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24,576 grants matching “microbiome”
LIMA: Lipid anti-Inflammatory Mediators in Asthma to reduce airway hyperresponsiveness in obese asthmatics
$741,557Fernando Holguin · University Of Colorado Denver · R61 · FY2022 · HL
Childhood Pulmonary and Related Outcomes after Perinatal Exposure to Adjunctive Azithromycin Prophylaxis for Cesarean Delivery (C/SOAP Follow-Up Study)
$741,544Akila Subramaniam · University Of Alabama At Birmingham · R01 · FY2020 · HD
Functional Analysis of the Pulmonary Microbiome during COPD
$741,499Gary B. Huffnagle · University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor · R01 · FY2018 · HL
Gut microbiota and human malaria
$741,463Nathan Schmidt · Indiana University Indianapolis · R01 · FY2022 · AI
3D-bioprinting of sustained- and phased-release antibiotic and probiotic scaffolds to treat bacterial vaginosis
$741,331Hermann Frieboes · University Of Louisville · R01 · FY2025 · AI
Mechanisms for Arsenic-Induced Vascular Disease
$741,303Aaron Barchowsky · University Of Pittsburgh At Pittsburgh · R01 · FY2009 · ES
Research Training in Pulmonary Immunology and Allergy at Massachusetts General Hospital
$740,926Andrew D Luster · Massachusetts General Hospital · T32 · FY2025 · HL
Metagenomic profiling of urinary cell-free DNA to monitor urinary tract infection after kidney transplantation
$740,764Iwijn De Vlaminck · Cornell University · R01 · FY2020 · AI
Next Generation Multipurpose Prevention Technology: An Intravaginal Ring for HIV Prevention and Nonhormonal Contraception
$740,660Marc Michael Baum · Oak Crest Institute Of Science · R01 · FY2022 · HD
Gut barrier function in Alzheimerâs disease
$740,468Barbara Brigitta Bendlin · University Of Wisconsin-Madison · R01 · FY2024 · AG
Hippocampal Inflammation as a Pathophysiology for Psychosis
$740,339Dolores Malaspina · Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai · R01 · FY2020 · MH
The Gut Microbiome and Personalized Mediterranean Diet Interventions for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention
$740,309Dong Wang · Brigham And Women'S Hospital · R01 · FY2023 · NR
Mediators of fatty liver disease during HIV/SIV and cART treatment
$740,149Donald L Sodora · Seattle Children'S Hospital · R01 · FY2018 · AI
Biostatistics, Epidemiologic, and Bioinformatic Training in Environmental Health (BEBTEH)
$740,018Elizabeth A Lianne Sheppard · University Of Washington · T32 · FY2020 · ES
MASSIVE EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO UNDERSTAND VARIATION IN ROOT TRAITS WITH THE GOAL OF SELECTING BENEFICIAL TRAITS THAT ENHANCE RESOURCE ACQUISITION AND PRODUCTIVITY FOR MEETING GLOBAL FOOD DEMANDS. THESE EFFORTS ARE USUALLY CONDUCTED WITHOUT INCLUDING BENEFICIAL ARBUSCULAR-MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL (AMF) PARTNERSHIPS, A MUTUALISM BETWEEN AN ESTIMATED TWO-THIRDS OF HIGHER PLANTS AND FUNGI THAT ARE UBIQUITOUS IN THE ENVIRONMENT. INOCULATION WITH AMF HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO SUBSTANTIALLY ENHANCE PLANT VIGOR IN AGRICULTURE AND RESTORATION. HOWEVER, RESULTS ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT TO REPLICATE DUE TO COMPLEX INTERACTIONS AMONG THE PLANT AND FUNGAL GENOTYPES AS WELL AS THE PLANT ASSOCIATED MICROBIOME. THE CONTEXT DEPENDENCE OF THESE INTERACTIONS IS A MAJOR FACTOR LIMITING EXPLOITATION OF AM FUNGI IN AGRICULTURE AND REMEDIATION, WHILE UNPREDICTABLE PLANT BENEFITS HINDER THE INCLUSION OF THESE FUNGI IN SCREENS FOR BENEFICIAL ROOT TRAITS. THIS RESEARCH WILL IDENTIFY FUNGAL, PLANT AND MICROBIOME TRAITS THAT PREDICT HOW PLANTS BENEFIT FROM THEIR AMF PARTNERS UNDER IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS (SPECIFICALLY LOW NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY, DROUGHT, HIGH SALINITY, AND PATHOGEN INFECTION), WHICH WILL LEAD TO IMPROVED VARIETAL SELECTION AND PRODUCTIVITY GAINS, IN MARGINAL ENVIRONMENTS. WE ALSO PROPOSE A HIGHLY INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO DEVELOP SYNTHETIC BACTERIA COMMUNITIES (SYNCOMS) TO FACILITATE AMF COLONIZATION. WE WILL BUILD STATISTICAL EQUATION AND GENOME SCALE METABOLIC MODELS TO ADVANCE OUR CAPACITY TO PREDICT PLANT-MICROBIOME INTERACTIONS BY REVEALING FUNDAMENTAL LINKS BETWEEN ROOT TRAITS, INTRODUCED AMF, AND MICROBIAL GUILDS IN SOIL. BY DOING THIS WE WILL DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK TO PROVIDE TANGIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPLOITING THE BENEFITS THAT AMF PROVIDE TO PLANTS UNDER STRESS CONDITIONS.
$740,000Colorado State University · · FY2020 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** PLANTS GROW IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH LARGE COMMUNITIES OF SOIL MICROBES THAT INFLUENCE NUTRIENT COMPOSITION AND UPTAKE OF NUTRIENTS, AND CAN CONFER TOLERANCE TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES. THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS THAT SHAPE ROOT MICROBIOMES, AND THEIR IMPACTS ON PLANT PERFORMANCE AT THE GENOMIC AND MOLECULAR LEVELS, TOWARDS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF DEPLOYING BENEFICIAL MICROBIOTA TO IMPROVE PLANT GROWTH AND YIELDS. STUDIES OF MICROBIOME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION WILL BE PERFORMED USING THE MAJOR CROP PLANT RICE AS A MODEL SYSTEM. SINCE CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION RESULTS IN ALTERATION OF THE SOIL MICROBIOME THAT CAN HAVE BOTH NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE EFFECTS ON PLANT GROWTH, SOIL MICROBIOMES OF CULTIVATED RICE FIELDS WILL BE CHARACTERIZED TO IDENTIFY BACTERIAL TAXA AND MICROBIAL GENE FUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES FOR THEIR HOST PLANTS. THIS KNOWLEDGE CAN BE USED TO GUIDE FIELD MANAGEMENT, THROUGH MANAGEMENT OF CULTIVATION PRACTICES THAT PROMOTE BENEFICIALSOIL BACTERIA. DROUGHT CONSTITUTES ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS THREATS TO CROP YIELDS, ESPECIALLY WITH FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE. SOIL MICROBES CAN POTENTIALLY BE EXPLOITED FOR CONFERRING DROUGHT TOLERANCE TO PLANTS. THE RESPONSE OF PLANT ROOTS TO DROUGHT BY RECRUITMENT OF SPECIFIC BACTERIAL SPECIES WILL BE INVESTIGATED IN DETAIL, BY CHARACTERIZATION OF CULTURES OF DROUGHT-ENRICHED BACTERIA FROM RICE ROOTS. THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS BY WHICH THESE BACTERIA ARE ENRICHED IN ROOTS UNDER DROUGHT, THEIR PROMOTION OF ROOT GROWTH, AND THEIR ROLES IN DROUGHT TOLERANCE AND RECOVERY WILL BE ELUCIDATED BY USING GENOMICS. THE FIELD APPLICATION OF BENEFICIAL MICROBIOTA TO CROP PLANTS IS HAMPERED BY A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF MICROBIOME ASSEMBLY AND ESTABLISHMENT IN PLANT ROOTS. SYNTHETIC COMMUNITIES OF ROOT ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA FROM FIELD GROWN RICE PLANTS WILL BE USED TO INVESTIGATE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ROOT COLONIZATION BY NON-PATHOGENIC BACTERIA, INCLUDING EVASION OF THE PLANT IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND TO DECIPHER THE RULES FOR ROOT MICROBIOME ASSEMBLY. THE PROJECT WILL THUS PROVIDE A DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERACTIONS OF MICROBIOMES WITH THEIR HOST PLANTS, THAT WILL CONSTITUTE AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS THE UTILIZATION OF BENEFICIAL MICROBES TO IMPROVE CROP PLANT PERFORMANCE IN AGRICULTURE, BEYOND WHAT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH CONVENTIONAL PLANT BREEDING ALONE.
$740,000University Of California, Davis · · FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** GLOBAL AGRICULTURE SECTORS ARE COMPETING FOR FINITE P RESERVES, AS IT IS AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT FOR PLANT GROWTH. BASED ON CURRENT METRICS, INEXPENSIVE ROCK PHOSPHATE IS EXPECTED TO BE DEPLETED WITHIN 50-100 YEARS. FOCUS ON P RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY IS CRITICAL FOR ALL CROP PRODUCTION AREAS, INCLUDING SOIL-BASED, HYDROPONIC, AND AQUAPONIC SYSTEMS. IN THE SOILLESS AP SYSTEM, NITROGEN TRANSFORMATION AND UTILIZATION HAVE BEEN THE FOCUS OF NUTRIENT RESEARCH. THERE IS A STARK LACK OF INFORMATION ON OTHER ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS IN AP, LIKE P, PARTICULARLY REGARDING PLANT-AVAILABLE FORMS. THIS KNOWLEDGE GAP LIMITS THE SUSTAINABILITY, PRODUCTIVITY, AND CAPACITY FOR CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN AP SYSTEMS. THE AIM OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW P RECOVERY/AVAILABILITY, MICROBIAL COMPOSITION OF THE PLANT RHIZOSPHERE, AND REGULATION OF MICROBIAL P-ENZYMES ARE AFFECTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. WE WILL CHARACTERIZE HOW THESE PARAMETERS CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE PLANT LIFECYCLE AND CAN BE OPTIMIZED TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY AND PLANT QUALITY IN AP SYSTEMS. BY UNDERSTANDING THE INTERACTIONS AMONG THE HOST, ENVIRONMENT, AND THE MICROBIOME, AP PRACTITIONERS WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT LEADING TO ENHANCED SYSTEM DESIGN, IMPROVED POTENTIAL FOR CROP DIVERSIFICATION, AND POSSIBLE INCREASED PROFITABILITY. RESULTS FROM THIS RESEARCH ARE APPLICABLE TO HOME PRACTITIONERS AND MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR AP FACILITIES ALIKE. MICROBIAL ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THE PLANT RHIZOSPHERE REMAIN A BLACK BOX IN AP. GIVEN THEIR IRREPLACEABLE ROLE IN FUNCTION OF THE SYSTEM, IT IS SURPRISING THAT INVESTIGATION INTO THE SIGNIFICANT MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES THAT GOVERN AP SYSTEMS IS JUST BEGINNING. CURRENT RESEARCH ON THE TAXONOMIC PROFILE OF MICROORGANISMS IN AP HAS FOCUSED ON BIOFILTRATION AND SOLIDS FILTRATION COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM. THERE IS SOME, ALBEIT LIMITED, RESEARCH ON THE MICROBIAL COMPOSITION IN DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF AP SYSTEMS. FEW STUDIES HAVE EXAMINED THE COMMUNITY COMPOSITION OF THE PLANT RHIZOSPHERE. THIS RESEARCH UTILIZED 16S RRNA SEQUENCING TO IDENTIFY THE QUANTITY AND PROPORTION OF TAXA; HOWEVER, THIS TECHNOLOGY IS LIMITED DUE TO THE LOW TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION AND BIAS FOR ASSIGNMENT OF SEQUENCES FOR THE VARIABLE REGION CHOSEN FOR THE ANALYSIS. IN ADDITION, 16S RRNA SEQUENCING ONLY DESCRIBES WHAT ORGANISMS ARE PRESENT AND DO NOT INFER FUNCTION OF THE COMMUNITY. WE PROPOSE TO USE A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZE THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION OF THE PLANT RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIOME OF AP SYSTEMS THROUGH METAGENOMICS AND METATRANSCRIPTOMICS TECHNOLOGY, RESPECTIVELY. TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS THE FIRST RESEARCH IN AP TO EMPLOY THIS APPROACH TO DETERMINE ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS THAT INFLUENCE PLANT RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIOTA COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION. THIS RESEARCH WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE MICROBIOME RESEARCH IN AP AND OPEN PATHWAYS FOR CONTINUED RESEARCH IN THE FIELD. FUNDING OF AP RESEARCH NOT ONLY PROVIDES ADVANCES IN SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THESE SYSTEMS BUT ALSO CAN POTENTIALLY PROVIDE KEY INSIGHTS INTO MICROBE-PLANT INTERACTION IN SOIL-BASED AGRICULTURE. A MAJOR FOCUS OF SOIL SYSTEMS IS HOW MICROBIOTA ARE RECRUITED TO THE RHIZOSPHERE BY THE PLANT. THESE MECHANISMS ARE MAINLY THEORETICAL BECAUSE RESULTS ARE DIFFICULT TO DISSECT DUE TO THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL COMPLEXITY OF THE SOIL STRUCTURE. THIS COMPLEXITY CAN HINDER SEQUENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO MICROBIAL COMMUNITY FORMATION, GENETIC INFLUENCE ON NUTRIENT CYCLING , AND CAPACITY TO ENGINEER THE PLANT RHIZOSPHERE THROUGH PLANT-PROMOTING ORGANISMS. CONVERSELY, AP SYSTEMS ARE HIGHLY CONTROLLED AND HAVE LITTLE VARIATION IN PARAMETERS SUCH AS TEMPERATURE, PH, HYDRAULIC LOADING RATE, AND NUTRIENT APPLICATION. THE MATRIX SURROUNDING THE PLANT RHIZOSPHERE IS MARKEDLY LESS COMPLEX IN AP THAN IN SOIL. THESE SYSTEMS PROVIDE A MECHANISM TO CONDUCT CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ON THE PLANT RHIZOSPHERE THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO MULTIPLE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS. THE USE OF METAGENOMIC DATA TO GUIDE ISOLATION CAN PROVIDE FUTURE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES ON ENGINEERING THE PLANT RHIZOSPHERE.
$740,000Kentucky State University · · FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** IMPROVING NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF REDUCING NITROGEN FERTILIZER INPUTS WHILE MAINTAINING CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND DECREASING ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. IN THIS PROJECT, WE WILL IDENTIFY HOW HIGH-NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY CORN INFLUENCES PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS AND THE ABILITY OF MICROBES TO DELIVER NITROGEN TO CORN. WE HYPOTHESIZE HIGH-NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY CORN FOSTERS DIFFERENT MICROBIAL ASSEMBLAGES THAT WILL PRIME MICROBES TO RELEASE NITROGEN FROM SOIL ORGANIC MATTER FOR PLANT USE WHILE MINIMIZING NITROGEN LOSSES. MOREOVER, WE ANTICIPATE THAT SOME HIGH-NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY CORN GENOTYPES WILL BE BETTER ABLE TO DIRECTLY ACQUIRE NITROGEN FROM SOIL THROUGH THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH SPECIFIC MICROBES.THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF OUR RESEARCH ARE TO (1) ASSESS HOW HIGH-NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY CORN INFLUENCES RHIZOSPHERE (ROOT-ASSOCIATED) AND ENDOPHYTIC (WITHIN ROOT) MICROBIOME ASSEMBLY, (2) QUANTIFY HOW HIGH-NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY CORN INFLUENCES RHIZOSPHERE NITROGEN-TRANSFORMATIONS, AND (3) ASSESS HOW MAIZE ROOT PROPERTIES ARE INFLUENCED BY GENOTYPE AND NITROGEN-FERTILIZATION. THIS RESEARCH WILL CAPITALIZE ON DIVERSE CORN LANDRACE ACCESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GENETICALLY INTEGRATED INTO A TEMPERATE IN-BRED LINE AND EXHIBITS HIGH-NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY. WE WILL ALSO CAPITALIZE ON A SOIL OBTAINED FROM A LONG-TERM FIELD EXPERIMENT SITE THAT HAS GRADIENTS IN SOIL ORGANIC MATTER AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION. THESE RESOURCES WILL ALLOW US TO INTERROGATE POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GENOTYPE AND FERTILIZER LEVELS ON PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS USING A COMBINATION OF BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSES, SOIL LABORATORY INCUBATIONS, MICROBIAL COMMUNITY PROFILING, AND PLANT CHARACTERIZATIONS.THIS PROJECT DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE PRIORITIES OF THE AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOMES PROGRAM BY IDENTIFYING PLANT GENETIC AND MICROBIAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT AFFECT CORN NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY IN AGRICULTURAL SOILS. THE INSIGHTS GAINED FROM OUR PROJECT WILL IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MICROBIOMES THAT CAN HELP OPTIMIZE PLANT NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY AND POTENTIALLY REDUCE CHEMICAL INPUTS.
$740,000Iowa State University Of Science And Technology · · FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE USE OF COVER CROPS IS WIDELY RECOMMENDED AS A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH BETWEEN AND DURING CROP CYCLES. HOWEVER, WHILE THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THE USE OF COVER CROPS AS A MEANS TO IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH THERE REMAINS A KNOWLEDGE GAP IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW DIFFERENT COVER CROP SPECIES SHAPE SOIL MICROBIOMES AND IN TURN, HOW THE SOIL MICROBIOME INFLUENCES DESIRED FUNCTIONS RELATED TO SOIL HEALTH. PREVIOUS RESEARCH BY OUR TEAM AND OTHERS HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE COMPOSITION AND DIVERSITY OF THE SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY CAN BE INFLUENCED BY THE PRESENCE OF SPECIFIC CARBON-BASED MOLECULES, SECONDARY METABOLITES, AND SIGNALING CHEMICALS THAT ENTER THE SOIL THROUGH ROOT EXUDATION. FURTHERMORE, WE KNOW THAT THERE CAN BE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN ROOT EXUDATE COMPOSITION BETWEEN PLANT SPECIES. HENCE, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLOIT THE USE OF DIFFERENT COVER CROP SPECIES AS A MEANS TO ALTER THE SOIL MICROBIOME FOR DESIRED FUNCTION VIA ROOT EXUDATION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO EVALUATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ROOT EXUDATE COMPOSITION OF DIFFERENT COVER CROP SPECIES, OBSERVABLE ALTERATIONS IN THE MICROBIOME COMPOSITION AND DIVERSITY, AND DESIRED SOIL FUNCTIONS. IN ADDITION, WE WILL EVALUATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SHIFTS IN SOIL MICROBIAL COMPOSITION PERSIST INTO THE FOLLOWING CASH CROP. IMPROVING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS WILL PROVIDE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO SELECTING AND POTENTIALLY BREEDING COVER CROPS TO ACHIEVE DESIRED SOIL HEALTH BENEFITS AND IMPROVE OVERALL AGROECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY.
$740,000Colorado State University · · FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Identification of the Exposome in Fatty Liver Disease in Mexican American Families Using Genetic Correction
$739,998John Blangero · University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley · R01 · FY2020 · MD
Gut barrier function in Alzheimerâs disease
$739,920Barbara Brigitta Bendlin · University Of Wisconsin-Madison · R01 · FY2023 · AG
Neuroinflammation in response to ascending reproductive tract ureaplasma infection
$739,864Meredith Anne Kelleher · Oregon Health & Science University · R01 · FY2025 · HD
Regulation of Candida albicans Pathogenesis by Protein Kinase and Transcription Factor Networks
$739,862Damian J Krysan · University Of Iowa · R01 · FY2025 · AI
Culture-free pathogen tracking in hospitalized patients
$739,804Ami Siddharth Bhatt · Stanford University · R01 · FY2021 · AI
Murine Typhus
$739,758Abdu F Azad · University Of Maryland Baltimore · R01 · FY2018 · AI