The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded Cornell University a $798,040 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support research titled "Engineering an Inorganic Carbon Highway to Improve C3 Photosynthesis." Over a three-year period from August 2021 through July 2024, Cornell University will conduct research aimed at advancing the understanding of major problems confronting the nation in the...
Cornell University received a $1,177,301 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2023 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support research activities focused on developing computational tools and synthetic biology techniques to improve functional annotation of plant enzyme genes. Specifically, the grant will facilitate deposition of published plant enzyme activity data into public...
Cornell University was awarded a $450,656 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award will support research into the hydrofunctionalization of alkenes through non-redox paired electrocatalysis from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The funding will allow Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs to advance scientific understanding of major problems in...
Cornell University was awarded a $1,317,788 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems to develop tools for host-microbiome protein-protein interaction discovery and establish sequencing-compatible ultra-high-throughput experimental screening approaches. The grant also supports the launch of annual bioinformatics hackathons for students centered on protein structure-inspired projects and the development of computational tools to assign...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $1,245,633 provides funding to Cornell University from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026 to develop new instrumentation and methods for millisecond time-resolved studies of protein dynamics using quenching crystallography. The goal is to deliver a solution enabling time-resolved studies of protein structural changes with millisecond resolution in any laboratory setting. Funding is provided through the Biological Sciences program...
Cornell University received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop a cell-free biosensing platform integrating transmembrane proteins. The award period is from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. Specifically, the university will utilize recent advances in biotechnology and bioelectronics to establish a process for rapidly assembling customized transmembrane proteins into a biomimetic sensing device without...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $600,000 will support research at Cornell University from June 2022 through May 2024 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The university will conduct cryogenic electron microscopy analysis of the chloroplast CLP protease system in Arabidopsis thaliana to determine the three-dimensional structure of the endogenous ~1,000 kDa CLP protease-chaperone complex. The research aims to unravel the structural details of this chloroplast...
Cornell University was awarded a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award will support research to enhance the reactivity and photoreactivity of metal oxide surfaces through fluorination. The goal of this research is to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences by increasing scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems....
Cornell University was awarded a $486,205 project grant from the National Science Foundation to develop sequence programmable triazine-thymine synthetic ligands. The grant is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through advancing knowledge and understanding of major problems. Under the three-year award beginning August 2021, Cornell researchers will design and test synthetic ligands that can be...
Cornell University was awarded a $476,779 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant falls under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support collaborative research titled "Mechanisms of Differentiation and Morphogenesis of the Ligule/Auricle Hinge." The research will be conducted from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024 in Ithaca, NY. The Biological Sciences program aims to increase scientific knowledge and...