Current Projects
Interventional trial of medium-sized canines with probable CCD in aging
PI: Greg Pietsch, DVM Key Personnel: Hoshi Sugiura, BS Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in humans and canine cognitive dysfunction (CCD) in…
Translating Hibernation for Space Torpor and Remote Emergency Medicine
PI: Kelly L. Drew, PhD…
Feasibility of D2O Labeling for Measuring Protein Synthesis Rates in Hibernating Arctic Ground Squirrels
PI: Kriya Dunlap, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, UAF…
Vitamin D and Healthy Aging: Establishing the Sled Dog Sentinel for the Circumpolar North
PI: Kriya Dunlap, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, UAF…
AAV Tropism in Arctic Ground Squirrels
PI: Maegan Weltzin, PhD, Research Associate Professor, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, UAF…
Completed Projects
Measuring Arctic Ground Squirrel Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis Across Seasonal States Using DAB/DAB-Ni Enzyme-Based Immunohistochemistry
Vy Nguyen, MS Student in Biochemistry and Neuroscience…
Microbial Provision of Essential Amino Acids: Protein Conservation in Hibernation
PI: Khrystyne N. Duddleston, PhD…
Nutritional Strategies for Metabolic Health in Aging
PI: Robert Coker, PhD…
Translating Hibernation for Neurocritical Care
PI: Kelly L. Drew, PhD…
Post Transcriptional Mechanisms of Muscle Atrophy Prevention in Hibernating Animals
PI: Vadim Fedorov, PhD…
Analysis of MyoAAV Gene Delivery
PI: Anna Goropashnaya, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Arctic Biology, UAF…