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
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY NONE TO PROVIDE A FORUM TO DISCUSS CURRENT
152,243.
1740 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NW 509(A)(1)
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
CHALLENGES, TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND
POTENTIAL FUTURE COLLABORATIONS TO DEVELOP
SUSTAINABLE AND TRANSFERRABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE
PRESSING ISSUES RELATED TO WATER AND
AGRICULTURE
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY NONE PROTEINS KNOWN AS TRP CHANNELS ARE RESPONSIBLE
100,000.
615 NORTH WOLFE STREET 509(A)(1)
SUITE W1100
BALTIMORE, MD 21205
FOR COORDINATING SENSATIONS OF TASTE,
TEMPERATURE, LIGHT AND PHEROMONES. CRAIG
MONTELL OF JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IN THE
U.S. WILL USE HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING TO
IDENTIFY COMPOUNDS THAT CAN ACTIVATE THESE
TRP CHANNELS IN INSECT VECTORS OF DISEASE FOR
USE IN A NEW GENERATION OF INSECT REPELLANTS.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY NONE GYANU LAMICHANNE OF JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
100,000.
615 NORTH WOLFE STREET 509(A)(1)
SUITE W1100
BALTIMORE, MD 21205
IN THE U.S. WILL DEVELOP A NOVEL VACCINE FOR
TB BASED ON EXISTING BCG VACCINES MODIFI ED
TO EXPRESS A GENE THAT IS SPECIFI C TO LATENT
TB IN ORDER TO GENERATE A ROBUST IMMUNE
RESPONSE TO A LATENT INFECTION.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY NONE MARCELO JACOBS-LORENA, OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS
100,000.
615 NORTH WOLFE STREET 509(A)(1)
SUITE W1100
BALTIMORE, MD 21205
FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
138 OF 519
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE U.S. PROPOSES
TO MODIFY BACTERIA THAT NATURALLY INHABIT THE
MOSQUITO MIDGUT TO SECRETE PROTEINS THAT
INTERFERE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MALARIA
PARASITE IN THE MOSQUITO THAT IS NECESSARY FOR
MALARIA TRANSMISSION.
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