About the Center for Cell Signaling Research (COBRE)

The Center for Cell Signaling Research (CCSR) is funded by a five-year, $10.8 million Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institutes of Health's Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program. The COBRE program supports the development of innovative biomedical research centers through awards for three sequential five-year phases.

The Center for Cell Signaling Research (CCSR) focuses on studying defects in how cells communicate. Cell signaling allows cells to work together within a tissue, and for tissues to function properly together in the body. Defects in these processes are fundamental to the development of human diseases, including dementia, diabetes, osteoporosis, and chronic pain. The CCSR’s goal is to create a self-sustaining research community at UNE in the cell signaling field and represents an important component of UNE’s mission to expand biomedical research infrastructure and capabilities. 

The center is recruiting biomedical faculty to UNE, supporting the research and professional development of biomedical investigators, and launching the research programs of junior faculty via our pilot project program.

Aims

1. Create a critical mass of investigators in the field of cell signaling at UNE. The center supports promising junior scientists, administers a pilot project grant program to fund the development of new biomedical research projects, and provides start-up funds for the recruitment of new faculty. 
2. Expand biomedical infrastructure with new core facilities that allow investigators to carry out crucial research.