COBRE Overview

Welcome to the website for our Center for Biomedical Research Excellece (COBRE) Grant entitled Novel Approaches for Control of Microbial Pathogens. 

PI:  Joe Lutkenhaus, Ph.D.

Our COBRE was first funded in 2001 and then renewed in 2006. Our Phase III application was awarded in 2012.  The objective of the center was to promote and to enhance the research capabilities of tenure track junior faculty members of participating institutions in the state of Kansas with emphasis on inhibiting microbial pathogens. The program has been highly successful during the first ten years with the awarding of 34 Project and faculty enhancement awards. At the end of Phase II, 34 tenure track faculty had received awards and investigators supported by COBRE had obtained 46 NIH grants resulting in a total of over $40 million in new funding for the state of Kansas.

Additional areas that our COBRE supports include the Flow Cytometry Core Laboratory and a Seminar Series.

The first two phases of this grant were made possible by NIH Grant Number P20 RR016443 from the COBRE program of the National Center for Research Resources.   Phase III was made possible by NIH Grant Number P30 GM103326 from the COBRE program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

Congratulations to our Year 1 Pilot Project Recipients