Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$907,417.00

Award Date

5/30/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Here we investigate a novel antimicrobial approach using the metal gallium (Ga) as a 'Trojan horse' to disrupt bacterial Fe metabolism. Ga has a nearly identical ionic radius as Fe, and many biologic systems are unable to distinguish Ga from Fe. Ga disr

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	Primary recipient	$545,711.00
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI	Sub-recipient	$285,618.00
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, THE	Sub-recipient	$76,088.00