Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Amount

$1,000,000.00

Award Date

9/26/2009

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

This challenge project is based on (a) our pioneering work on IRGM as an autophagy factor 1, and (b) the genetic linkage recognition 2 of the role of autophagy and IRGM in Crohn's disease. The main objective is two-fold: (I) to delineate the role of autop