Award
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 5R35GM147439-05
Bioinformatic Guided Discovery and Characterization of New RiPP Natural Products
Recipient
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Award Amount
$348,201.00
Ceiling
$348,201.00
Awarded
May 11, 2026
Identifier
5R35GM147439-05
Award for research project at University of North Carolina Greensboro to discover and characterize new RiPP natural products using bioinformatics and biochemistry, funded by NIGMS.
Description
This project focuses on the discovery and characterization of bioactive natural products, specifically RiPPs, using bioinformatics and biochemical methodologies. The project involves interdisciplinary approaches combining bioinformatics and biochemistry to discover new natural products and enzymes, inform future genome mining and pathway engineering efforts, and includes training of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The project focuses on RiPP natural products with potential bioactivities, including antibiotics.