Projects

National Science Foundation

• Fang $260,000; 08/11 – 07/15
  Purification Synthesis Peptides Using a Catching by Polymerization Approach
• Fang, Shahbazian-Yassar, Yuan $200,000; 05/12 – 04/15
  IDBR (EAGER): An AFM-Based Instrument for Monitoring DNA Synthesis in Real-Time
• Frost $450,000; 08/14 – 07/17
  Tunable Nitric Oxide Releasing Polymeric Materials
• Heldt $104,633; 05/15 – 04/20
  CAREER: Surface and Interparticle Forces for Improved Virus Removal
• Heldt $274,736; 06/12 – 09-/15
  Precipitation and Self-Interaction of Viruses by Preferential Hydration
• Minerick, Raber, Bergstrom $206,000; 5/14 – 04/16
  PFI:AIR – TT: Blood Typing Device without Reagents: Sensing Electrodes to Replace Optics
• Tang, G, Wei $2,499,979; 06/14 – 05/17
  Targeting MicroRNAs for Destruction in Crops by Short Tandem Target Mimic (STTM)

National Institues of Health

• Carter $465,000; 09/14 – 08/17
  Sleep Deprivation and Neural Cardiovascular Control in Postmenopausal Women
• Chen $458,920; 12/14 – 11/17
  ER Stress and Reduced SK Channel Function in PVN in Rats with High Salt Intake
• Goldman, Frost $459,600; 05/12 – 04/15
  Therapeutic Lymphatic Collecting Vessel Regeneration by Directed Fluid Flow
• Goldman $42,684; 08/13 – 06/16
  Small Diameter Blood Vessel
• Fang $333,631; 02/14 – 01/17
  Oligodeoxynucleotide Synthesis Using Protecting Groups and a Linker Cleavable Under Neutral Oxidative Conditions
• Jiang, Kirkpatrick, Rajachar $452,780; 09/14 – 08/16
  Virtual Breast Project: Improving Non-invasive Differentiation of Breast Tumors
• Lee $344,459; 03/13 – 02/16
  Biomimetic Tissue Adhesive with Mechanically Tough Hydrogel Support
• Liu $338,552; 04/15 – 03/18
  Ratiometric Near-infrared Fluorescent Probes for Lysosomal pH in Living Cells
• Zhao $450,502; 07/13 – 06/16
  Development of Off-the-shelf Completely Biological Small-diameter Blood Vessel with Human Stem Cells

United States Department of Agriculture

• Busov $7,000; 10/14 – 09/15
  McIntire Stennis: Regulation of Biomass Growth in Trees
• Busov, Yordanov, Gailing $499,916; 05/12 – 04/16
  USDA NIFA: Plant Growth and Development Program: Role of Laterial Organ Boundary transcription factors in regulation of wood formation in poplar
• Deshpande, Wusirika $150,000; 02/14 – 01/16
  Bioactive Components in Rice Callus Culture and Blueberry Extract as Anti-inflammatory Agents of the Gastrointestinal Tract
• Gailing $7,000; 10/14 – 09/15
  McIntire Stennis: Identification of Genes Involved in the Maintenance of Species Identity in North American Red Oaks
• Wei $7,000; 10/14 – 09/15
  McIntire Stennis: Genetics Manipulation of the Genes Controlling Tree Growth
• Yuan, Wei $149,888; 04/12 – 04/16
  Systemic Identification and Characaterization of Overlapping Sense/Antisense Gene Loci in Populus Genome

United States Department of Energy

• Busov, Yordanov, Tuskan, Wellington and Sykes $1,100,000; 8/12 – 7/15
  DOE Feedstock Genomics. Gene discovery. Functional Discovery and Characterization of Genes and Alleles Affecting Wood Biomass Yield and Quality in Poplar Using Activation Tagging and Association Analysis

The Gerber Foundation

• Minerick $219,728; 06/12 – 07/15
  Rapid Nutritional Analysis from Infant Tears

Huron Mountain Foundation

• Gailing $3,000; 02/13 – 04/15
  Genetic Structure of Pre-European Settlement Quercus rubra Forests II
• Werner $2,000; 05/14 – 04/15
  The Lepidoptera and Drosophilidae of the Huron Mountains

Michigan Technological University

• Carter $61,000; 07/14 – 08/15
  Cell Culture and Bio Imaging Core Facility: Promoting Life-Sciences Research at Michigan Tech
• Durocher $31,600; 07/13 – 08/15
  REF seed grant: The Effect of Diet or Exercise on Visceral Obesity, Neural Cardiovascular Reactivity and Arterial Stiffness in Obese Humans
• Fang $19,000; 07/14 – 08/15
  REF-TCG: Simple Methods for Synthetic Oligonucleotide and Peptide Purification
• Tanasova $61,000; 07/14 – 08/15
  Cell Culture and Bioimaging Core Facility
• Tiwari $24,560; 07/14 – 08/15
  Understanding the Role of Protein Aggregation in Cellular Toxicity
• Yuan $15,000; 07/14 – 08/15
  Genome-wide Analysis of Regulatory RNAs Associated with Wood Formation in Populus REF Mentor Grant: Evolutionary Ecology

North Carolina State University

• Wei $50,758; 02/13 – 05/15
  Construction of Gene Regulatory Networks of Wood Formation in Poplar

Penn State

• Gailing $215,077; 04/11 – 06/15
  TRPGR: Comparative Genomics of Environmental Stress Responses in North American Hardwoods

Radiological Society of North America

• Jiang $8,427; 09/14 – 09/15
  Development and Validation of Simulations and Phantoms Mimicking the Viscoelastic Properties of Human Liver

Southern Illinois University – Carbondale

• Datta $95,094; 09/12 – 08/15
  Low-Cost Green Technology to Improve Water Quality in Mining-Impacted Ecosystems

The University of Chicago (passthrough Merck)

• Carter $50,631; 04/14 – 12/15
  Multi-Level Assessment of Physiologic Hyper-Arousal in Chronic Primary Insomnia: A Case Control Study

University of Michigan (MIIE)

• Jiang, Wang, Bharti $44,500; 07/14 – 06/15
  Translation of Automated Flow Analysis into Clinical Worklow

University of Wisconsin, Madison – NIH

• Jiang $15,250; 07/13 – 04/15
  Real-Time Ultrasonic Monitorinig of Tumor Ablation

Virginia Polytechnic & State University

• Murthy $50,146; 04/11 – 03/15
  Collaborative Research: Functional Characterization of Diphospho and Tripho-inositol Phosphates in Plants