Grant: TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
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