Award
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 5K99HL177179-02
Leveraging Drosophila to identify novel and conserved regulators of cardiomyocyte polyploidy
Recipient
Duke University
Award Amount
$125,983.00
Ceiling
$125,983.00
Awarded
May 05, 2026
Identifier
5K99HL177179-02
NIH grant awarded to Duke University to study cardiomyocyte polyploidy regulation using Drosophila genetics, focusing on molecular mechanisms relevant to heart disease.
Description
This NIH grant supports research on the regulation of cardiomyocyte polyploidization using Drosophila genetics, with aims to identify mechanisms involving COX7A, DZfand, and Goliath ubiquitin ligases, and their links to heart disease.