Primary Recipient

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY (INC)

Amount

$429,811.00

Award Date

9/24/2009

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

Mechanical forces influence a multitude of fundamental cellular processes, yet little is known about the mechanism. It is known that integrin receptors and focal adhesions are the nexus for mechano-communication and that input from the acto-myosin contrac