The National Science Foundation awarded a $507,184 Project Grant to James Madison University under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of February 15, 2021 through January 31, 2025. The grant funds an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site project titled "Biological Data Science for Community College Students: Transition to Academic and Research Independence." The project aims to promote progress in the biological sciences by increasing...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $139,341 project grant to the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) under the NSF Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The 3-year grant, effective August 1, 2023, supports collaborative research to investigate the biomechanical mechanisms underlying wound resilience in the single-celled organism Stentor coeruleus. The research will leverage cell biology, microfluidics,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $253,890 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to Western University of Health Sciences to conduct research on sensory membrane proteins. The goal is to develop computational tools capable of realistic simulations of how these proteins respond to external stimuli like pressure, heat, and sound. The research project, titled "Collaborative Research: Ultra-Fast Simulations of Sensory Membrane Proteins with...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $123,956 Project Grant to New Mexico State University (NMSU) through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support a 3-year research project. The project will probe the role of the small GTPase Rap1 protein in the mechanisms that drive morphogenesis - the changes in cell and tissue shape and arrangement during development. The goals are for the Principal Investigator to learn and apply...
The Johns Hopkins University was awarded a $1.2 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences to study the effects of mechanical stress and phenotype switching on human stem cell-derived vascular smooth muscle cells. The grant was awarded on January 1, 2022 with a completion date of December 31, 2025 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen...
The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $1,004,927 Project Grant to The Johns Hopkins University from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025. The grant supports research titled "Probing Phosphorylation Events in Biological Membranes" under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074).
The goal of the Biological Sciences program is to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise by increasing...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $179,410 to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research to conduct research aimed at understanding the molecular basis for NOD2-dependent lipid mediator production. The 5-year project will: (1) determine if endogenous stimulation of NOD2 leads to RIP2-dependent phosphorylation and activation of 5-lipoxygenase; (2) identify the molecular features of RIP2...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) totaling $329,172 funds a collaborative research project to investigate how the SMC5/6 protein complex manages branched DNA structures during DNA repair processes. The research teams at North Carolina State University will use complementary biochemical and high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) methodologies to examine how SMC5/6 recognizes and processes key DNA repair...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences project grant, funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), focuses on investigating the biomechanical mechanisms that confer wound resilience in the single-celled organism Stentor coeruleus. The $185,027 award to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will support research to identify principles of wound resilience and regeneration in this organism, with the potential to inform the...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) project grant award, valued at $153,680, supports a 5-year research effort led by Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop novel computational models and tools for analyzing spatial multi-omics data to better understand tissue structure and function. The project aims to 1) design a cross-scale graph-learning model to predict signaling organization and cell communication, and 2) develop a cross-modality...