The Rijal Lab has received an NIH R16 award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to support the project “Elucidating the Role of Extracellular Polyphosphate in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antibiotic Tolerance.” The four-year award supports research aimed at understanding how extracellular polyphosphate contributes to antibiotic tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and how this process may be targeted to improve antimicrobial efficacy.