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Congratulations to Dr. Frank Duca who received the Mezin-Koats Colon Cancer Research Award through the UMN Masonic Cancer Center.  Project title: Role of gut microbiome-vagal...

The International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) North American Conference was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 31-June 3, 2026.  Congratulations to Lead Organizer, Tim O'Connell...

Congratulations to all the undergraduate and postbac scholars for sharing their work at the symposium on April 22, 2026. There were 26 posters presented, 156 attendees including 50 high school...

 

Congratulations to Emilyn Alejandro who was named Marvin and Hadassah Bacaner Chair in Cardiovascular Physiology! 

 

 Congratulations to Dr. Houda Cohen and the Metzger lab! They were awarded $100,000 grant. Titled: “Novel preclinical model of advanced heart disease in colorectal cancer...

Congratulations to Drs. Alejandro and Wernimont who received $25K funding for their grant submission titled: Pregnancy-Inspired Pathways for β-Cell Regeneration: Harnessing Placental Signals to...

Dr. Metzger's cardiovascular fitness testing app is highlighted is featured in the Medical School News.   The app and the State Fair testing was featured on WCCO with a interview with Dr....

Dr. Bartolomucci leads National NIH R24 Meeting- Animal Models for the Social Dimensions of Health and Aging Research Network at the University of Minnesota.  Read more about the conference.

 We are pleased to share IBP's metaphorical steep ascent toward the summit of Mt Everest, also known as NIH rankings!  Starting at base camp a few years back, then step-by-step up the...

Congratulations to Houda Cohen et al!

A new article from the Revelo lab is featured on the cover of Circulation Research.  The publication was led by alumna, Preethy Parthiban, who is now a Postdoctoral fellow at...

A big congratulations to our newest IBP research faculty, Tony Verkerke who received an NIH grant titled "Defining choline metabolism in metabolic health"

Congratulations Jesse!

Congratulations Vince!

Congratulations Emilyn!

Principal Investigators Emilyn Alejandro and Lisa Chow received supplemental NIH funding for the MN PRIMED!  "Minnesota Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology...

 

Congratulations to Dr. Hai-Bin Ruan!  Hai-Bin received an NIH R01 grant titled: Dietary fat-activated colonocyte-macrophage ketone shuttle drives intestinal inflammation.