PROFESSOR TOM SOH RECEIVES NIH DIRECTOR'S HIGH-RISK RESEARCH AWARD

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Institutes of Health today said it is awarding $348 million for bold research, visionary scientists, and aggressive young researchers through the 2009 NIH Director's High-Risk Research Awards program

Richard W. Roberts, Ph.D. University of Southern California Hyongsok (Tom) Soh, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara

Project Title: Polypeptide Design with Proteomic Scope via Microfluidic mRNA Display

In this project, the investigators propose to combine mRNA display (a protein design/evolution method) and high efficiency microfluidic sorting to create a new technology-microfluidic mRNA display-for the purpose of enabling design of peptides and proteins that can be used as protein capture reagents. They will develop and apply this powerful new technology toward creating a comprehensive reagent set aimed at the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteome. Applying high-throughput approaches to create new protein capture reagents has the potential to speed the pace of proteomics research.

Congratulations Tom!