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Tissue-Based Metal Imaging Tools and Their Application Towards Spatiotemporal Mapping of Zinc Fluxes in Ovaries

Award Number: F32GM139401
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/01/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2023

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Tissue-Based Metal Imaging Tools and Their Application Towards Spatiotemporal Mapping of Zinc Fluxes in Ovaries - PROJECT SUMMARY Zinc fluctuations have recently been discovered to play a number of regulatory roles in human physiology. For example, significant zinc deployments occur during female gamete maturation, neuron function, immune response, and insulin secretion. Metal imaging techniques at the single-cell level have established the cellular and subcellular distribution and fluxes of zinc in a number of cellular models. However, few imaging tools are able to measure how ensembles of cells and organs store and mobilize zinc to carry out function. This proposal aims to develop new quantitative tools for mapping zinc in tissue. We will test the utility of new zinc imaging tools developed in this proposal by simultaneously testing the hypothesis that zinc fluctuations direct the selective activation of primordial follicles in the murine ovary. This hypothesis will be addressed using three coordinated and complementary approaches: (1) mapping total zinc levels in mouse ovaries using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry; (2) the development of zinc-responsive photoacoustic probes; (3) spatiotemporal mapping of zinc in ovarian tissue with photoacoustic microscopy. Taken together, the knowledge gained from this research project will reveal key insight into zinc physiology in reproductive health, and the tools produced here will be valuable for the study of zinc in other human physiologies and pathologies. This award will support research and professional training at the interface of chemistry, reproductive biology, and engineering. These preparations provide a strong foundation for an independent and multidisciplinary professorship at a research university. Training activities will target progress in scientific communication, lab management, mentorship, college-level teaching, and outreach.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = -$3,525 )
2024	2022	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	3	4/24/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$3,525
														Subtotal = -$3,525

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $74,234 )
2022	2022	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	3	6/16/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$74,234
														Subtotal = $74,234

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $73,562 )
2021	2021	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	7/13/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$2,500
2021	2021	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	2	7/20/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$71,062
														Subtotal = $73,562

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $65,310 )
2020	2020	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	6/29/2020	NEW	$65,310
2020	2020	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	1	6/29/2020	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $65,310

Grand Total All Awards = $209,581

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Tissue-Based Metal Imaging Tools and Their Application Towards Spatiotemporal Mapping of Zinc Fluxes in Ovaries

Award Number: F32GM139401

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/01/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2023

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