@BWFUND

Information and news account for BWF, a private #foundation that supports #biomedical research, career development for scientists, and #stem education in N.C.

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BWF Climate Health Center of Excellence Grant to Advance Climate and Health Research awarded to Rice, Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas School of Public Health news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice… #bwfchex

Rice and TMC partners secure climate health consortium grant to face climate change and human health

A team of climate and environmental scientists, educators, epidemiologists and infectious disease researchers from Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas School of...

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Rice launches the Center for Climate and Environmental Health. The event introduced FORECAST; a Burroughs Wellcome Fund grant shared with Baylor College of Medicine and UTHealth Houston. Read about the event at this link: tinyurl.com/46emdc26 #RiceU#EnvironmentalHealth
Launch event for Rice University's Center for Climate and Environmental Health: five staff pose smiling before a screen reading "Center for Climate and Environmental Health."

ALT Launch event for Rice University's Center for Climate and Environmental Health: five staff pose smiling before a screen reading "Center for Climate and Environmental Health."

Event audience watching presenters and dual slides titled "THIS IS BECOMING A CROWDED SPACE (WITH GOOD REASON)"; overlaid caption explains CCEH converts meteorological and environmental data into actionable health research, public communication, and policy.

ALT Event audience watching presenters and dual slides titled "THIS IS BECOMING A CROWDED SPACE (WITH GOOD REASON)"; overlaid caption explains CCEH converts meteorological and environmental data into actionable health research, public communication, and policy.

Audience attending a university presentation about cross‑sector partnerships; slide and caption state: "The center establishes a collaborative framework between higher education, health systems, and civic organizations."

ALT Audience attending a university presentation about cross‑sector partnerships; slide and caption state: "The center establishes a collaborative framework between higher education, health systems, and civic organizations."

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Congratulations to @nardhygomez Learn more about the NGPI award mechanism and funding application here: ➡️ lnkd.in/eBeESxZC Deadline: November 17, 2026 #bwfngpi #PreTermBirth #BiomedicalResearch

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Excited to share our new paper in @ScienceTM ! We built a comprehensive multi-omic atlas of chronic placental inflammation. Congrats to @LevensonDustyn and our amazing team! #NGLlab #CRepHS @WashU_OBGYN @washu_pathology science.org/eprint/RPMKE3RWF…

A multiomic atlas reveals distinct immune landscapes in preterm and term chronic placental inflam...

A multiomic atlas of pregnancies with chronic placental inflammation links effector activation to preterm birth and regulatory resilience to term delivery.

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From nature reviews cancer - Mapping the functional dark proteome in cancer buff.ly/EyN6QCH #bwfcams

Mapping the functional dark proteome in cancer

Nature Reviews Cancer - The dark proteome encompasses previously undiscovered and uncharacterized protein molecules derived from alternative genomic loci or altered RNA translation. In this...

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A multiomic atlas reveals distinct immune landscapes in preterm and term chronic placental inflammation | Science Translational Medicine science.org/eprint/RPMKE3RWF… #bwfrepro

A multiomic atlas reveals distinct immune landscapes in preterm and term chronic placental inflam...

A multiomic atlas of pregnancies with chronic placental inflammation links effector activation to preterm birth and regulatory resilience to term delivery.

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Orchard receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund award for viral lipid metabolism research - Center Times Plus, UT Southwestern utsouthwestern.edu/ctplus/st… via @utswnews

Orchard receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund award for viral lipid metabolism research - Center Times...

Robert Orchard, Ph.D., receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund award for viral lipid metabolism research.

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Two early-career researchers win Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career awards princeton.edu/news/2026/09/2… #bwfcasi

Two early-career researchers win Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career awards

Juncal Arbelaiz of PNI and Sarah Cherkaoui of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics have been honored as two of this year's 12 CASI recipients who “bring extraordinary quantitative and...

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Breaking and entering: how parasites prepare host cells for invasion wi.mit.edu/news/breaking-and… #bwfpath

Breaking and entering: how parasites prepare host cells for invasion

Whitehead Institute researchers reveal how the Toxoplasma parasite reorganizes sugars on the surface of host cells to trigger a critical step in infection.

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Ten simple rules for elevating Indigenous partnerships in research buff.ly/Wgeu9Mv #bwfclimate
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From Nature Genetics - Type 1 interferon perturbates clonal competition by reshaping human blood development buff.ly/GFkXQ5m #bwfcams
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BWF Expands Investment in Next Generation Pregnancy Initiative buff.ly/1hfGmXL #bwfrepro #bwfngp
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How interferon changes cancerous blood stem cells buff.ly/JvgTefW #bwfcams
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Hosted the @BWFUND 2026 #bwfnctoy #bwfnckenan #bwfncctetoy #bwfncbtoy for orientation and an introduction to the grantee network! #bwfed #bwfenrichment
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The importance of indoor airflow patterns in spreading airborne disease | Researchers explore how a key factor can mitigate or promote tuberculosis transmission. news.mit.edu/2026/indoor-air… #bwfpath

The importance of indoor airflow patterns in spreading airborne disease

Scientists explored how some lab-based environments can promote or mitigate the spread of respiratory infectious diseases such as tuberculosis.

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Congratulations to Sharon Patray (@BB_UPenn/ @yiweichang Lab) & Nicolas Shealy (@CHOP_Research/ @joeyzacks Lab) on being named 2026 @BWFUND Postdoctoral Enrichment Program Awardees! @PennBPP tinyurl.com/c5escauc
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Honored to receive the CAMS Award from @BWFUND. I’m incredibly grateful for the support of @bcmhouston. Excited to launch my lab, advance research on inborn errors of immunity, and help the next generation of scientists and physician-scientists succeed at @TexasChildrens and BCM
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Congratulations @AminNassarMD, announced as a recipient of a 2026 Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS) by @BWFUND! bwfund.org/news/bwf-announce… @SmilowCancer @YaleHemOnc
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UIC's Lauren Palmer received the @BWFUND Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease award. 🏆 She studies antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, specifically A. baumannii, a leading cause of antimicrobial-resistant infections in hospitals. ▶️bwfund.org/grants/infectious…
Lauren Palmer.

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Congratulations to Dr. Amy Vandiver on receiving the @BWFUND Career Award for Medical Scientists! The award supports outstanding early-career physician-scientists as they establish independent academic research careers. bit.ly/3Taz8Bz

Dr. Amy Vandiver receives career development award to study biological drivers of human aging

The funding will support Vandiver’s research to identify new strategies to target the biological drivers of aging before they cause disease.

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BWF CAMS applications open! US & Canada physician-scientists: $700K/5 yrs Apply by 9/30/26 🔗 buff.ly/rX4rd0E #bwfcams #PhysicianScientist
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