Science and Technology
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $39,786 from the National Science Foundation supporting a project entitled "Collaborative Research: P2C2 – Medieval to Modern Climate Variability and Climate Change in the Great Plains" under the direction of Earth Sciences Professor Dorian Burnette.
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $617,417 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the pan-genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Rhodes College will receive a $639,165 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the genetics of filamentous fungi under the direction of Chemistry and Natural Sciences Professor Loretta Jackson-Hayes.
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $320,468 from the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health to modernize its animal care facility.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $308,000 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research involving the rapamycin complex 1, a protein complex that controls protein synthesis.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a grant of $691,425 from the National Cancer Institute for research on a rare soft tissue cancer known as rhabdomyosarcomas (RMS).
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County's Ryan White HIV/AIDS program will receive $1,013,563 from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $426,364 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research on neuronal scaling in the developing cerebellum.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $231,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the genetic determinants regulating susceptibility and resistance to SARS CoV-2 (Covid).
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $203,280 research grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
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