LIPID MAPS Resource and Database (360G-Wellcome-203014_Z_16_Z)

£1,362,256

LIPID Metabolites And Pathways Strategy (LIPID MAPS) is a resource and database created in 2003 via a 10-yr "glue-grant" from National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH) to identify and quantitate all of the major - and many minor - lipids in mammalian cells using a systems biology approach, as well as advance the emerging field of lipidomics. This was accomplished by generating numerous experimental approaches to define the "lipidome" in human and mouse tissues and by developing and maintaining a website which now acts as the global portal for nomenclature, databases, tools, protocols, standards, tutorials, meetings, publications and other resources for the international lipid research community ("Lipidomics GateWay", http://www.lipidmaps.org). Its importance to the field was recently highlighted in Science (https://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6223/788.short). The "glue-grant" was followed by a legacy grant (expire in July 2016) covering only maintenance of the website, databases and tools. Given the extremely challenging US funding environment, no further options exist locally. This proposal aims to maintain/further develop the resource, and move it to the UK to preserve its internationally recognized classification system and curated lipid structure database, the largest in the world. This will provide essential support for UK and worldwide lipidomics centres.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 1362256
Applicant Surname O'Donnell
Approval Committee Biomedical Resource Committee
Award Date 2016-06-16T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2015/16
Grant Programme: Title Biomedical Resources Grant
Internal ID 203014/Z/16/Z
Lead Applicant Prof Valerie O'Donnell
Other Applicant(s) Dr Andrea Lopez-Clavijo, Dr Robert Andrews, Dr Simon Andrews, Prof Edward Dennis, Prof Shankar Subramaniam, Prof William Griffiths
Partnership Value 1362256
Planned Dates: End Date 2024-07-31T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2017-01-30T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region Wales