Award
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 1R35GM165433-01
Discovery of Thermoregulatory RNAs
Recipient
California State University Northridge
Award Amount
$405,625.00
Ceiling
$405,625.00
Awarded
July 23, 2026
Identifier
1R35GM165433-01
Award for research on discovering and characterizing RNA thermoregulatory elements to understand host-microbe interactions and gene regulation, with applications in antibiotic development and synthetic biology.
Description
This project aims to discover and characterize novel RNA thermometers and transcriptional thermoregulatory elements across bacteria, phages, chloroplasts, and mitochondria, providing insights into host-microbe interactions and organelle gene regulation, with potential applications in antibiotic development and synthetic biology.