Grants

The faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences at Western Michigan University have received the following grants:

• Todd Barkman (Co-PI, Andre Venter PI)
  Title: Mechanisms and Applications of Protein Analysis by Desorption Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry (DESI-MS)
  Source: National Science Foundation

• Wendy Beane
  Title: Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neural Regeneration in Planarians
  Source: National Science Foundation CAREER Award

• Wendy Beane (co-PI)
  Title: RCN: Instrumentation for Quantum Biology (which aims to set up a formal community of interdisciplinary and multi-country researchers in the emerging field of Quantum Biology)
  Source: National Science Foundation

• Devin Bloom
  Title: Systematics and Evolution of Migration in Clupeiformes (Herring, Sardines, Shads, Anchovies and Their Allies
  Source: National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology

• Devin Bloom
  Title: Ecology of Dam Removals on the Kalamazoo River
  Source: Fisheries and Wildlife Service

• Jeremy Duncan
  Title: Determining the Molecular Landscape Necessary for Hair Cell Differentiation
  Source: National Institutes of Health (NIDCD)

• Jeremy Duncan
  Title: 2021 WMU Interdisciplinary Team Excellence Enhancement Grant
  Source: Western Michigan University, Office of the President
• Jacqueline Eng
  Title: Biological Implications of Gender Roles in Mobile Pastoralist Societies
  Source: National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Sharon Gill (Co-PI Maarten Vonhof)
  Title: Examining Impacts of Military Noise on Bird Communication and Singing Behavior
  Source: Department of Defense, EQ1 Basic Research Program

• Sharon Gill
  Title: Referential Alarm Calling as a Window into the Mechanisms and Evolution of a Complex Cognitive Phenotype.
  Source: National Science Foundation

• Dave Karowe
  Title: Research Experience for Undergraduates (University of Michigan Biological Station)
  Source: National Science Foundation

• Ben Koestler (PI)
  Title: Identifying the Formate-Sensory Mechanism in Shigella flexneri
  Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Cindy Linn
  Title: Evidence of BrdU Positive Neurons in Adult Mammalian Retina After Treatment with an Alpha7 nAChR Agonist
  Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Eye Institute

• Cindy Linn
  Title: Neurogenesis and Recovery of Visual Function After Blast Exposure
  Source: Department of Defense 
• Yan Lu
  Title: BIORETS: Research Experiences for Teachers in the Biology of Plants, Animals, Microorganisms, and their Environments 
  Source: National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Hector Quemada
  Title: Support for FNIH Gene Drive Research Coordination
  Source: Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

• Silvia Rossbach
  Title: Characterization of Microorganisms Involved in Hydrocarbon Degradation at a Crude Oil Spill Site
  Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Beltrami County

• Dave Rudge, Co-PI (PI Heather Petcovic)
  Title: MI STAR
  Source: Michigan Technological University

• Tiffany Schriever (Co-PI Devin Bloom)
  Title: Tracking Biodiversity, Community Assemblage, and Gene Flow Among Interdunal Wetlands in the Great Lakes
  Source: Michigan Sea Grant Core Research

• Maarten Vonhof
  Title: Field Application of Chitosan to Halt the Progression of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
  Source: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation