Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$767,500.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

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

The purpose of this grant is to understand how Notch signaling suppresses the differentiaiton of lens fiber cells. Our recent studies indicate that the Notch signaling pathway inhibits lens fiber cell differentiation. We found that Herp2, a transcripti