The Elmore Lab is grateful to the following sources for support:
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIH/NIAID):
R15/AREA, "Systematic design of histone-derived antimicrobial peptides." 2022-2025. (Donald Elmore, PI; Louise Darling, co-Investigator)
R15/AREA, "Characterization and design of histone-derived antimicrobial peptides." 2016-2020; 2010-2014. (Donald Elmore, PI; Louise Darling, Faculty Collaborator, 2016-2019)
National Science Foundation:
RUI, "A systematic, computational study of the effect of macromolecular crowding on electrostatic interactions, biomolecular recognition and molecular design." 2016-2019. (Mala Radhakrishnan, PI)
MRI, "Acquisition of an Olis DSM 20 CD spectrophotometer for interdisciplinary research and training in chemistry and biology at an undergraduate college." 2009-2013. (Donald Elmore and Julia Miwa, co-PI)
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation: Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, "Characterization of a histone-derived peptide library." 2011-2016. (Donald Elmore, PI)
Research Corporation: Cottrell College Science Award, "Dissecting membrane interactions of the antimicrobial peptide buforin II using computer modeling and experimental biochemistry." 2006-2010. (Donald Elmore, PI)
Elmore Lab students have also received generous support through awards made to Wellesley College by the National Science Foundation/REU, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the McNair Scholars Program and the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.