O'Brien Center
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Cores
Discover our cores and services
The UAB-UCSD O'Brien Center is made up of two Biomedical Resource Cores and a Resource Develoment Core with the goals of providing gold standard services in the area of kidney disease to enhance research foster collaborations.
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Pilot Program
Apply for pilot funding
The Pilot and Feasibility Grants program is designed to fund science that can expand the impact of the O’Brien Consortium with a focus on supporting early-stage investigators, especially those under-represented in the medical sciences and mid-career and senior investigators new to kidney research.
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Enrichment
Enhance your understanding and expertise
The UAB-UCSD O'Brien Center offers workshops, symposia, and courses to help investigators better apply these to their research programs, as well as student research experiences.
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