The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $1,299,732 to the University of Texas at Austin under a Project Grant to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SYNTHETIC AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPROACHES TO SEMI-SYNTHETIC CELLS WITH EXPANDED DNA ALPHABETS." The three-year award beginning August 15, 2021 falls under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the Nation's...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $503,000 Project Grant to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to study the roles of RNA modifications in regulating responses to abiotic stresses like drought and heat in cereal crops. The project aims to identify novel regulatory mechanisms and new targets for improving drought and heat tolerance in crops like sorghum, maize, rice,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program grant, awarded to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), aims to uncover the mechanistic details of how the overlapping networks of RNA interference (RNAi) and chromatin modifying pathways maintain appropriate gene regulation during stress. The $171,061 award, effective from February 15, 2025 to January 31, 2030, will leverage interdisciplinary approaches, including genetics, physiological assays,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program award to the University of Texas at Austin provides $650,195 over 3 years to investigate regulatory mechanisms used by RNA-binding proteins within a bacterial central carbon metabolism network. The researchers will use experimental and computational tools to: (i) explore the formation of bacterial condensates as a post-transcriptional gene regulation mechanism, and (ii) elucidate dynamic regulatory outcomes from alternative usage...
The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $493,291 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Dallas to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GENOME EDITING APPROACHES TO UNRAVEL MICRORNA ROLES IN STOCHASTIC MULTISTABLE NETWORKS." The grant was awarded on July 15, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2026 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The research aims to advance understanding of major problems in...
The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $757,389 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin to support research titled "Understanding Highly Heterogeneous Biological Membranes" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. This award will fund research into major problems confronting the nation through advancing the biological sciences, as outlined in the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). Specifically, the University of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Texas at Austin. The grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MODULUS: PROTEIN DROPLETS DRIVE MEMBRANE BENDING AND CYTOSKELETAL ORGANIZATION," seeks to improve understanding of how protein droplets interact with cellular membranes and the cytoskeleton. The...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, under the Biological Sciences CFDA program (47.074), will investigate a novel regulatory mechanism called "RNA buffering" that maintains messenger RNA (mRNA) levels despite changes in synthesis and decay rates. The $749,978 project at the University of Utah will explore the protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions involved in this process, which challenges...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $414,164 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences CFDA program to the University of Illinois at Chicago. This 3-year grant, awarded on August 15, 2023, will support research to study how enzymes in intermediary metabolism interact with and bind to RNA molecules. The project aims to gain a greater understanding of these protein-RNA interactions and their effects on regulating cellular activities,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $949,953 Project Grant to the Research Foundation Of The City University Of New York, doing business as Rfcuny - Hunter College, from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The grant, funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will support research to identify molecular interactions and build a detailed model of translational regulation, specifically examining the role of eIF3 and 4E-BP in...