Congratulations to assistant professor Nirmala Parajuli on receiving a Barton Pilot Award! The project, “The role of Hsp72 chaperone in monocyte-derived macrophage activation and renal graft failure” is a one-year award which begins January 1, 2021. The project will test the hypothesis that renal cold storage induces CCL2 and Hsp72 in renal allografts, which promotes monocyte-derived macrophage infiltration and activation as a mechanism of graft injury. The award amount is $25,000.