# Center for Modeling Tumor Cell Migration Mechanics: Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · 2020 · $539,596

## Abstract

Abstract 
Administrative Core 
The Administrative Core will provide overall center leadership, support both Research Projects 1 and 2, the two 
Shared Resource Cores, namely the Cellular Microenvironment Core and the Cell and Whole Animal Genetic 
Engineering Core, as well as the Educational and Outreach Unit of this PS-OC. It will provide leadership, 
infrastructure, and support personnel to facilitate administrative management, promote integration, 
communication, and collaboration, and ensure fiscal and regulatory compliance. This Core will also develop 
capabilities and evaluate research progress. Investigators Drs. David Odde (Biomedical Engineer), David 
Largaespada (Cancer Geneticist), and Steven S. Rosenfeld (Oncologist) will lead the Administrative Core. As 
the corresponding PI, Dr. Odde will ultimately be responsible for implementing the oversight and reporting 
functions of this Core. The other two Co-Directors, Drs. Steven S. Rosenfeld and David Largaespada, will 
work with Dr. Odde to assure that the Administrative Core achieves its goals. In this context, the Specific Aims 
of the Administrative Core are to 1) provide administrative and scientific leadership by leveraging 
complementary skills (engineering, genetics, clinical investigation) and an extensive collective experience with 
program leadership and mentorship that will cultivate an environment conducive to productivity and innovation, 
2) provide administrative management of the Center and communicate Center activities by providing logistical, 
financial, clerical, and regulatory support, 3) promote integration within the Center and the participating 
institutions, including brain and pancreatic SPOREs, and the larger PS-ON, and 4) evaluate center progress by 
assessing productivity, the ongoing value added by the Cores, the pilot projects and trans-network projects. 
The Administrative Core will coordinate bi-annual meetings of the Center Advisory Committee, annual 
meetings of the Industrial and Clinical Advisory Board, and monthly meetings of the Executive Subcommittee 
to implement this scientific oversight.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9987327
- **Project number:** 5U54CA210190-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
- **Principal Investigator:** David J. Odde
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $539,596
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-08-17 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9987327

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9987327, Center for Modeling Tumor Cell Migration Mechanics: Administrative Core (5U54CA210190-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9987327. Licensed CC0.

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