Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$100,000.00

Award Date

6/02/2010

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): The intertwined epidemics of obesity and diabetes have produced a public health crisis that demands an improved understanding of fat biology and metabolism. Through genetic screens in C. elegans and D. melanogaster, we