National Geographic’s Nat Geo Channel recently did some filming for an upcoming project with Dr Nancy Auer on the RV Agassiz. They were netting large sturgeon to place crittercams on and follow and recover the cameras each day.
Associate Professor Casey Huckins (Biological Sciences) and CoPI Assistant Professor Amy Marcarelli (Biological Sciences) have received $60,000 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for a 30-month project, “Restoration of Coaster Brook Trout in Lake Superior.”
Associate Professor Casey Huckins (Biological Sciences/ESC) has received $46,000 from the Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District for a 30-month project, “Hills Creek Stamp Sand Stabilization Project.”
Previously, Associate Professor Casey Huckins (Biological Sciences) and Co-PI Amy Marcarelli (Biological Sciences) have received $11,620 from the Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation for a project, “Linkages Among Stream Habitat, Ecosystem Conditions, and Temporal and Spatial Variation in Fluvial Fish Assemblages in the Salmon Trout River.”
Assistant Professor Xiaoqing Tang (Biological Sciences) has received $106,671 from the US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, for a project titled,”Role of miR-30d in Insulin Gene Expression in Pancreatic Beta Cells.”
Assistant Professor Qinghui Chen (Exercise Science) has received $282,196 from the American Heart Association for a three-year project, “Neural Mechanisms of Sympathetic Activation by High Salt Intake.”
Associate Professor Nancy Auer (Biological Sciences/MTCWS) and Professor Martin Auer (CEE) have received $306,015 from the US Environmental Protection Agency for a 32-month project, “Predicting Ecosystem Changes in Lake Superior.”
Assistant Professor Amy Marcarelli (Biological Sciences) has received $55,612 from Shoshone-Bannock Tribes for a two-year project, “Nutrient Limitation, Autotrophic Response, and River Metabolism Responses to Salmon Nutrient Enrichment Treatments in the Salmon River Subbasin.”
Dr. Catherine Tarasoff has been chosen for Women Emerging Biological Sciences Symposium, WEBS (Women Evolving Biological Sciences), an annual three-day symposium aimed at addressing the retention of female scientists and issues related to the transition of women from early career stages to tenure track positions and leadership roles in academic and research settings. Please see the website: http://www.webs.washington.edu
Dr. Susan Bagley was recently awarded a grant from American Process Inc., focusing on the C5 Fermentation Improvement Project in conjunction with Dr. David Shonnard in Chemical Engineering.
Michael Gretz received a National Science Foundation grant in support of his work investigating the evolution of the land plant cell wall. The Gretz lab is collaborating with an international team of researchers using algal systems to understand cell wall polymers critical for key morphogenetic events that led to the emergence of land plants aproximately 470 million years ago. This research provides pivotal information necessary for understanding, and potentially modifying, cell walls to facilitate agricultural and biofuel production, and development of pharmaceuticals,food additives and other products.
Dr. Mike Gretz was also granted a recent award from the South Florida Water Management District for a project entitled “Determination of Polysaccharide Biomarkers from Macrophytes in Detrital Floc.”
Professor Michael Gretz (Biological Sciences) received $184,536 from Incitor LLC for a one-year project, “Biofuels from Algae and Extracellular Polymers: Catalytic Domains on Bionanolattices,” which is part of a biofuels initiative that is supported by multiple agencies in the Department of Defense.