# Wyoming Sensory Biology COBRE

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING · 2020 · $144,500

## Abstract

Abstract
The primary mission of the Wyoming Sensory Biology COBRE (SBC) is to foster and conduct
high-quality scientific research that advances the understanding of our sensory systems and
disorders related to them. SBC will accomplish its mission through the augmentation and
strengthening of UW's institutional biomedical research capacity. This will be accomplished
through building a critical mass of investigators whose research interests center around sensory
processes at the molecular, cellular, physiological and system levels. SBC will promote the
competitiveness of the core investigators by providing mentoring, training, collaboration and
research support. The SBC will be led by the PI with the help of an excellent group of additional
mentors. The PI is an established sensory system investigator with expertise that is germane to
the research theme of the center, has an active research laboratory, has obtained peer-reviewed
funding and has extensive administrative leadership and mentoring experience. The SBC is
comprised of the Administration Core, the Integrated Microscopy Core (IMcore), and four
interrelated research projects. As a whole, the SBC will support four new junior investigators and
four future faculty hires that are committed to the SBC, during the five years of the COBRE
funding. The Center will comprise a multi-disciplinary team of investigators with expertise across
multiple sensory modalities, including somatosensation, chemosensation, and vision. The SBC
investigators' research portfolios demonstrate a balance of basic and translational research
across multiple fields. The five-year goals of the SBC are the following: 1. Establish a multi-
disciplinary center that brings together investigators with expertise in diverse areas of sensory
neuroscience and experimental methodology, and fosters collaborations to address key issues in
sensory function and dysfunction. 2. Support the projects of junior investigators by providing
strong mentoring and guidance to help them obtain independent funding and professional
success. 3. Grow the SBC in both size and scope through the recruitment of new faculty, as
described in the Institutional Commitment, and fostering multi-disciplinary research among
current UW faculty, respectively. 4. Build the required research infrastructure by expanding the
capabilities of the Microscopy Core. 5. Advance our understanding of the development and
function of sensory systems and their dysfunctions. Successful operation of the Center is
expected to achieve the following milestones within the initial five years of funding: successful
expansion of a state-of-the-art imaging and microscopy core facility, all four Project Leaders
successfully competing for R01-level funding; four to six new or early-stage investigators added
to the Center; two to four new mentors added (including Project Leaders who recently graduated
from COBRE support); and at least 20 manuscripts accepted for publication or published in
re...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10164428
- **Project number:** 3P20GM121310-04S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
- **Principal Investigator:** Qian-Quan Sun
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $144,500
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2017-09-01 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10164428

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10164428, Wyoming Sensory Biology COBRE (3P20GM121310-04S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10164428. Licensed CC0.

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