Category: 2021 Research Awards

March 18th, 2021 – Jim Janetka, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Makedonka Mitreva, Professor of Medicine and Genetics, and Raffi Aroian, Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have received a new multi-PI R01 award from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases entitled “Development of small molecule inhibitors of metabolic enzymes as broad-spectrum anthelmintic drugs”.

March 17th, 2021 – Jim Janetka, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, along with Scott Hultgren, Helen L. Stoever Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Michael Caparon, Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Peng Yuan, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, and Ali Ellebedy, Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology received a five-year U19 Research Program–Cooperative Agreement Award from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases entitled “Innovative Strategies to Combat Antibiotic-resistant Infections”. Dr. Janetka is leader of the project scientific core named “Rational Design and Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting Unique Pathogenic Mechanisms in Gram- and Gram+ Bacteria Important in UTI”.