2009 Form 990-PF - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION 56-2618866
FORM 990PF, PART XV - GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS PAID DURING THE YEAR
RELATIONSHIP TO SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTOR
AND
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RECIPIENT NAME AND ADDRESS FOUNDATION STATUS OF RECIPIENT PURPOSE OF GRANT OR CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT
300 DAY HALL 509(A)(1)
ITHACA, NY 14853
MOLECULAR TARGETS BY RESEQUENCING GENOMES OF
RESISTANT STRAINS
CORNELL UNIVERSITY NONE TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DRUGS AGAINST
783,891.
300 DAY HALL 509(A)(1)
ITHACA, NY 14853
TUBERCULOSIS BY DEVELOPING A GENETIC APPROACH
THAT ALLOWS HIGH-THROUGHPUT EVALUATION OF
POTENTIAL DRUG TARGETS
CORNELL UNIVERSITY NONE TO DEVELOP IMPROVED RUST RESISTANT WHEAT
7,860,401.
300 DAY HALL 509(A)(1)
ITHACA, NY 14853
VARIETIES TO PROTECT RESOURCE-POOR FARMERS
CORNELL UNIVERSITY NONE TO PROMOTE CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT, IMPROVED
620,657.
300 DAY HALL 509(A)(1)
ITHACA, NY 14853
RESEARCH AND EXTENSION QUALITY OF SCIENTIFIC
AGRICULTURAL LITERATURE USED BY FACULTY AND
STUDENTS IN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
CORNELL UNIVERSITY NONE THE INTESTINAL DISEASE CHOLERA USES
100,000.
300 DAY HALL 509(A)(1)
ITHACA, NY 14853
CELL-TO-CELL SIGNALING TO COORDINATE ITS
GROWTH AND VIRULENCE IN THE HUMAN GUT. JOHN
MARCH OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN THE U.S. IS
DEVELOPING STRAINS OF COMMENSAL BACTERIA THAT
NATURALLY RESIDE IN THE GUT TO EXPRESS THE
KEY CHEMICAL SIGNALS USED BY CHOLERA TO ABORT
THE COLONIZATION PROCESS AND ALLOW THE
PATHOGEN TO PASS THROUGH THE G.I. SYSTEM
WITHOUT CAUSING SYMPTOMS.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY NONE KYU RHEE OF WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE IN
100,000.
FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
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THE U.S. WILL TEST THE THEORY THAT
TUBERCULOSIS UTILIZES METABOLOSOMES, WHICH
ARE PROTEIN-BASED METABOLIC STRUCTURES, TO
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