Primary Recipient

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$158,534.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

The goal of this proposal is to determine the role of lipids in mechanotransduction by hair cells. We propose three specific aims. In Aim 1, we will determine which lipids are present in hair bundles using mass spectrometry and histochemical localization.