title: Breaking barriers through collaboration: the example of the Cell Migration Consortium.
abstract: Understanding complex integrated biological processes, such as cell migration, requires interdisciplinary approaches. The Cell Migration Consortium, funded by a Large-Scale Collaborative Project Award from the National Institute of General Medical Science, develops and disseminates new technologies, data, reagents, and shared information to a wide audience. The development and operation of this Consortium may provide useful insights for those who plan similarly large-scale, interdisciplinary approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Horwitz@virginia.edu
authors.forename: Alan Rick
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Horwitz
authors.forename: Nikki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: J Thomas
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Parsons
mesh_terms: D002465:Cell Movement; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000458:organization & administration; D005381:Financing, Organized / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D012106:Research; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States