# Host-Microbe Interactions that Determine Host Traits and Disease

> **NIH NIH T32** · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $360,238

## Abstract

Project Summary
Molecular interactions between hosts and microbes have substantial impact on host physiology,
development, and disease symptomology. This training program will support five postdoctoral scholars to
collaborate with faculty-led research groups at Cornell in the study of how molecular interactions between
microbes (bacteria, fungi and viruses) and their animal and plant hosts manifest as major traits in the host.
Eligible trainees will be recruited from top Ph.D. programs in the nation and world, with a concerted
emphasis on recruitment of trainees who affiliate with groups that are historically underrepresented in
biological research. Trainees will work in collaboration two or more trainer labs but will have considerable
research independence and a discretionary research allowance. All trainees will have intellectual
ownership over their projects and will be allowed to carry their postdoctoral research into subsequent
independent positions if they so desire. The role of the training mentors will be to provide the necessary
infrastructure and resources to support the research, and to cultivate trainee development and
preparedness for independent research-related careers in academia, industry, or government.
Training will be coordinated through the Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease
(CIHMID) and will include a substantial component of professional development in addition to the research
training. The research component will emphasize specialized training using advanced methodologies in a
highly interdisciplinary environment, exploiting comparison across diverse biological systems to maximize
intellectual breadth, creativity, and insight. The professional development will include an array of activities
and workshops designed to help trainees secure and be successful in the subsequent position of their
choice. Each trainee will work with a tailored mentoring committee to create a personalized Individual
Development Plan (IDP) that will include annual objectives and benchmarks for both the research and
professional development components.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10024733
- **Project number:** 1T32AI145821-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** CORNELL UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Brian Lazzaro
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $360,238
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10024733

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10024733, Host-Microbe Interactions that Determine Host Traits and Disease (1T32AI145821-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10024733. Licensed CC0.

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