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Infrastructure Awards in Global Infectious Disease 2003

Robert G. Webster, Ph.D.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Pandemic Preparedness for Influenza in Mainland China: An Unmet Need
2003 Infrastructure Award in Global Infectious Disease

The Ellison Medical Foundation has pledged up to $1,537,234 to establish a center of excellence for influenza surveillance and research in South Central China. The center will be located at Shantou University Medical College, Guangdong, and will be affiliated with Hong Kong University. This collaborative project will support joint... (more)

Purnima Bhanot, Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
Transcriptome of the Hepatic Stages of Plasmodium
2003 Infrastructure Award in Global Infectious Disease

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $40,000 for studies of the transcriptome of the liver stages of the malaria parasite. This will allow investigators to expand their cDNA library from in vitro transformed exoerythrocytic forms of Plasmodium yoelii, analyze the sequence of random clones, and begin to define transcripts expressed specifically by the liver-stage parasites that may be important for vaccine or drug development.