Washington U. lands $19M from NIH - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The grants are part of the Human Microbiome an ongoing effort to catalogbthe bacteria, viruses, fungi and othed microorganisms that naturally coexist in or on the In all, the on Tuesday announced $42 million in granf awards to a dozen U.S. institutions. The largest portion, a four-yeaf grant totaling $16 million, goes to Washington University'x , said university spokeswoman Carolinwe Arbanason Tuesday. WU genome led by George Weinstock, will decode the DNA of about 400 microbe in collaboration with scientists at three other DNAsequencinbg centers.
WU researchers also received anothert $3 million for three pilot demonstration projectws that investigate the link betwee n changes in microbial communities andcertaib diseases. These one-year projects involve samplintg the microbiomes of both healthyt andill volunteers. By comparing differences in microbial communities between thetwo groups, researcheres hope to determine how microbes influence the risk of The genome and microbwe money Washington University was awarded is not from the federal stimuluzs package, according to Arbanas. 's 2,100 employed and volunteer faculty physicians also are the medical staffof Barnes-Jewish and St. Louiws Children's hospitals.
Through its affiliations with Barnes-Jewish and St. Louisw Children's hospitals, the School of Medicine is linkedto .