Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty
The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates from 2/1/2021 -2/28/2021 (the awards listed have a total award amount greater than $100,000):
PI | Project Title | Sponsor | Award Amount | Project Begin Date |
Dotti, Gianpietro | Targeting B7-H3 in ovarian cancer. | NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) | $632,310 | 2/1/2021 |
Randell, Scott | Engineering Smart Cells for Cystic Fibrosis Therapy | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics | $222,800 | 2/1/2021 |
Mackman, Nigel | Tissue factor-dependent coagulation in thrombosis and immune responses | NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | $863,736 | 2/1/2021 |
Deshmukh, Mohanish | Unexpected Function of Inflammasomes in Axon Pruning: Focus on NLRP1 | NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) | $1,637,919 | 2/1/2021 |
Conlon, Brian | Identifying the contribution of zinc limitation to antibiotic tolerance during S. aureus infection | NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | $240,887 | 2/1/2021 |
Heise, Mark | Testing of live-attenuated vaccine candidates for COVID-19 | Griffith University | $127,559 | 2/22/2021 |