Primary Recipient

RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE

Amount

$533,041.00

Award Date

6/01/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The sense of taste is used by all organisms to determine whether potential food items will be ingested or rejected and is critical for the survival of the organism. The taste system is made up of multiple cell types that detect chemicals in food and then