2019 CBID Pilot Project Awardees Announced

Below are the recipients of the CBID pilot project awards for the year 2019. Brian Ackley, Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas Project Title: On again, off again:  Is pH a critical factor in pathogen killing? Josephine R. Chandler, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas Project Title: Chemical biology studies of malleilactone, a small-molecule toxin produced by Burkholderia pseudomallei Philip  Hardwidge, Professor, Dept. of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas  State University Project Title: Bacterial glycosyltransferase inhibitors as anti-virulence compounds Wolfram R. Zückert, Professor, Depts. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center Project Title: Small molecule inhibitors of bacterial surface lipoprotein secretion Additional information about CBID pilot projects can be found here:  http://cbid.cobre.ku.edu/pilot-projects.