UAMS Awarded $11.48 Million Federal Grant to Establish Center for Molecular Interactions in Cancer

By Marty Trieschmann

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute received a five-year, $11.48 million federal grant to create the Center for Molecular Interactions in Cancer (CMIC).

The grant was awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program. COBRE grants are awarded to establish centers of research excellence around a specific scientific theme that will ultimately become self-sustaining.

The UAMS Center for Molecular Interactions in Cancer and its researchers will study the molecular features and properties of biomolecules that drive cancer using structural biology and high-resolution imaging with precise, quantitative analysis.

UAMS Awarded $11.48 Million Federal Grant to Establish Center for Molecular Interactions in Cancer

THE MAN BEHIND THE MOLECULES: Robert Eoff, Ph.D., is the driving force behind the creation of the UAMS Center for Molecular Interactions in Cancer. Image by Evan Lewis