COBRE Overview
Welcome to the website for our Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Grant entitled Novel Approaches for Control of Microbial Pathogens.
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 is 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 is 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
David Davido, Ph.D., University of Kansas
HSV-1-mediated proteolysis of cellular targets
Revathi Govind, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Role of TcdR, the alternate sigma factor in Clostridium difficile virulence
Jianming Qiu, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center
Mechanisms of the cell cycle arrest induced during parvovirus B19 infection
Wolfram Zueckert, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center
Mechanism of Borrelia Surface Lipoprotein Secretion
Congratulations to our Year 2 Pilot Project Recipients
Bhaskar Das, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center
Edward Stephens, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center
Nanoparticle conjugated retinoids as effective therapeutic agents against HIV-infection
Susan Egan, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Inhibitors of AraC family virulence activators in Enterotoxigenic E. coli and Shigella
Congratulations to our Year 3 Pilot Project Recipients
David Davido, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Viral and host factors regulate HSV-1 infection
Steven LeVine, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center
Genetic Modifiers of Sepsis
Congratulations to our Year 4 Pilot Project Recipients
Jeffrey Bose, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center
Alternate mechanisms behind AtlA-dependent biofilm formation in S. aureus
Mary Markiewicz, Ph.D., University o f Kansas Medical Center
The role of NKG2D in immunosurveillance of spontaneous lymphoma
Jianming Qiu, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center
Airway Epithelium Response to Parvovirus Infection
Questions or Comments - Please contact Elizabeth Jenkins