About LA CaTS
Linking to CoBREs and INBRE
An important concept in maximizing the impact of the IDeA-CTR award in Louisiana is to seek synergies with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) -funded research mentoring programs in the state. Louisiana qualifies for Institutional Development Award (IDeA) funding for NIGMS. There are two types of these awards in Louisiana, the COBRE (Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence) and INBRE (IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence).
COBREs
COBREs support thematic multidisciplinary centers to augment and strengthen institutional research capacity by expanding and developing biomedical faculty research capability. COBRE promotes collaborative interactive efforts among researchers with complementary backgrounds, skills, and expertise; and to compete independently for external peer-reviewed center or program project grant support.
The mentees and junior faculty mentored under these programs are given priority status with the LA CaTS Center core services and resources.
The CoBRE awards; Impact of LA CaTS Center |
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| CoBRE Programs in Louisiana | ||
| Institution | Theme | PI/ Director |
| Pennington Biomedical Research Center | Mentoring in Obesity and Diabetes Research in LA | Thomas Gettys, PhD |
| LSU A&M (LSU School of Veterinary medicine & Tulane National Primate Center) | Center for Experimental Infectious Disease Research | Konstantin Kousoulas, PhD Rhonda D. Cardin, PhD |
| LSUHSC in Shreveport | Center for Molecular and Tumor Virology | Dennis O’ Callaghan, PhD |
| LSUHSC in New Orleans (and Tulane HSC) | Mentoring in Cardiovascular Biology | Daniel Kapusta, PhD, FAHA |
| LSUHSC in New Orleans | Mentoring in Neuroscience in LA: A Biomedical program to enhance Neuroscience | Nicholas Bazan, MD, PhD |
| LSUHSC in New Orleans | Mentoring in Translational Research in LA | Augusto Ochoa, MD |
| Tulane HSC | Tulane COBRE for Clinical and Translational Research in Cardiometabolic Diseases | Jiang He, MD, DSC, PhD |
| Tulane HSC | Hypertension and Renal Biology | L. Gabriel Navar, PhD |
| Tulane University | Biomedical Aging Research | S. Michal Jazwinski, Ph.D. |
INBRE
The IDeA program was established for the purpose of broadening the geographic distribution of NIH funding for biomedical and behavioral research. The objectives of INBRE program are to: 1) continue to build on the established multi-disciplinary research network with a scientific focus to strengthen the lead and partner institutions' biomedical research expertise and infrastructure; 2) build and increase the research base and capacity by providing support to faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students at the participating institutions; 3) provide research opportunities for students from undergraduate institutions, community colleges and TCUs and serve as a "pipeline" for these students to continue in health research careers within IDeA states; 4) enhance science and technology knowledge of the state's workforce.
INBRE Program in Louisiana |
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| Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (LBRN) | 3 Cores: Administration and Outreach Bioinformatics/Biocomputing Molecular and Cell Biology |
K. Gus Kousoulas, PhD |
