Primary Recipient

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Amount

$794,834.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

We propose to study the role of intermediate filaments (IF) in cell shape and motility. Our overarching hypothesis is that alterations in the assembly states and mechanical properties of cytoskeletal IF, specifically the type III IF composed of vimentin,