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Research in applied genomics to drugs and diagnostics |
New
awards
July 2004 |
The TDR Working Group on and Applied Genomics to Drugs and Diagnostics [workplan],
established by the Committee on Pathogenesis and Applied Genomics [workplan],
met in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in July 8-11, 2004, to deliberate and
recommend projects for funding by TDR. The projects listed below were
selected from among a large number of applications received from
investigators worldwide. The grants will be funded as one-year pilot
projects.
New grants in genome to
drugs and diagnostics
These grants will be funded for one year
in the first instance, and for an additional year if sufficient progress
is made in the first year toward reaching the scientific objectives, and
if sufficient funds are available.
Project
ID |
Principal
Investigator |
Institution |
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Project
Title |
Funding
in US$ |
|
A40746
|
Dr
Ofelia Chacon
|
Corporacion para Infestigaciones Biologicas,
Medellin, Colombia
|
|
Genetic
analysis of D-alanine biosynthesis in Mycobacteria
|
35,000
|
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A40732
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Professor
Matthew Welch
|
The
University
of
California
, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology,
Berkeley
,
CA
,
USA
|
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Validation
of kinesins as targets for drugs to treat African tryps., leish.
& Chagas disease through genomics & RNA inte
|
35,340
|
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A40663
|
Dr
Richard John Burchmore
|
University
of Glasgow, Sir Henry Wellcome Functional Genomics Facility,
Faculty of Biomedical &Life Sciences, Glasgow, UK
|
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A
comparative proteomic analysis of drug resistance in Leishmania
donovani
|
18,000
|
TDR expresses sincere gratitude to
members of the Working Group and to external reviewers for their
critical assessment and contributions to the selection process.
TDR would also like
to thank those investigators who were not funded.
A large number of projects were reviewed but only a few selected
due to the highly competitive selection process; TDR would like to
encourage those investigators who were not successful this time to
continue their good work and to re-compete for funding next year.
TDR Contact: Dr
Oduola
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