Primary Recipient

HARVARD COLLEGE, PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF

Amount

$299,983.00

Award Date

7/30/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

In the nematode C. elegans, experimentally introduced double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) mediates specific gene silencing that spreads between cells and tissues of the animal (and can even be transmitted to progeny). This remarkable spreading phenomenon is known