Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$164,229.00

Award Date

7/28/2009

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

Before sperm are able to successfully fuse with and fertilize the egg they must successfully migrate through the female reproductive tract and reach the ovulated oocytes. During this migration the sperm undergo Capacitation - defined as the ability to rec