Primary Recipient

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$156,417.00

Award Date

4/30/2009

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

The pre-placodal ectoderm (PPE) gives rise to the sensory organs in the vertebrate head, which frequently are subject to congenital defects and damage. In animal models, it has been demonstrated that the expression of the transcription factor Six1 is requ