Primary Recipient

EMORY UNIVERSITY

Amount

$99,984.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

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

A C.elegans model for EPEC & EHEC Pathogenesis. The project is designed to understand evolutionarily conserved mechanisms by which the immune system detects pathogens. Here we use the model genetically maleable nematode Cenorhabditis elegans to determine