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Human Microbiome Project (HMP)

Funded Research

Human Microbiome Demonstration Projects (UH2/UH3)
RFA-RM 08-012
PI Name Institution Name Title
BLASER, MARTIN J NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Evaluation of the cutaneous microbiome in psoriasis
BUCK, GREGORY A. (contact)
CORNELISSEN, CYNTHIA NAU
EAVES, LINDON J.
STRAUSS, JEROME FRANK		 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY The Vaginal Microbiome: Disease, Genetics and the Environment
BUSHMAN, FREDERIC D
LEWIS, JAMES D
WU, GARY D. (contact)		 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Diet, Genetic Factors, and the Gut Microbiome in Crohn's Disease
CHANG, EUGENE B
MEYER, FOLKER
SCHMIDT, THOMAS M.
SOGIN, MITCHELL L
TIEDJE, JAMES M.
YOUNG, VINCENT B. (contact)		 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Ulcerative Colitis
FORTENBERRY, J. DENNIS INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS Urethral Microbiome of Adolescent Males
FRASER-LIGGETT, CLAIRE M. (contact)
SHULDINER, ALAN R.		 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE The Thrifty Microbiome: The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Obesity in the Amish
FRASER-LIGGETT, CLAIRE M. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE Metagenomic Analysis of the Structure and Function of the Human Gut Microbiota in Crohn's Disease
LI, ELLEN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Effect of Crohn's Disease Risk Alleles on Enteric Microbiota
LI, HUIYING (contact)
MODLIN, ROBERT L		 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES Metagenomic study of the human skin microbiome associated with acne
NELSON, KAREN E
PEI, ZHIHENG (contact)		 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Foregut microbiome in development of esophageal adenocarcinoma
RAVEL, JACQUES UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE The Microbial Ecology of Bacterial Vaginosis: A Fine Scale Resolution Metagenomic
SEGRE, JULIA U.S. NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INST Skin Microbiome in Disease States: Atopic Dermatitis and Immunodeficiency
STORCH, GREGORY A. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY The human virome in children and its relationship to febrile illness
TARR, PHILLIP I. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY The Neonatal Microbiome and Necrotizing Enterocolitis
VERSALOVIC, JAMES BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE The Human Microbiome in Pediatric Abdominal Pain and Intestinal Inflammation
Construction of a Reference Sequence Data Set for the Human Microbiome Project (U54)
RFA-RM-08-001
PI Name Institution Name Title
BIRREN, BRUCE W MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Defining the Human Microbiome
GIBBS, RICHARD (contact)
HIGHLANDER, SARAH KATHERINE
PETROSINO, JOSEPH FRANK		 BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE A Microbial Genome Reference Platform for Metagenomics
STRAUSBERG, ROBERT J. CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE, INC. This award is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment ActConstruction of A Reference Sequence Data Set For The Human Microbiome Project
WEINSTOCK, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Sequencing the Human Microbiome
Studies of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Human Microbiome Research (R01)
RFA-RM-08-030
PI Name Institution Name Title
CHO, MILDRED K. (contact)
SANKAR, PAMELA L.		 STANFORD UNIVERSITY Toward a Framework for Policy Analysis of Microbiome Research
FOSTER, MORRIS W. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA NORMAN Indigenous Communities and Human Microbiome Research
HOFFMANN, DIANE E. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE Federal Regulation of Probiotics: An Analysis of Existing Regulatory Framework
MCGUIRE, AMY LYNN BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Ethical, Legal, and Social Dimensions of Human Microbiome Research
RHODES, ROSAMOND MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NYU Human Microbiome Research and the Social Fabric
Studies of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Human Microbiome Research (R01)
RFA-RM-08-006
PI Name Institution Name Title
FARRELL, RUTH
SHARP, RICHARD R (contact) 		CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COL/MED-CWRU Patient perceptions of bioengineered probiotics and clinical metagenomics
A Data Analysis & Coordination Center (DACC) for the Human Microbiome Project (U01)
RFA-RM-08-007
PI Name Institution Name Title
WHITE, OWEN R UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE A Quality Assurance, Coordination and Analysis Center for HMP
Development of New Technologies Needed for Studying the Human Microbiome (R01)
RFA-RM 08-026
PI Name Institution Name Title
BRADBURY, ANDREW (contact)
HAN, CLIFF		 LOS ALAMOS NAT SECTY-LOS ALAMOS NAT LAB Species-by-Species Dissection of Microbiomes using Phage Display and Flow Sorting
PODAR, MIRCEA UT-BATTELLE, LLC-OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB Targeted genomic characterization of uncultured bacteria from the human microbiot
SINGH, ANUP K SANDIA CORP-SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES FISH 'N' Chips: A Microfluidic Processor for Isolating and Analyzing Microbes
Development of New Technologies Needed for Studying the Human Microbiome (R21)
RFA-RM 08-027
PI Name Institution Name Title
DOKTYCZ, MITCHEL UT-BATTELLE, LLC-OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB Functional Sorting of Microbial Cells From Complex Microbiota
WORTHEN G. SCOTT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA Multi-Dimensional Separation of Bacteria
Development of New tools for Computational Analysis of Human Microbiome Project Data (R01)
RFA-RM-08-008
PI Name Institution Name Title
HAFT, DANIEL H J. CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE, INC Algorithmically-Tuned Protein Families, Rule_Base and Characterized Proteins
KNIGHT, ROBIN UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER New Tools for Understanding the Composition and Dynamics of Microbial Communities
POP, MIHAI UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PK CAMPUS Assembly and analysis software for exploring the human microbiome
YE, YUZHEN INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON Fragment assembly and metabolic/species diversity analysis for Human microbiome
Development of New Technologies Needed for Studying the Human Microbiome (R01)
RFA-RM-08-010
PI Name Institution Name Title
LO, YU-HWA
ZHANG, KUN (contact)		 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO An Integrated lab-on-chip system for genome sequencing of single microbial cells
MARZIALI, ANDRE BOREAL GENOMICS INC. SCODA DNA extraction to normalize species representation
RELMAN, DAVID A STANFORD UNIVERSITY Optimization of a microfluidic device for single bacterial cell genomics
SCHMIDT, THOMAS MITCHELL (contact)
YOUNG, VINCENT B		 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Cultivation and Characterization of Microaerobes from the Human Microbiome
Development of New Technologies Needed for Studying the Human Microbiome (R21)
RFA-RM-08-011
PI Name Institution Name Title
CHANG, EUGENE B UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Technologies for the discovery of novel human colonic mucosal-associated microbes

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