Alabama A & M University received a $534,963 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities on September 1, 2021 to support research titled "EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: PAH1-MEDIATED REGULATION OF LIPID SYNTHESIS IN THE MODEL OLEAGINOUS YEAST YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing scientific knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Specifically, the three-year grant will fund A & M University researchers in Normal, Huntsville, Alabama as they investigate how a particular gene regulates lipid synthesis in the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, with the goal of gaining fundamental insights that could enable engineering of yeast and other organisms for enhanced biofuel and chemical production.
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