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
U OF CENTRAL FL RESEARCH FDN INC NONE ALEXANDER COLE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL
100,000.
OFFICE OF RESEARCH 509(A)(1)
12201 RESEARCH PARKWAY
ORLANDO, FL 328263246
FLORIDA WILL ATTEMPT TO RESTORE NATURAL
EXPRESSION OF RETROCYCLINS, ANTIVIRAL PEPTIDES
WHOSE PRODUCTION IN HUMANS HAS BEEN LATENT FOR
MILLIONS OF YEARS. COLE WILL TEST INEXPENSIVE
AND WIDELY AVAILABLE ANTIBIOTICS FOR THEIR
ABILITY TO INDUCE PRODUCTION OF THESE
RETROCYCLINS, LEADING TO ITS POSSIBLE USE AS A
VAGINAL MICROBICIDE.
U OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER NONE T. BRUCEI, THE PARASITE THAT CAUSES SLEEPING
100,000.
263 FARMINGTON AVENUE 170(C)(1)
FARMINGTON, CT 06030
SICKNESS, MUST CONTINUOUSLY SWIM FORWARD IN
HUMAN BLOOD TO EVADE IMMUNE RESPONSES. ARTHUR
CENTER IN THE U.S. WILL ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP
SERUM-STABLE RNA MOLECULES TO IMMOBILIZE THE
PARASITE BY INTERRUPTING THE MECHANISM DRIVING
PARASITE MOTILITY.
U OF EASTERN AFRICA BARATON NONE JACKIE OBEY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN
100,000.
PO BOX 2500 FOREIGN NON-EXEMPT
ELDORET
KENYA
AFRICA, BARATON IN KENYA WILL TEST THE
EFFICACY OF A DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR MALARIA IN
WHICH SMALL AMOUNTS OF BLOOD ARE MIXED WITH AN
IRON SOLUTION TO CREATE VIBRANT COLORS THAT
INDICATE THE AMOUNT OF A PROTEIN RELEASED BY
THE MALARIA PARASITE.
U OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC NONE SANGEETA JOSHI OF THE MIDDAUGH LABORATORY AT THE
100,000.
FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
276 OF 519
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS IN THE U.S. WILL DEVELOP A
NOVEL POLYMER VACCINE COMPOSED OF ASSEMBLED
VERSIONS OF "NEEDLE" AND "TIP" SURFACE PROTEINS
USED BY SHIGELLA AND SALMONELLA PATHOGENS TO
TRIGGER BACTERIAL INVASION IN HUMAN INTESTINAL
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