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THE IMMUNE SELF-ASSOCIATED STORAGE ORGANELLE (SASO)

Award Number: R01AI175277
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/20/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2027

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THE IMMUNE SELF-ASSOCIATED STORAGE ORGANELLE (SASO) - PROJECT SUMMARY This study investigates how the body maintains a memory of ‘Self’. When facing foreign organisms and cancer, this self-knowledge is thought to be critical, serving to educate the immune system to limit autoimmunity and conversely license reactivity to things that are ‘Foreign’. The core of the study focuses on a newly-discovered organelle, found within macrophages and some dendritic cells which we call the Self-Associated Storage Organelle or SASO for short. We believe that the SASO is critical to ‘hold’ our self-identity and subsequently educate the rest of our immune system and it appears to come from a stealthy and subtle form of ‘cell nibbling’.Our proposal is unique in applying cutting technologies—lattice-light sheet imaging, vesicle flow, Mass- spectrometry and Electron Microscopy—together with conventional cellular immunoassay methods and genetic screens, to understand how this newly described component of the immune system works as well as how we can harness it to improve health. The resultant discoveries will be formative for designing new ways to boost anti-tumor immunity, to minimize autoimmunity and to broadly regulate which components of our bodies are seen as ‘Self’.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $623,370 )
2026	2026	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	4	12/16/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$623,370
														Subtotal = $623,370

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $581,068 )
2025	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	3	12/12/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$581,068
														Subtotal = $581,068

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $584,397 )
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	2	12/11/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$525,957
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	001	2	5/20/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$58,440
														Subtotal = $584,397

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $606,836 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	1855 FOLSOM ST STE 425	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94143	SAN FRANCISCO	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	1	1/20/2023	NEW	$606,836
														Subtotal = $606,836

Grand Total All Awards = $2,395,671

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THE IMMUNE SELF-ASSOCIATED STORAGE ORGANELLE (SASO)

Award Number: R01AI175277

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/20/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2027

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