The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $849,713 Project Grant under the NSF Biological Sciences Program (CFDA 47.074) to The Children's Hospital Corporation (doing business as Boston Children's Hospital) to elucidate RNA-RNA interaction networks during interbacterial interactions. The research seeks to determine how small RNAs (sRNAs) control interactions between the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa and two other bacterial species. The project will leverage a transcriptomic approach to capture sRNAs and their target mRNAs, generating datasets to advance understanding of how interbacterial relationships are modulated by RNA-based control mechanisms. The award supports training opportunities for postdoctoral and undergraduate researchers, including those underrepresented in the scientific workforce, as well as undergraduate-level teaching for a postdoctoral fellow. No sub awards are planned under this grant.
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