From Tech Today:
Thomas Werner (Bio Sci/LSTI) is the principal investigator on a project that was awarded a $363,359 research and development grand from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Nation Institutes of Health. The project is “The Role of Toolkit Gene in Generating Complex Color Pattern in Drosophila.” This is a three-year project.
A PhD position is available with Dr. Amy Marcarelli at Michigan Technological University to join a 5-year, NSF-funded study of the balance between nitrogen fixation and denitrification in streams and rivers across the United States.
Candidates with an M.S. in aquatic ecology or related discipline are preferred.
Interested applicants should contact Dr. Marcarelli (ammarcar@mtu.edu) immediately for full consideration. More information on the Marcarelli lab can be found at http://marcarelli-lab.bio.mtu.edu/.
Christina Lehman, Kinesiology and Physiology: Congratulations to Andrew Chapp for receiving a Predoctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association. Andrew is a Biological Sciences PhD student working in Dr. Qinghui Chen’s electrophisyiology lab. Andrew will continue to work in Dr. Chen’s lab focusing on a project titled, “Acetate as an Active Metabolite of Ethanol: Neural and Cardiovascular Implications.”
Andrew recently published a portion of his ethanol research in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology and has given several oral presentations pertaining to the effects of acetate on neuronal excitability. The project Andrew has proposed is expected to have a positive impact on providing insight into the neuronal mechanisms of an alcohol associated hypertension and stroke. Additionally, this proposed study will provide not only a known cellular mechanism for pharmacological intervention of alcohol induced hypertension, but also broader implications to future studies in the alcohol research community related to acetate on learning/memory, motor control, and addiction/depression.
More information on Dr. Chen’s research can be found on his lab page.
Joseph Wagenbrenner (SFRES/GLRC), is the principal investigator on the project Informing Great Lakes Connectivity Decisions: An Enhanced Online Portal for High-Resolution Barrier Data and Species-Specific Benefit Analysis, that has received a $42,105 research and development grant from the University of Wisconsin. Casey Huckins (Bio Sci) and David Watkins (CEE) are co-PIs on the two-year project.
Xiaoqing Tang (Bio Sci) received a $75,000 research contract from the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council for the project Blueberry Protects Pancreatic Beta-Cells
Xiaoqing Tang (Bio Sci/LSTI) has received a $421,652 grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health for the research project, Role of miR-483 in Pancreatic Alpha and Beta Cells. This is a three-year project.
From Tech Today:
Casey Huckins, (Bio Sci/GLRC) is the principal on a research project that received a $331,979 research grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The project is titled, Innovative and Multifaceted Control of Invasive Eurasian and Hybrid Watermilfoil Using Integrative Pest Management Principles.
Also involved in the project are Amy Marcarelli (Bio Sci), Erika Hersch-Green (Bio Sci) and Colin Brooks (Michigan Tech Research Institute).
This funding is part of the new MDNR Michigan Invasive Species Grants Program (MISGP)