Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

Amount

$97,684.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many bacteria regulate virulence factor expression as a function of their population density. This phenomenon, known as 'quorum sensing' (QS), is driven by the detection of a variety of small molecules, collectively re