Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Amount

$666,577.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

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

Metastatic melanoma is an aggressive tumor with a poor prognosis. Critical biologic features of melanoma metastasis are the acquisition of migratory competence, growth factor independence, and invasive potential. In an attempt to identify genes that contr