Helen Chamberlin, professor of molecular genetics, and Adriana Dawes, an assistant professor of mathematics and molecular genetics, have received a joint $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation for their project "Phenotype Engineering by Signaling Network Modification."

The duo's research centers on how genetic variability in cells in different species, individuals and tissue types respond in different ways to similar external signals, such as drug treatments.  They want to manipulate the underlying signaling networks, which can lead to specific physiological changes, to provide new suggestions for improvig the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions and enhancements to animal models of human diseases.

The four-year grant also aims to include undergraduate researchers and students from underrepresented groups in the project.

From September 25th, 2014 onCampus