Award
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 5K99HL177179-02
Leveraging Drosophila to identify novel and conserved regulators of cardiomyocyte polyploidy
Recipient
Duke University, Durham, NC
Award Amount
$125,983.00
Ceiling
$125,983.00
Awarded
May 05, 2026
Identifier
5K99HL177179-02
NIH grant awarded to Duke University to study genetic regulators of heart cell polyploidy using Drosophila, with implications for heart disease research.
Description
This NIH grant project aims to identify conserved regulators of cardiomyocyte polyploidization using Drosophila genetics and other methods to understand molecular mechanisms of cardiac ploidy control relevant to heart diseases.