This Project Grant award of $214,612 was made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, acting as the fiscal agent for the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
The purpose of the grant is to conduct collaborative research investigating how the antimicrobial functions of neutrophil immune cells scale with body mass across a range of terrestrial mammalian species, from mice to elephants. The research aims to advance understanding of how host body size constrains the evolution of innate immune defense processes in vertebrates. Key activities include assessing neutrophil antibacterial functions such as killing, phagocytosis, metabolic changes, and extracellular trap formation. The research will generate transcriptomic data and a database of neutrophil defense images that will be made available for further scientific studies. The project also includes educational outreach components, such as developing museum displays and teaching microscopy skills to middle school students in the Syracuse, NY area.
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