Primary Recipient

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$893,105.00

Award Date

6/19/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Scientific Impacts: This CAREER project aims to understand the complex feedback network between bile acids and their cellular sensor, the farnesoid X receptor (FXR). Bile acids are ubiquitous physiologic small molecules present in all mammals and most ver