# Administrative Core A

> **NIH NIH P01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · 2020 · $165,494

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract (Core A, Portnoy)
The purpose of Core A is to ensure scientific progress by providing adequate scientific and administrative
leadership to the program and provide adequate financial oversight. This will be accomplished by extensive
review of scientific progress during monthly meetings of all the lab groups and smaller meetings held by
subgroups. Scientific direction and research results will be subject to intense, yet constructive, criticism by
investigators within the P01, and by an outside advisory board. We strongly believe that our extensive
collaborative approach promoted by Core A is unique. Indeed, this program represents the nucleating group
for Bay Area investigators studying intracellular pathogens and innate immunity. The Specific Aims are: 1)
Management of scientific progress; 2) Establish an external advisory board to review scientific progress; and
3) Implement financial management and administrative support. To facilitate interactions among
investigators, two-hour joint lab meetings will continue to be held monthly at the UCSF Mission Bay Campus.
The monthly meetings consist of introductory discussions, two scientific presentations from two different
labs. Scientific direction and research results will be subject to intense, constructive criticism by investigators
within the P01 and by an outside advisory board chaired by Dr. Jeffrey F. Miller from UCLA. In addition to the
monthly meeting, there are many opportunities for interaction. The Portnoy, Vance, and Barton labs each
have a weekly lab meeting, but once a month they have a joint lab meeting called “Trilab.” With Dr. Cox's
January 1, 2016 move to UC Berkeley, we will have a monthly “Quadlab” meeting. There are many other
opportunities for trainees to speak and interact. For example, the Division of Immunology & Pathogenesis
has a “floor meeting” on Mondays at noon with 2 speakers from two different labs. The Infectious Diseases &
Vaccinology Group has its seminar series on Mondays at 10 am, with most of the speakers being from local
labs. Lastly, we have an annual immunology retreat at Asilomar Conference Center that is held jointly with
UCSF. Core A serves as the administrative nucleus for the P01 and has been a critical element to our
success.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9977102
- **Project number:** 5P01AI063302-17
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
- **Principal Investigator:** DANIEL A PORTNOY
- **Activity code:** P01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $165,494
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2004-12-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9977102

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9977102, Administrative Core A (5P01AI063302-17). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9977102. Licensed CC0.

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