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Monday, June 9, 2008

News Release - The Gallo Center awarded prestigious grant from the NIAAA
29 May 2008

The Gallo Center recently was awarded a prestigious five-year specialized Center Grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). This multi-component project will be directed by Dr. Robert O. Messing, Associate Director of the Gallo Center. This is the largest competitive grant the Center has received in its 28 year history. The NIAAA currently funds 7 specialized research centers through their center grant program. Most of these centers are located at major research universities. The Gallo Center is the only NIAAA center located at an independent research institute.

The Gallo Center Grant research project has two major themes:
  • To study novel proteins to determine whether they or the signaling pathways in which they participate contain potential drug targets for treating alcohol use disorders.
  • To investigate whether the genes that encode these proteins are associated with risk of alcoholism in humans.
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