# Administrative Core: 3D Models of Engineered Human iPS Cells to Investigate Neurotropic Virus Infections

> **NIH NIH U19** · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · 2021 · $121,180

## Abstract

The Administrative Core of the MIT Center for Human Tissue Models of Infectious Diseases (MIT.HTMID) will 
be the organizational center for research, administration, and outreach.  The Administrative Core, led by Dr. 
Gehrke, will coordinate, supervise, and manage all MIT.HTMID financial and research activities to achieve the 
Center’s goals. The Administrative Core principal staff member (Administrative Officer, AO) will be a key 
member of the Center’s staff who will be expected to bring expertise and problem solving skills to the group. 
The Administrative Core will serve the day­to­day needs of the three investigators and their laboratories by 
supporting appointments, facilitating the purchase of materials and supplies, coordinating communications 
among the investigators and their laboratories, as well as communications with NIH and other HTMID CRCs. 
The Administrative Core will seek ​to promote communication, collaboration and coordination among the 
investigators, laboratory personnel, Cores, and NIAID staff, including the NIAID Project Scientist, Program 
Officer, or other staff. The Administrative core will also assist Core Leaders and investigators with 
administrative aspects of their projects, such as doing spending projections, gathering of annual progress 
reports, and facilitating other communications with awardees and their mentors.  Through the leadership and 
initiative of the Administrative Core, the MIT.HTMID Center will ​foster outreach activities to promote 
collaborations with the pertinent scientific communities.  These activities could be seminars, workshops, or 
short courses. The Administrative Core will also administer Pilot Developmental Research projects that will 
sponsor short­term seed projects to encourage improvements in Human Tissue Engineering Technology that 
will be incorporated into the human cerebral organoid model.   The Administrative Core will be a critical 
element of the successful MIT.HTMID Center, and through it, Dr. Gehrke and the AO will set the tone of the 
Center to establish the supportive structure required for the Center to accomplish all CRC goals.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10141195
- **Project number:** 5U19AI131135-05
- **Recipient organization:** MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- **Principal Investigator:** Lee Gehrke
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $121,180
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-04-01 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10141195

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10141195, Administrative Core: 3D Models of Engineered Human iPS Cells to Investigate Neurotropic Virus Infections (5U19AI131135-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10141195. Licensed CC0.

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