Catalyst for Discovery Program Grants List

Program Director

Co-Investigators

Institution

Title of Research

Yi Lu

Thomas R. Cundari, Andrew D. Ellington, Kami Lee Hull, and Michael J. Rose

The University of Texas at Austin

Artificial Dinitrogen Transferases: Leveraging Bio-Inspired Nitrogen Fixation to Directly Transfer N2 into Organic Molecules

Jeffrey D. Rimer

Alamgir Karim, T. Randall Lee, Jeremy C. Palmer, and Peter G. Vekilov

University of Houston

Welch Center for Advanced Bioactive Materials Crystallization

Deepak Nijhawan

Jef K. De Brabander, Tian Qin, and Joseph M. Ready

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

A Platform for the Rapid Discovery of Novel Small Molecules for Chemical Biology

Megan L. Robertson

Brad Carrow, Olafs Daugulis, Alamgir Karim, and Ramanan Krishnamoorti

University of Houston

Enabling Polyolefin Circularity via Chemical Functionalization, Compatibilization, and Upcycling

Michael K. Rosen

Qian Cong, Matthew W. Parker, Benjamin R. Sabari, and Jeffrey B. Woodruff

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Biochemical Specificity and Function of Biomolecular Condensates

Damian W. Young

Martin M. Matzuk, Mingxing Teng, and Zhi Tan

Baylor College of Medicine

Innovation in DNA-Encoded Chemistry Technology to Enable More Effective Ligand Discovery