Igniting Research Collaborations
Igniting Research Collaborations (IRC) seeks to increase interdisciplinary scientific engagement and leverage the breadth of expertise across campus to tackle important problems in the Commonwealth.
Goal & Purpose:
- UK is 1 of 8 US universities with undergrad, graduate, professional, medical, engineering & agricultural programs – distinct opportunity for collaborative research
- Foster new collaborations across colleges (new collaboration means no publications and no funding history together)
- Diverse expertise leads to innovative advances
- Faculty from all UK colleges invited to apply
- Previous awardees can apply
The IRC Pilot must be a NEW collaboration of faculty from at least 2 different colleges. The maximum budget amount is $50,000. Typical awards are in the $25,000 - $30,000 range. Salary for faculty is not allowed. The budget period is for six months.
Review will be conducted by ADRs or designated Chairs of participating colleges.
#2024schedule
2024 Igniting Research Collaborations Symposium Schedule
Monday, February 12, 2024
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Microfluidic oxygenators for artificial lungs: Engineering the blood-oxygen interface for critical pulmonary support
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Presenters: Christine Trinkle (Pigman College of Engineering), Gosia Chwatoko (Pigman College of Engineering), Jamie Sturgill (College of Medicine) and Suresh Keshavamurthy (College of Medicine)
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Insects, informatics, and illustrations: A new approach to visually representing anatomical knowledge in ecological and taxonomic databases
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Presenters: Melissa Clarkson (College of Medicine) and Julian Dupuis (Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment)
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Aphasia spark: Aphasia lab zine project
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Presenters: Rose Winter Phong (College of Fine Arts), Christen Page (College of Health Sciences), Erin Hester (College of Communication and Information) and David Wischer (College of Fine Arts)
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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Intergenerational interactions: Mapping women's mental health through movement and creativity
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Presenters: Anthony Bardo (College of Arts and Sciences), Amy Kostelic (Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment) and Susan Thiel (College of Fine Arts)
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Exploring the motivational climate and communication amongst trauma survivors
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Presenters: Jacob Higgins (College of Nursing), Sarah Geegan (College of Communication and Information) and Erin Hester (College of Communication and Information)
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Privacy preserving protest dynamics with social media images
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Presenters: Addullah-Al-Zubaer Imran (Pigman College of Engineering), Nazmus Sakib (Lewis Honors College) and Sen-Ching Samson Cheung (Pigman College of Engineering)
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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Nocardioform placentitis in the equine breeding industry: Characterization and natural product analysis of the probable infectious agents
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Presenters: Khaled Mahmoud (College of Pharmacy), Erdal Erol (Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment) and Steven Van Lanen (College of Pharmacy)
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Development of a 3D microfluidic electroporation technology for advancing cell therapy
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Presenters: Guigen Zhang (Pigman College of Engineering), Mark Evers (College of Medicine) and Sheng Tong (Pigman College of Engineering)
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Predictive analysis enabled through virtual reality
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Presenters: Savio Poovathingal (Pigman College of Engineering) and Chad Eby (College of Fine Arts)
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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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Development of a deep learning-based CT acquisition technique for radiation dose and image quality
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Presenters: Abdullah-Al-Zubaer Imran (Pigman College of Engineering) and Jie Zhang (College of Medicine)
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Mechanisms of anti-Porphyromonas gingivalis activity of statins
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Presenters: Oelisa Mireille Andirankaja (College of Dentistry) and Oleg Tsodikov (College of Pharmacy)
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Marijuana and invasive fungal disease in immunocompromised patients
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Presenters: Matthew Duprey (College of Pharmacy), Jayani Jayawardhana (College of Public Health), Val Adams (College of Pharmacy) and Chris Delcher (College of Pharmacy) and Daniela Moga (College of Pharmacy)
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Friday, February 16, 2024
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A bottom-up approach for sustainable cultivated meat production
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Presenters: Ramkumar Annamalai (Pigman College of Engineering) and Tyler Barzee (Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment)
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EpicMare: A routine screening blood test to predict parturition date and gestational complications in mares
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Presenters: Carlos Rodriguez Lopez (Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment), James MacLeod (Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment) and Chenglong Ye (College of Arts and Sciences)
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Improving image quality for better surgical planning and computational tool development
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Presenters: Jonathan Wenk (Pigman College of Engineering), Liisa Bergmann (College of Medicine), Sam Tyagi (College of Medicine) and Ryan King (College of Medicine)
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