Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

Amount

$415,250.00

Award Date

5/19/2009

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

Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative bacterium and one of the top-priority agents ('Class A') most likely to pose a potential risk to national security. Although much has been learned from a mouse model using an attenuated strain of Francisella, Fran