Hypoxia research tool grant to study oxygen levels in cancer biology
Official title: RLI-S10 Instrumentation Grant: Acquisition of hypoxic chamber that creates a comprehensive range of oxygen levels
Funded at Brooklyn College · NIH-11361434 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This grant funds a hypoxia chamber to help Brooklyn College researchers study how different oxygen levels affect cancer-related processes.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Brooklyn College NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New York, United States) |
| Project start | July 1, 2026 |
| Project end | June 30, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $182,706 |
| NIH project number | 1S10GM164680-01 |
| Project ID | NIH-11361434 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal candidates are patients with cancer whose tumors may be influenced by hypoxia-related pathways or who could benefit from therapies targeting hypoxic tumor environments.
✕Less likely to help
Patients whose cancers are not affected by tumor hypoxia or whose treatment does not involve hypoxia-related mechanisms may not benefit directly.
What this research studies
A hypoxia chamber will be purchased and housed at Brooklyn College to enable hands-on experiments on how oxygen tension influences tumor growth, blood vessel formation, and metastasis. Faculty and students from biology, chemistry/biochemistry, earth sciences, and related fields will use the instrument to run controlled experiments and generate data that could inform cancer biology. The project emphasizes training undergraduate and PhD students in practical research methods and interdisciplinary collaboration at a primarily undergraduate institution.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this tool could accelerate understanding of how low-oxygen environments influence cancer progression and treatment responses.
How similar studies have gone: Previous cancer biology work has shown that oxygen levels can change gene expression and metastasis; this project focuses on enabling similar lines of investigation at an undergraduate-focused institution.
Where this research is happening
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Brooklyn College
New York, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Saxena, Anjana Deepak — Brooklyn College
- Study coordinator: Saxena, Anjana Deepak
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.