The University of California San Diego received a $246,897 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences on August 1, 2021 to complete work by July 31, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "Bromoform Production and ROS Response to Stress in Seaweeds" under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA #47.074). The Biological Sciences program aims to advance biological knowledge and enhance understanding of major...
The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $748,357 to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation under a Project Grant to support the collaborative research project "Bromoform Production and ROS Response to Stress in Seaweeds" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. This award will fund research examining bromoform production and reactive oxygen species response to stress in seaweeds. Bromoform is a naturally produced volatile organic compound...
The University of Utah will receive $299,566 from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. The funding will support the OPUS: FOREST CANOPY COMMUNITIES AS ARENAS TO ADVANCE SYNTHESES AND UNDERSTANDING OF DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY project. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise...
The University of Utah received a three-year, $576,408 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant supports research into the "Ecological Implications and Evolutionary Dynamics of a Nascent Sodalit-Allied Symbiont in a Parasitoid Wasp" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. This award will fund basic research under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The goal of the program is to advance...
The University of Utah will receive $829,999 from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the project "Molecular Evolution of Cellular Condensates" from August 15, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The university will analyze condensate constituents in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans to understand how these membrane-less organelles form and evolve at the molecular level. Researchers will conduct phylogenetic analysis of...
The University of Utah will receive $492,516 from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under a three-year Project Grant award titled "Role of Electric Fields and a Dynamic Local Environment in Protein-RNA Molecular Recognition." The grant funds basic research from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024 to advance understanding of major problems in the biological sciences by investigating the role of electric fields and the local molecular...
This $240,471 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems will fund research into keystone molecules and estuarine food webs. The grant is part of NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to advance biological science knowledge and address major problems facing the nation. Specifically, the University of Utah will investigate polyketide compounds produced by small sea slugs of the genus Alderia that are abundant on mudflats in northern...
The University of Utah will receive $566,507 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from July 2021 through June 2024. The funding will support research into pulmonary aerodynamic valves, their distribution in the lungs, and their functions. The NSF Biological Sciences program aims to advance the field and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding of major issues. This project...
The University of Utah will receive $812,067 in funding from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the project "SAXOPHONE: A GLUCOSE-SENSITIVE TYPE I DPP/BMP RECEPTOR" from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The funding will support research exploring major problems confronting the nation through increasing scientific knowledge and enhancing understanding of the biological sciences. Specifically, the University of...
The University of Utah was awarded a three-year, $755,156 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 research from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024 to resolve the phylogeny and uncover drivers of speciation in the evolutionary radiation of porcini mushrooms (Boletaceae). As part of the Biological Sciences program's goal to promote advancement in the...