Funding

The Elmore Lab is grateful to the following sources for support:

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation:  Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, "Characterization of a histone-derived peptide library." 2011-2016

National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIH/NIAID):  R15/AREA, "Characterization and design of histone-derived antimicrobial peptides."  2010-2013

National Science Foundation:  MRI, "Acquisition of an Olis DSM 20 CD spectrophotometer for interdisciplinary research and training in chemistry and biology at an undergraduate college." 2009-2013.  (Julia Miwa, co-PI)

Research Corporation: Cottrell College Science Award, "Dissecting membrane interactions of the antimicrobial peptide buforin II using computer modeling and experimental biochemistry." 2006-2010

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 and the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.