Science Market Update

NIH Nucleome Funding: UCSD Still Tops

Written by BCI Staff | Mon, Oct 09, 2017

 

A quick look at top funded nucleome related projects on the NIH funding site reveals that UCSD still holds the number one position in terms of the total number of funding dollars (See table below). The UCSD based project, overseen by ZHONG, SHENG et al.  focuses on  THE ORGANIZATIONAL HUB AND WEB PORTAL FOR THE 4D NUCLEOME NETWORK.   

UCSD continues to lead in this area. We reported in 2015 that the National Institutes of Health had awarded $30 million in grants for the development of the 4D Nucleome Program at University of California, San Diego. That $120 million NIH project comprised six separate initiatives, with three of the initiatives involving UCSD researchers. UCSD’s involvement in the program at that time included  a five-year, $20.2 million grant to establish the 4D Nucleome Program organizational hub at the university, to“integrate the efforts of all the 4D Nucleome Program’s funded initiatives and promote cooperation and communication among participants”.

At that time additional 4D Nucleome Program initiatives included a five-year, $8.6 million grant to UC San Diego and Ludwig Cancer Research for the creation of the Nuclear Organization and Function Interdisciplinary Consortium, and a five-year, $3 million grant for Imaging Tools. UCSD research teams will create genetically encoded metal nanoparticles and novel paints that will expose specific genes in the DNA and allow researchers to see their nuclear structure. The analysis and storage of these visual genome atlases will be facilitated by the program’s organizational hub.


Title

PI

Institution

Funding

THE ORGANIZATIONAL HUB AND WEB PORTAL FOR THE 4D NUCLEOME NETWORK

ZHONG, SHENG et al.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO

$4,477,447

CENTER FOR 3D STRUCTURE AND PHYSICS OF THE GENOME

DEKKER, JOB et al.

UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER

$2,784,782

4D NUCLEOME NETWORK DATA COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION CENTER

PARK, PETER J

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

$2,422,164

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CENTER FOR NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION

SHENDURE, JAY ASHOK et al.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

$2,290,679

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF EPIGENOMIC ARCHITECTURE IN CANCER PROGRESSION

HUANG, TIM H.-M. et al.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER

$1,918,884

SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR 4D NUCLEOME RESEARCH

REN, BING et al.

LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES LTD

$1,791,569

COMBINED CYTOLOGICAL, GENOMIC, AND FUNCTIONAL MAPPING OF NUCLEAR GENOME ORGANIZATION

BELMONT, ANDREW STEVEN

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

$1,616,367

CENTER FOR 3D STRUCTURE AND PHYSICS OF THE GENOME

DEKKER, JOB

UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER

$1,273,083

TOOLS FOR IMAGING THE FUNCTIONAL GENOME IN LIVING CELLS AND TISSUES

SINGER, ROBERT H. et al.

ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC

$850,000

 

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