Project Grant 2319332
- The National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded $550,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program to support the project "EDGE FGT: Genetic Tools for Prochlorococcus That Dominate the Oceans" from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2023. The project aims to develop genetic tools to study Prochlorococcus, a genus of photosynthetic bacteria that are abundant in oceans worldwide. A sub-award...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $135,529 to the University of Wisconsin - Madison to further develop genetic manipulation techniques for the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. Prochlorococcus is the most abundant photosynthetic organism in the ocean, contributing substantially to global carbon fixation. The key objectives are to optimize methods for...
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a three-year, $595,865 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research titled "Features and Implications of Nitrogen Assimilation Trait Variability in Populations of Prochlorococcus." Through this funding, MIT researchers will strengthen the understanding of the integrated Earth system by supporting basic research into the atmospheric, earth, and ocean...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $642,399 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to Trustees of Boston University. The grant supports research to understand the process of cell death in the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus, a globally abundant microbe critical to ocean biogeochemistry. The project aims to examine the interplay between cellular metabolism and cell death, as well as the fate of cellular biomass after death and how interactions with...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a Project Grant totaling $690,714 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to conduct research on the direct measurement of in situ growth and growth limitation of bacterioplankton species in the ocean. The research is funded through the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system. The key objective of this...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $367,636 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from March 1, 2021 through February 29, 2024 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The grant funds collaborative research on multidimensional single-cell phenotyping to elucidate relationships between genomes and phenotypes. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance biological knowledge and understanding of major problems through basic research. This award supports...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems provides $1.6 million to support research under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) from August 2021 through July 2024. The grant funds the development of new molecular genetic tools by the J. Craig Venter Institute to define phenotypes in the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia, which can cause harmful algal blooms. Two subawards totaling $100,000 each were provided to the University of...
- This $1,373,044 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop microbial strains with minimal genomes for integrated bioprocessing using supercritical carbon dioxide. The goal is to elucidate the genotype-phenotype relationship of tolerance to supercritical CO2 for a selected microorganism and construct a reduced genome strain displaying the desired tolerance phenotype....
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) was awarded to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences for $396,577 to conduct research on the evolutionary patterns, systematics, and biogeographic distribution of two abundant but understudied groups of bacteria known as Patescibacteria and Chloroflexota. The research aims to improve fundamental knowledge about these cryptic microbes that play important roles in marine sediment ecosystems and...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $358,830 to the University of Chicago to investigate the evolution and mechanisms of thermotolerance in cyanobacteria, a type of phytoplankton. The research aims to elucidate how cyanobacteria adapt to survive extreme heat, with a focus on analyzing their genetic features and responses to temperature changes over both short and long-term timescales. The findings will help...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded a $417,009 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This 2-year grant, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025, will further the development of genetic manipulation techniques for the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. Prochlorococcus is the most abundant photosynthetic organism in the ocean, contributing nearly 10% of global carbon fixation. However, the function of many of its 80,000 unique genes remains unknown. This grant will support the development of methods for targeted gene knockout and generation of a transposon library in Prochlorococcus to enable further characterization of its genetic capabilities and ecological role. The research will also include science outreach activities at the Boston Public Library and development of a bioinformatics visualization module for student education.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $417.0k | 7/6/23 |