September 2009

Kevan L. Hartshorn, MD received two subcontract grants with Principal Investigator, Barbara Seaton, PhD, of Boston University, entitled “Collectins and Innate Defense against Inhaled Pathogens” and “Structural Basis of Antiviral Activity of Collectins,” both of which have been funded by the NIH.

George Murphy, PhD received a subcontract grant with Principal Investigator, Darrell N. Kotton, MD, of Boston University entitled “Characterization of human hematopoietic and endodermal progenitors derived from iPS and ES cells” funded by the NIH RC2.

Xuemei Zhong, PhD was awarded a Department of Medicine pilot grant application entitled “Effects of Thymic Infiltration of B Cells on Central Immune Tolerance in a Murine Lupus Model” which has been selected for co-funding by the Department of Medicine and the BU Bridge (Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute).