Research equipment funded
The Research Office received 23 proposals for the Research Equipment Reserve Fund (RERF) Fall 2010 solicitation. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals recommended for funding. The Vice President for Research has approved 12 proposals for funding.
The following proposals have been selected for funding:
Beckman, Joseph (Environmental Health Sciences Center): “Water Vapor Isotope Analyzer”
Dhagat, Pallavi (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering): “High Sensitivity CCD Camera (Retiga-2000R)”
Greenwood, Jeffrey (Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, College of Science): “Roche xCELLigence Real-Time Cell Monitoring System”
Kolluri, Siva (Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, College of Agricultural Sciences): “Nucleofector® II Transfection System”
Lachenbruch, Barb (Department of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Forestry): “VHX-1000E Digital Microscope”
Maier, Claudia (Department of Chemistry, College of Agricultural Sciences): “An Accurate Mass, High Resolution Mass Spectrometer for Metabolomics”
Mate, Bruce (Marine Mammal Institute): “Piloting, Safety, Electronic, Communication Upgrades to Research Vessel “Pacific Storm”
Mueller, Chad (EOARC-Union, College of Agricultural Sciences): “Insentec RIC Animal Feeding System”
Proteau, Philip (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy): “Jasco J-815 Spectropolarimeter (CD Spectrophotometer)”
Schultz, Adam (College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences): “Ocean Bottom Multi-Physics Monitoring System”
Torres, Marta (College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences): “Front End Module to the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)”
Turner, Russell (Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences): “A Replacement X-Ray Source for a Scanco CT40 Scanner”
Undergraduate research funded
The URISC: Start proposals have been reviewed and the URISC: Start Review Team is pleased to announce the awards for the Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC): Start 2010-11 Winter/Spring solicitation.
The following proposals have been selected for funding:
Austin, Matthew [Major: Psychology] (Faculty Project Advisor: Frank Bernieri, Dept. of Psychology): “Left-Handedness and Negative Emotion Perception”
Bergeron, Casey [Major: Psychology] (Faculty Project Advisor: Frank Bernieri, Dept. of Psychology): “Face Shapes and Personality Traits”
Bloom, Geoffrey [Major: Biology + Psychology] (Faculty Project Advisor: Frank Bernieri, Dept. of Psychology): “The Two Faces of Emotional Intelligence”
Colby, Samantha [Major: Pre-Apparel] (Faculty Project Advisor: Dee Denver, Dept. of Zoology): “Discovery and Genetic Characterization of Slug-Associated Nematodes”
Drewry, Kelsey [Major: Biochemistry and Biophysics] (Faculty Project Advisor: Luis Sayavedra-Soto, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology): “Testing the Growth of Nacardioides sp. strain CF8”
Egenriether, Sada [Major: Biological and Ecological Engineering] (Faculty Project Advisor: Jadwiga Giebultowicz, Dept. of Zoology): “Regulation of Proteasome Activity by the Biological Clock”
Fang, Boya [Major: Biochemistry and Biophysics] (Faculty Project Advisor: Michael Freitag, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics): “Screen for Extragenic Suppressors of Meiotic Centromere Defects caused by a Fusion of Green Fluorescent Protein to the Centromere-Specific Histone, CenH3”
Fisher, Stephanie [Major: Psychology] (Faculty Project Advisor: Frank Bernieri, Dept. of Psychology): “Petite and Personable? Linking Small Hands with Neuroticism”
Hobbs, Helen [Major: Biochemistry and Biophysics] (Faculty Project Advisor: Barbara Taylor, Dept. of Zoology): “Bacterial Colonization of Drosophila Larvae”
Kolinska, Monica [Major: Bioengineering] (Faculty Project Advisor: Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort, School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering): “Development and Characterization of Micro or Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Spinal Disc Replacement”
Kornberg, Tiffany [Major: Biochemistry and Biophysics] (Faculty Project Advisor: Luiz Bermudez, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences): “Biofilm Formation of Mycobacterium avium in the Human Lung”
Krieger, Katy Lou [Major: Psychology] (Faculty Project Advisor: Frank Bernieri, Dept. of Psychology): “The Twilight Dilemma: Is He a Friend or Lover?”
Kusanto, Nicholas [Major: Chemical Engineering] (Faculty Project Advisor: Jeffrey Nason, School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering): “The Development and Improvement of a Photocatalytic Micro-Reactor for the Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Drinking Water”
Liu, Qiuying [Major: Biology] (Faculty Project Advisor: Todd Mockler, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology): “The Effect of Environmental Stress on Arabidopsis Mutant”
Nguyen, Thi [Major: Biochemistry and Biophysics] (Faculty Project Advisor: Gary Merrill, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics): “An Unheralded Role for Thioredoxin Reductase in Carbonyl Homeostasis”
Noesen, Birken Thomas [Major: Psychology] (Faculty Project Advisor: Mei-Ching Lien, Dept. of Psychology): “Capture the Mind’s Eye Against Your Will – An Electrophysiological Investigation of Stimulus Rarity”
Pihl, Nicholas [Major: Biochemistry and Biophysics] (Faculty Project Advisor: Jeffrey Greenwood, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics): “Role of Calpain 2-Induced Breakdown Product of Akt in Glioblastoma Cell Invasion”
Pitts, Thomas [Major: Biochemistry and Biophysics] (Faculty Project Advisor: Michael Freitag, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics): “Generation of ‘Neocentromeres’ by Deletion of Known Centromeric Regions”
Ramos, Talia [Major: Psychology] (Faculty Project Advisor: Frank Bernieri, Dept. of Psychology): “Eyebrow Hairiness and Its Implications on Dominance Levels”
Sabedra, Dominique [Major: Bioresource Research] (Faculty Project Advisor: Gerd Bobe, Dept. of Animal Sciences): “Serum Haptoglobin as a Predictor for Reproductive Success in Transition Dairy Cows”
Sarker, Minhazur [Major: Microbiology] (Faculty Project Advisor: Manoj Pastey, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences): “Confirmation of Interaction of a Novel HIV NS2 Protein with Host Proteins in Living Mammalian Cells”
Schnee, Holly Marie [Major: Psychology] (Faculty Project Advisor: Frank Bernieri, Dept. of Psychology): “The Effects of Vision Impairment on Emotional Sensitivity”
Seng, Jonathan L. [Major: Biochemistry and Biophysics] (Faculty Project Advisor: Dee Denver, Dept. of Zoology): “Investigation of Paternal Mitochondrial DNA Leakage in Caenorhabditis briggsae”
Ta, Charlie [Major: Microbiology and BioResource Research Interdisciplinary Sciences Program] (Faculty Project Advisor: Inga Zasada, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology): “Linking Genetic Variability of X. americanum Populations to Virus Vectoring Ability”
Trevor, Jordan [Major: Bioresource Research with the option in Animal Reproduction and Development] (Faculty Project Advisor: Michelle Kutzler, Dept. of Animal Sciences): “Ultrastructure of the Canine Zonary Placenta and Marginal Hematomas”
Truong, Mitchell [Major: Pre-Chemical Engineering] (Faculty Project Advisor: Joseph McGuire, School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering): “Synthesis and Evaluation of PEO-Coated Membranes for Hemodialysis”
Wambua, Rebecca [Major: Pharmacy] (Faculty Project Advisor: Jadwiga Giebultowicz, Dept. of Zoology): “Effects of Enhanced Clock Rhythms on Aging Flies”
Zhang, Justin [Major: Biochemistry and Biophysics] (Faculty Project Advisor: Jeffrey Greenwood, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics): “Calpain 2 Induced Cleavage Activates Akt”
