Monte Westerfield

Palo Alto University

Full Professor(heuristic)

Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Molecular Biology

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h-index80
i10-index171
Publications255
Citations43,026

Grants

15 total · 2 active

NIH #U24HG014757

ZFIN: The Zebrafish Model Organism Database

Active
Amount
$4M–$5M
Period
2026-05-15 → 2029-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

NIH #R24OD036061

Resource of zebrafish models of human diseases

Active
Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2024-09-15 → 2028-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

NIH #U24HG002659

ZFIN: The Zebrafish Model Organism Database

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2003-07-11 → 2026-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

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All Grants

15 total · 2 active

NIH #U24HG014757

ZFIN: The Zebrafish Model Organism Database

Active
Amount
$4M–$5M
Period
2026-05-15 → 2029-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

NIH #R24OD036061

Resource of zebrafish models of human diseases

Active
Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2024-09-15 → 2028-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

NIH #U24HG002659

ZFIN: The Zebrafish Model Organism Database

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2003-07-11 → 2026-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

NIH #U2CNS132415

Diagnosing the Unknown for Care and Advancing Science (DUCAS)

Amount
$4M–$5M
Period
2023-04-19 → 2025-03-31
PIs
8

Awarded at HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

NIH #C06OD028364

Expansion and Modernization of the Zebrafish International Resource Center

Amount
$8M–$9M
Period
2019-09-20 → 2024-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

NIH #R03OD033657

Curation of Model Organism Phenotype and Disease Model Data to Augment Gabriella Miller Kid's First Data Sets for Enhanced Discovery and Therapeutic Development

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2022-04-01 → 2024-03-31
PIs
2

Awarded at JACKSON LABORATORY

NIH #R24OD010441

Development of Germplasm Resources for Preservation of Aquatic Models

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2007-04-01 → 2023-05-31
PIs
5

Awarded at LOUISIANA STATE UNIV AGRICULTURAL CENTER

NIH #P40OD011021

Zebrafish International Resource Center

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
1998-05-01 → 2023-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

NIH #R24OD026591

A Single-Cell Transcriptome Atlas for Zebrafish Development

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2019-05-01 → 2023-04-30
PIs
4

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

NIH #U41HG002659

ZFIN: The Zebrafish Model Organism Database

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2003-07-11 → 2021-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

NSF #9414060

U.S.-U.K. Cooperative Research: Genetic Regulation of Nervous System Development

Amount
<$100K
Period
1995-01-15 → 1998-06-30
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Oregon Eugene

NSF #9507401

Design and Implementation of a Database System for Identified Neurons, Development, and Genetics of Zebrafish

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
1995-09-01 → 1998-05-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Oregon Eugene

NSF #8702051

Mutational Studies of Nervous System Development

Amount
<$100K
Period
1987-09-01 → 1988-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Oregon Eugene

NSF #8103573

Development and Maintenance of Motoneuronal Connectivity

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
1981-09-15 → 1985-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Oregon Eugene

NIH #U54NS093793

Zebrafish Core

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
— → —
PIs
1

Awarded at BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Recent Public Signals

  1. New NIH award: ZFIN: The Zebrafish Model Organism Database2026-05-15
  2. New preprint: Mini-Pcdh15b Gene Therapy Rescues Visual Deficits in a Zebrafish Model of Usher Syndrome Type 1F2025-11-06
  3. New paper: ZFIN updates to support zebrafish environmental exposure data (Genetics)2025-02-04

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