Project Grant F32AI181516

Award Date 12/4/24
Completion Date 8/31/27
Dollars Obligated $223K
Federal Grant Program
93.855
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) received a federal Project Grant award of $222,852 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855). This funding supports a research project titled "RHO Dependent Regulation of Clostridioides difficile Virulence" that aims to identify and annotate key regulatory genes and transcripts involved in C. difficile virulence. The project will analyze RNA sequencing data to map Rho-dependent terminators and determine how the Nus transcription factors NusA and NusG influence Rho-mediated regulation of C. difficile growth, sporulation, and toxin production. The goal is to improve understanding of C. difficile pathogenesis and reveal potential therapeutic targets. This 3-year research effort builds on UNC-CH's extensive expertise in C. difficile biology and genetic approaches under the leadership of Dr. Rita Tamayo.

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