The University of Maryland, College Park received a $748,910 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences on January 1, 2022 to support research titled "TRANSITIONS: MECHANICAL REGULATION OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DYNAMICS, CHROMATIN ACCESSIBILITY AND GENE EXPRESSION." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to increase scientific knowledge and understanding of major...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $359,983 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will fund a collaborative research project titled "Microbiome Mediation of Multi-trophic Interactions in a Tree Diversity Experiment" from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2025. The research aims to advance understanding of major problems confronting the nation by...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to conduct molecular simulations of biological active matter from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024. The award is being used to support research under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Specifically, the university will leverage...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $1,205,836 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of March 1, 2022 through February 28, 2025. The grant funds the development of highly efficient and unconstrained CRISPR systems for plant functional genomics. Specifically, the University will utilize the funding to advance CRISPR technology for analyzing...
This $741,002 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program supports the development of a novel machine learning framework for analyzing large-scale, multi-modal single-cell biological data. The project aims to construct advanced computational tools and user-friendly software to enable more effective extraction of insights and knowledge from complex single-cell datasets spanning genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, and proteomics. The...
This $218,680 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support research at the University of Maryland, College Park to investigate the role of active chromatin dynamics in T cell activation and differentiation. The project aims to elucidate the driving forces for chromatin patterning, its dynamical evolution, and the resulting impact on transcriptional dynamics during T cell activation and differentiation....
The University of Maryland, College Park will use a $2.9 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research on learning rules in neurons from 2022 to 2026. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to advance biological science knowledge and address major issues facing the nation. Specifically, the grant will fund the "UROL:EN: Learning the Rules of Neuronal Learning" project at the University of Maryland....
The University of Maryland, College Park received a $314,640 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology to conduct research exploring the interplay between form and function in spider predatory strikes. The two-year award, issued January 1, 2022 and set to conclude December 31, 2024, will fund research under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and...
The University of Maryland, College Park will receive $419,209 under a four-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science to support the "Expanding the History of Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine: The United States and Its Regional Neighbors" project. The grant was awarded on January 15, 2022 under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to contribute to scientific strength and welfare...
This two-year, $1,204,512 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into the robustness and adaptability of the dynamic epigenome through a multiscale approach. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the award to Brandeis University involves investigating the fundamental rules that guide adaptive epigenetic changes in cells without alterations to the genetic blueprint. The research utilizes high-resolution imaging, microfluidics, and automated culture...