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Kenneth Daniel Poss

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Regenerative Biology
Cell Biology
Duke Box 3709, Durham, NC 27710
307 Research Drive, Nanaline Bldg Room 466 A, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Advanced Immunobiology Traning Program for Surgeons

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2029

Enhancing limb regeneration with gene therapy informed by comparative biology

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Mechanism of epidermal coordination during development and regeneration in zebrafish

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028

Leveraging zebrafish models to dissect and enhance heart regeneration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Dissecting the Dynamics of Tissue Patterning During Regeneration

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research · 2023 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Regulation of Appendage Regeneration in Zebrafish

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2021 - 2026

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Quantitative dissection of the events that encode bone size and shape during regeneration

FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2022 - 2025

Investigating the role of RNP granules during heart regeneration in the zebrafish

ResearchMentor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2022 - 2025

Genetic approaches to skin regeneration in zebrafish

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

LIVE IMAGING OF BONE REGENERATION IN ZEBRAFISH

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2020 - 2025

International Society for Regenerative Biology Biennial Conference

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2024

Secreted Factors for Zebrafish Spinal Cord Regeneration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

An integrative cellular blueprint of vertebrate tissue development

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Diego · 2018 - 2023

Multidisciplinary Heart and Vascular Diseases

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2023

IRES Track 1 IRTG Engaged in Dissecting and Reengineering the Regulatory Genome

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023

Dissecting the dynamics of vertebrate brain regeneration

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022

Eliciting heart regeneration through cardiomyocyte division

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Fondation Leducq · 2016 - 2022

Transmission electron microscope (TEM)

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

Interdisciplinary Training Program in Lung Disease

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2021

Polyploidy in Cardiac Development and Tissue Repair in Drosophila

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2020

Pronobis - 2017: Bioactive peptides as modulators of tissue regeneration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Life Sciences Research Foundation · 2017 - 2020

Identification and application of regulatory elements for heart regeneration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2020

Genetics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Mechanisms protecting cell surface integrity in giant vacuolated cells of the notochord

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020

Regulation of Myocardial Regeneration in Zebrafish

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2020

Modulation of heart regeneration by enhancer-delivered factors

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2018 - 2019

Regulation of the Epicardial Injury Response During Heart Regeneration in Zebrafish

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2019

Regulatory Mechanisms of Zebrafish Heart Regeneration

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2017 - 2019

Regulation of Appendage Regeneration in Zebrafish

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2018

Regulation of glial bridging during spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

Duke Research Training Program for Pediatricians

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2018

Biomarkers of Heart Regeneration

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018

Identifying a transcription factor collective that specifies cardiomyocyte regeneration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2017 - 2018

Dissecting the directional regeneration of ventricular epicardium

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2015 - 2018

Serial Block Face Scanning Electron Microscope

EquipmentMinor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

Center for Molecular & Cellular Studies of Ped Disease

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2018

Regulation of cardiomyocyte proliferation dynamics during zebrafish heart development

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by March of Dimes · 2014 - 2017

Lightsheet Imaging System

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

Role of Developmental Signaling Pathways in Tuberculosis Pathogenesis

FellowshipCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2017

CHROMATIN REGULATORY EVENTS UNDERLYING ZEBRAFISH HEART REGENERATION

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Vegf Signaling and Cardiac Chamber Morphogenesis in Zebrafish

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2016

Regeneration Next Initiative Annual Retreat

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2016 - 2016

Dissecting the directional regeneration of ventricular epicardium

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2015 - 2016

Mechanisms of Neuregulin 1 in Heart Regeneration

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2016

2016 Weinstein Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration Conference

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by March of Dimes · 2016 - 2016

2016 Weinstein Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration Conference Organizing Committee

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Company of Biologists · 2015 - 2016

Visualizing and dissecting epicardial regeneration in zebrafish

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2014 - 2016

Multidisciplinary Neonatal Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

Identifying mechanisms of heart regeneration

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2014

External Relationships


  • Clemson University COBRE
  • International Society for Regenerative Biology
  • Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

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