New funding for BioCARS
November 2002
Funding for "BioCARS, a Synchrotron Structural Biology Resource” has been received from the NIH National Council for Research Resources (NCRR) Biomedical Technology Resource Center Program as the result of a competitive renewal proposal submitted in October 2001. The grant for $9.8M is for a five-year period beginning August 2002 which marks the beginning of the eleventh year of NIH support for BioCARS under the leadership of Principal Investigator, Keith Moffat. This award supports the operations of the BioCARS national resource on Sector 14 at the Advanced Photon Source. An additional $1.25M was granted for a large area fast readout CCD detector system. BioCARS is among the most active sectors at the APS. During this past year close to 200 users have conducted research on the BioCARS facilities and published over 50 scientific papers. |