# Skin Biology Resource-Based Center at UCI

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · 2020 · $755,588

## Abstract

Increasingly, advances in skin biology depend on cross-disciplinary, collaborative approaches. Through
systems biology, multiple disciplines can now be integrated into a cohesive approach to skin biology. The
broad, long-term objective of the UC Irvine Skin Biology Resource-based Center is to promote cross-
fertilization between multiple disciplines that allows an innovative, integrated approach to regulatory
mechanisms in skin biology and disease. This will be achieved through the establishment of resource cores in
genomics-bioinformatics, imaging and systems biology. The interactions between investigators and cores, and
between cores, will be coordinated through the Administrative Core, which will also be responsible for an
enrichment program that promotes goals of the Center. The Specific Aims are: 1. To foster multidisciplinary,
collaborative science between skin researchers and experts in genomics, advanced imaging, and biologically-
oriented computation; and to integrate these approaches through systems biology. 2. To develop and adapt
new cutting-edge technologies in genomics, imaging and biologically-oriented computation to advance skin
biology research and its translation to disease. 3. To train skin researchers in advanced imaging, genomics,
bioinformatics and system biology. 4. To recruit and support junior investigators in research in biology and
diseases of the skin. 5. To produce and make available resources useful to the skin research community at
large. The establishment of the Center will have strong impact on the well-funded, innovative research
community, leading to significant discoveries relevant to regulatory mechanisms in skin biology. The Center will
also draw investigators from other fields into NIAMS-funded research and promote entry of junior investigators
into skin biology research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9903217
- **Project number:** 5P30AR075047-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Bogi Andersen
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $755,588
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-04-01 → 2024-02-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9903217

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9903217, Skin Biology Resource-Based Center at UCI (5P30AR075047-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9903217. Licensed CC0.

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