# Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention - Metabolism and Bioenergetics Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RES INST · 2024 · $287,732

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY 
The Metabolism and Bioenergetics Core (MBC) is a critical research core in the Center for Childhood Obesity 
Prevention (CCOP). The MBC make cutting-edge biomedical research services available to CCOP 
investigators at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI). Our specific expertise and focus are the 
application of stable isotope technologies and high resolution respirometry to the study of substrate 
metabolism and bioenergetics. The primary goal of the MBC is to support early stage CCOP investigators in 
research focused on the development, treatment, and prevention of obesity by providing access to 
instrumentation and expertise to execute studies focused on altered metabolism and bioenergetics. This 
encompasses study design, implementation, biological sample analyses, as well as data analyses and 
interpretation. The MBC will further mentor investigators in key methodological approaches used to quantify 
metabolism and bioenergetics. Our long-term goal is to transition the MBC into a sustainable core facility at 
ACRI with broad intra- and extra-institutional user base.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10930056
- **Project number:** 5P20GM109096-09
- **Recipient organization:** ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RES INST
- **Principal Investigator:** Elisabet Borsheim
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $287,732
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-08-01 → 2026-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10930056

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10930056, Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention - Metabolism and Bioenergetics Core (5P20GM109096-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10930056. Licensed CC0.

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