Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
1797 The University of Texas at El Paso (143685)
Principal Investigator: Narayan,Mahesh
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 613,875
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 8/1/22 - 6/30/26
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Chemistry
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Chemistry
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Development and testing of Carbon Quantum Dot architectures to arrest neurotoxicant-insult- related outcomes
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
NIH - NATL INST OF GEN MEDICAL SCIENCES
CFDA Link: HHS
93.859
Program Title:
Biomedical Research and Research Training
CFDA Linked: Biomedical Research and Research Training
Note:
Pesticides, fungicides and insecticides are established risk-factors for neuronal injury and neurodegenerative onset. Here, we develop and test whether Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs), which are nano materials synthesized from organic precursors including biodegradable waste such as fruit peel, lignin, used frying oil and waste paper, can restore cellular and organismal-level deficits induced by the aforementioned neurotoxicants. The proposed work is important because, if successful, it establishes green-chemistry derived CQDs as mitigators of environmental-toxicant-associated neurodegenerative disorders.
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