This COBRE III application requests funding to complete the establishment of a free standing, nationally recognized Lung Biology Center (LBC) in the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. The proposed plan for COBRE III builds upon our successes during COBRE I and II during which time we assembled, from a nucleus of 6 faculty, a critical mass of 32 well funded, tenured and tenure-track principal investigators who conduct inter-/multi-disciplinary research on respiratory infectious diseases. Our LBC faculty share common interests in host-pathogen interactions, the respiratory microbiome, and in drug discovery and therapeutic development. To support the research of our faculty we established three LBC-specific research cores, including a: (1) Host-Pathogen Interaction Core, (2) Live-Cell Imaging Core and (3) Translational Research Core. All of our junior faculty project leaders in COBRE 1/11 have already obtained extramural funding, an impressive record of accomplishment in this funding environment. A COBRE III award will provide essential resources to facilitate the continued development ofthe LBC, provide vital resources to enhance inter/multidisciplinary basic science and translational research in respiratory infectious disease, and is an essential component of our research core business plan to be financially independent by 2018. COBRE III support will enhance the continued mentored development of our junior faculty, including those previously supported by COBRE l/ll, the expansion ofthe research cores and an enhanced Pilot Project Program, and will facilitate mentored, collaborative and/or translational research at Dartmouth. Together with a substantial, and longterm, commitment from Dartmouth and strong collaborative ties with investigators in the Lung Biology and Immunology COBRE programs at the University of Vermont (UVM), the Dartmouth Immunology COBRE, the Dartmouth Quantitative Biological Sciences COBRE, and the INBRE programs at UVM, Dartmouth and the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) in Maine, we are in an exceptionally strong position to continue to build upon our successes in research on host-pathogen interactions, the respiratory microbiome in CF, and in drug discovery and therapeutic development for respiratory infectious diseases.

Public Health Relevance

Infectious respiratory diseases are the third leading cause of death in the U.S. The studies described in this application will lead to a better understanding of how opportunistic pathogens, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, cause chronic respiratory infections, and to new drugs / therapies to treat infectious respiratory disease.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
5P30GM106394-03
Application #
8899599
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZGM1)
Program Officer
Canto, Maria Teresa
Project Start
2013-09-01
Project End
2016-07-31
Budget Start
2015-08-01
Budget End
2016-07-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2015
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Dartmouth College
Department
Microbiology/Immun/Virology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
041027822
City
Hanover
State
NH
Country
United States
Zip Code
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