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Funding Update: NIH Bioinformatics Grants Awarded Nov. 7 — Dec. 9, 2013

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Project Title: Bayesian Integrative Clustering for Determining Molecular-based Cancer Subty[pes]
Principal Investigator: Fridley, Brooke
Organization: University of Kansas
Project Start Date: Dec. 1, 2013
Project End Date: Nov. 30, 2015
Funding Institute: NCI
FY Total Cost: $164,213


Project Title: Computer Studies of Protein Structure and Function
Principal Investigator: Honig, Barry
Organization: Columbia University
Project Start Date: Sept. 1, 1981
Project End Date: Nov. 30, 2016
Funding Institute: NIGMS
FY Total Cost: $262,119


Project Title: Rat Genome Database
Principal Investigator: Jacob, Howard
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin
Project Start Date: Sept. 1, 1999
Project End Date: Nov. 30, 2014
Funding Institute: NHLBI
FY Total Cost: $1,665,218


Project Title: Feature Selection for Genomic Data Using Known and Novel Biological Information
Principal Investigator: Long, Qi
Organization: Emory University
Project Start Date: Dec. 1, 2013
Project End Date: Nov. 30, 2015
Funding Institute: NCI
FY Total Cost: $76,950


Project Title: Drosophila Societies: Agent-based Analysis of Behavioral Plasticity and Genetics
Principal Investigator: Marjoram, Paul
Organization: University of Southern California
Project Start Date: Dec. 18, 2012
Project End Date: Nov. 30, 2016
Funding Institute: NIMH
FY Total Cost: $438,490


Project Title: Gene Expression Database for Mouse Development
Principal Investigator: Ringwald, Martin
Organization: Jackson Laboratory
Project Start Date: Dec. 2, 2010
Project End Date: Nov. 30, 2015
Funding Institute: NICHD
FY Total Cost: $2,083,036


Project Title: Mega2: Manipulation Environment for Genetic Analyses
Principal Investigator: Weeks, Daniel
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
Project Start Date: March 1, 2006
Project End Date: Nov. 30, 2014
Funding Institute: NIGMS
FY Total Cost: $267,838


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