Award
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 5K08AI148584-05
The Transmission Biology of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Recipient
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Award Amount
$194,860.00
Ceiling
$194,860.00
Awarded
May 20, 2025
Identifier
5K08AI148584-05
NIH awarded a research grant to Weill Medical College of Cornell University to study the transmission biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, aiming to identify bacterial factors that enable survival in air and facilitate tuberculosis transmission.
Description
This NIH research project focuses on understanding and blocking the transmission of tuberculosis by studying the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The project aims to identify bacterial determinants that promote survival during aerosolization to facilitate transmission, using CRISPRi gene silencing and metabolic analysis.