mark Huising, PhD and Justin Annes, MD PhD
“A multi-kinase AMPK/mTOR/ERK biosensor mouse to contextualize beta-cell heterogeneity”

Sona Kang, PhD | Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California - Berkeley   
“Understanding the epigenetic and transcriptional control of adipose tissue plasticity”

Jennifer Whistler, PhD | Professor, Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, University of California - Davis
Collaborator: Mark Huising, PhD
“Kinetics and modulation of incretin-mediated potentiation of insulin secretion”

John Yoon, MD PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California - Davis
Collaborators: Abhijit Chaudhari, MD PhD and Douglas Rowland, PhD
“Modulation of systemic glucose metabolism via adipose tissue thermogenesis”