Pilot and Seed Grant Recipients

Current Pilot Projects (PPL) 

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Ivan Vechetti
Nutrition & Health Sciences, UNL



"Testing EV-Derived Satiety Signals from Hibernating Mammals to Combat Obesity"
  
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Juan Cui
School of Computing, UNL
 

 

 

 

"Delivery of cardio-protective payload using programmable milk exosomes" 

  
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Tomasz Bednarski
Nutrition & Health Sciences, UNL

 

 

"Dietary intervention with fiber blends as a strategy to limit prediabetes pathogenesis"

  
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Suvendra Bhattacharyya
Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, UNMC

 

 

 

“Rescuing Liver Damage in MAFLD Mice with Turmeric Derived EV Formulation”

  
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Qiuming Yao
School of Computing, UNL

 

 

 

“The Role of Skeletal Muscle-Derived EVs on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Fate Commitment”

  
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Tatsuya Yamada
Biochemistry, UNL

"Sympathetic Regulation of Hepatic Metabolites Output"
  
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Heejin Jun
Nutrition & Health Sciences, UNL

"Diet-responsive thermogenic adipocytes as targets for obesity prevention"