# Inflammation and Metabolism Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · 2020 · $143,616

## Abstract

SUMMARY
The Inflammation and Metabolism Core (IMC) is focused on developing instrumentation and infrastructure that
are required to enable advanced approaches to studies of metabolic and inflammatory functions at the
University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Science Center (HSC). Inflammation and metabolism are multi-
faceted and systemic networks. Their study requires measurements involving complex mixtures of cells from
multiple organs and tissues using animal or human tissue. IMC will establish an integrated resource of
expertise, cutting-edge equipment, and training to assess metabolic and inflammatory readouts within animal
models and tissues. To support the goals and the aims of the Autophagy, Inflammation and Metabolism (AIM)
in Disease Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE), IMC will provide crucial new equipment for
state-of-the-art assessment of inflammation and metabolism in whole animals. Furthermore, IMC will bring
together disparate resources already existing at UNM HSC to enhance UNM investigator capability to study
metabolism and inflammation. Each project that CoBRE mentored PIs (mPIs) propose requires metabolic or
inflammatory assessment of unique animal models to perturb autophagy. IMC is essential to support these
innovative studies. Experts in inflammation and metabolism will direct the core. IMC leadership will facilitate
access to new and existing equipment. This centralization of resources and expertise will extend beyond
CoBRE investigators and offer new opportunities and resources for investigators at UNM as well as in the
region. IMC will support the following aims:
Specific Aim 1. Create a centralized resource to assess inflammatory and metabolic dysfunction in animal
models.
Specific Aim 2. Support mPI research objectives and cultivate a new cohort of CoBRE investigators in their
study of metabolic and inflammatory disorders.
Specific Aim 3. Provide leadership to facilitate the increased utilization of metabolic and inflammatory
measures as disease readouts.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10007922
- **Project number:** 5P20GM121176-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Eric R Prossnitz
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $143,616
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10007922

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10007922, Inflammation and Metabolism Core (5P20GM121176-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10007922. Licensed CC0.

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