New Opportunities Projects


2007 Awards

Thomas Briese (Columbia University), C. J. Peters (University of Texas, Medical Branch) & James Crowe (Vanderbilt University)
Passive immunotherapeutics for select agents

Daniel DiMaio (Yale University School of Medicine)
Small transmembrane proteins that target Marburg virus glycoprotein

Anne Moscona (Weill Medical College, Cornell University)
Innovative approaches: Therapeutic and diagnostic reagents for Hendra virus

Konstantin Severinov (Rutgers University)
Novel Microcin C-based inhibitors of pathogenic bacteria


2006 Awards

Christopher Basler (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine) & Gustavo Palacios (Columbia University)
Identification of IFN antagonists by New World Arenaviruses

Thomas Briese (Columbia University) & C. J. Peters (University of Texas, Medical Branch)
Passive immunotherapeutics for select agents

Stephen Goff (Columbia University) & Margaret MacDonald (Rockefeller University)
Early block to Flaviviruses by moesin

Laura Kramer (Wadsworth Center, NYDOH)
Vaccinations for Arbovirus laboratories and security staff

Nicholas Mantis (Wadsworth Center, NYDOH)
Novel immunotherapeutics to prevent and treat ricin intoxication

Anne Moscona (Weill Medical College, Cornell University)
Innovative approaches: Therapeutic and diagnostic reagents for Hendra virus

Min Lu (Weill Medical College, Cornell University)
Structure-based design of Argentine hemorrhagic fever inhibitors

Peter Tonge (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Development of novel chemotherapeutics against Francisella tularensis


2005 Awards

Arturo Casadevall (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) & Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine)
Development of human monoclonal antibodies for neutralization of “Spanish” flu

Edmundo Kraiselburd (University of Puerto Rico)
Renovations of BSL3 animal facility at University of Puerto Rico


2004 Awards

Nancy Connell (UMDNJ)
Emergency planning and exercising for high-risk labs