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
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME NONE JEFF SCHOREY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
100,000.
RESEARCH DIVISION OF GRADUATE 509(A)(1)
511 MAIN BUILDING
NOTRE DAME, IN 46556
IN THE U.S. WILL EVALUATE THE USE OF EXOSOMES,
WHICH ARE SMALL MEMBRANE VESICLES RELEASED
FROM MACROPHAGES INFECTED WITH MYCOBACTERIUM
TUBERCULOSIS, AS A NEW PLATFORM FOR TB
VACCINES. EXOSOMES CONTAIN PROTEINS AND
GLYCOLIPIDS THAT CAN ELICIT A ROBUST INNATE
AND ACQUIRED IMMUNE RESPONSE.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH NONE TO IMPROVE DECISION-MAKING IN THE SELECTION OF
1,620,996.
350 THACKERAY HALL 509(A)(1)
PITTSBURGH, PA 15260
NEW VACCINE TECHNOLOGIES AND EPIDEMIC CONTROL
STRATEGIES THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF
COMPUTATIONAL MODELS AND SIMULATIONS, SO AS TO
SPARE CHILDREN FROM PREVENTABLE INFECTIOUS
DISEASES IN POOR COUNTRIES WORLD-WIDE.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH NONE PHILANA LING LIN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
100,000.
350 THACKERAY HALL 509(A)(1)
PITTSBURGH, PA 15260
PITTSBURGH IN THE U.S. WILL UTILIZE IMAGING
TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PET AND CT SCANS TO
STUDY THE BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS RELATED TO THE
REACTIVATION OF LATENT TB. THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY
AIMS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTAL
CHARACTERISTICS REACTIVATION, AS WELL AS
PROVIDING INSIGHT ABOUT NEW WAYS TO INDUCE OR
LIMIT REACTIVATION OF LATENT TB.
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA NONE BECAUSE DDT IS THE ONLY INSECTICIDE THAT REMAINS
100,000.
FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
296 OF 519
EFFECTIVE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, WALTER FOCKE OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA IN SOUTH AFRICA WILL
INVESTIGATE HOW INSECTICIDES DEGRADE WHEN APPLIED
ON AN INDOOR SURFACE. FOCKE WILL THEN STUDY
WHETHER COMBINING THE INSECTICIDE WITH PAINT TO
CREATE A "WHITEWASH" CAN MITIGATE THIS
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