Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Amount

$497,557.00

Award Date

9/27/2010

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 human body encounters most pathogens through mucosal sites. Two main portals are the lung and gut, where pathogens are encountered through the aerodigestive tract mucosa and oral ingestion, respectively. While both of these organs harbor resident immu