# Biocontainment Research Support Service(s) Core-Optional

> **NIH NIH UC7** · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2023 · $841,998

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract:
Core 3 outlines a strategic plan to establish integrated core services within the UAB SEBLAB
enabling safe and efficient use of the cutting edge scientific equipment recently funded by NIAID
award 1G20AI167409-S1. This proposal establishes six functional integrated research cores
within containment including: 1. Cell Culture core to maintain and generate novel cell lines, 2.
Microbiology core to culture organisms, modify, and maintain stocks, 3. In vitro core to operate
high resolution imaging and high-throughput screening platforms, 4. In vivo core to operate high
complexity non-invasive imaging platforms, 5. Single Cell core to perform flow cytometry, cell
sorting, and single cell partitioning, and 6. Pandemic Preparedness core to develop medical
countermeasures and drive IRB-approved high containment research requiring clinical samples.
Each core will be operated by a scientific research team, including the PI on this application,
one senior scientist, and two junior scientists. This scientific team will work closely with UAB
Core lab directors, Biosafety, and SEBLAB end users to optimize high containment research
productivity.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10792753
- **Project number:** 1UC7AI180255-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
- **Principal Investigator:** Sixto Manuel Leal
- **Activity code:** UC7 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $841,998
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2023-08-18 → 2028-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10792753

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10792753, Biocontainment Research Support Service(s) Core-Optional (1UC7AI180255-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10792753. Licensed CC0.

---

*[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*