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A Predictive Computational Platform for Gut Microbiome Precision Medicine

Award Number: R43GM130228
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/02/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/01/2020

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A Predictive Computational Platform for Gut Microbiome Precision Medicine - Project Summary / Abstract The human gut microbiome has recently become a primary focus of therapeutic research. This trend has been driven by a growing understanding of the intimate ties between the gut microbiome and various diseases, as well as interactions with different types of xenobiotics such as drugs. Specifically, evidence for the role of the gut microbiome as a determining factor in drug pharmacokinetics and therapeutics response has exponentially expanded. The pharmaceutical industry has become increasingly interested in the use of microbiome therapeutics that target and manipulate the gut microbiota to improve health conditions or prevent/treat diseases. A major challenge, however, is the high variability of the gut microbiome composition across individuals. Leading pharmaceutical researchers have begun to recognize that inter- individual variations should be accounted for in attempts to develop personalized medicine. However, despite extensive progress in gut microbiome research, no current effort had been able to leverage personalized “omics” data to explore the dynamics of gut microbiome in interacting with therapeutics. This Phase I proposal targets an essential need at the intersection of two recent research initiatives announced by the White House, namely the Precision Medicine Initiative (2015) and the National Microbiome Initiative (2016). This project seeks to develop a predictive computational platform by integrating novel state-of-the-art computational techniques and modeling approaches. By simulating the personalized, multi-scale dynamics of the gut microbiome in interaction with therapeutics, new information can be leveraged to improve the effectiveness of drug design and development. We will employ complex systems approaches, combined with computational biology techniques, to explicitly model the individual components of the complex network of gut microbiota as well as the rules governing their behavior (e.g. interactions) and predict systems-level emergent behavior of the whole system. This multi-scale platform will be validated using targeted in vitro experiments and in vivo studies. The outcome of this Phase I project will be a proof-of-concept of an integrated, multi-scale computational platform for predicting the functional dynamics of gut microbiome in the context of pharmacomicrobiomics, i.e. interactions of the gut microbiome with therapeutics. This in-silico platform would reduce the cost and timeframe of drug development by reducing the need for iterative pre-clinical experiments and better directing clinical trials, while increasing the effectiveness of the therapeutics themselves. Moreover, this platform can help increase the safety of pharmaceuticals by evaluating the mechanisms of toxicity as they may differ from individual-to-individual. As a result, the pharmaceutical industry as well as academic researchers in the gut microbiome and precision medicine fields would benefit from the successful outcome of this project and, in addition, this platform could eventually become an essential tool in personalizing the prescription of drug types and doses for specific therapeutics.


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: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2019	NEXILICO, INC.	98 AMBERFIELD LN	DANVILLE	CA	94506	CONTRA COSTA	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	3/12/2021	NEW	$0
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Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $224,929 )
2019	2019	NEXILICO, INC.	580 OHLONE AVE	ALBANY	CA	94706	ALAMEDA	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	5/2/2019	NEW	$224,929
														Subtotal = $224,929

Grand Total All Awards = $224,929

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A Predictive Computational Platform for Gut Microbiome Precision Medicine

Award Number: R43GM130228

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/02/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/01/2020

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