Millions of hibernating bats across North America have died from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by a cold-loving fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, that invades their skin. Bruce Klein, MD, professor and chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, recently received a $250,000 award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support his project, “Mechanisms of Pseudogymnoascus destructans adherence to skin during white nose syndrome.” The award will be used to identify molecular mechanisms P. destructans uses to infect keratinocytes in the skin of little brown bats. This research will help Klein and his colleagues develop and test medicines and vaccines to prevent white nose syndrome.