The faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences at Western Michigan University have received the following grants:
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Dr. Todd Barkman
Title: Ghosts of Evolution Past: Resurrecting an Extinct Ancestral Enzyme to Understand the Origins of Modern-day Biochemical Activities.
Source: National Science Foundation -
Dr. Christine Byrd-Jacobs
Title: Olfactory Bulb Cell Genesis and Survival in a Model of reversible Deafferentation
Source: National Institutes of Health -
Dr. Kathryn Docherty (co-principal investigator)
Title: The Influence of Road Deicers on the Chemistry of Michigan Lakes.
Source: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality -
Dr. Kathryn Docherty
Title: Examining Vertical Changes in the Air Microbiome Associated with Land Use and Seasonality
Source: Michigan Space Grant Consortium -
Dr. Kathryn Docherty
Title: Enhancing Soil Microbial Services in an Agricultural Ecosystem
Source: Edward Lowe Foundation - Dr. Karim Essani
Title: Experimental Oncolytic Virotherapy and Colorectal Cancer.Source: National Institutes of Health
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Dr. Rob Eversole (co-principal investigator)
Title: Flubendazole Efficacy Study
Source: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -
Dr. John Geiser (co-principal investigators: Dr. Renee Schwartz and Dr. Susan Stapleton)
Title: Developing Scientists as Teachers; Developing Students as Scientists: A Dual Approach to Transforming the Culture of Undergraduate Biology Educati
Source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute -
Dr. Sharon Gill
Title: Integrating approaches from behavior and engineering to explore how male songbirds respond to anthropogenic noise
Source: National Science Foundation -
Dr. Sharon Gill (co-principal investigators: Maarten Vonhof, Kathleen Baker and Nate Fuller)
Title: Conserving soundscapes at local preserves: a pilot program
Source: Eppley Foundation -
Dr. Pam Hoppe
Title: Molecular genetic analysis of UNC-82 kinase function in C. elegans muscle
Source: National Institutes of Health -
Dr. Charles Ide
Title: Protein Expression Changes that Underlie Neuropathology in MSA Cerebellum
Source: Miracles for MSA Research Fund -
Dr. David Karowe (co-principal investigator)
Title: Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in a Changing Global Environment, a research experience for undergraduates.
Source: National Science Foundation -
Dr. Cindy Linn
Title: Prevention of RGC loss in an in vitro excitotoxic model and an in vivo model of glaucoma using an alpha7 nACh receptor agonist.
Source: National Institutes of Health -
Dr. Yan Lu
Title: Identifying and Understanding Connections between Photosynthesis and Amino Acid Metabolism.
Source: National Science Foundation -
Dr. Silvia Rossbach
Title: Biogeophysics for Optimized Mitigation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils: From Theoretical Developments, Laboratory Experiments to Field Validation.
Source: Oklahoma State University and Chevron Corporation -
Dr. John Spitsbergen (co-principal investigator)
Title: Environmental signal transduction: An interdisciplinary research experience for undergraduates.
Source: National Science Foundation - Dr. Maarten Vonhof (Dr. Robert Eversole, Co-principal investigator) Title: Additional testing of the efficacy of chitosan to limit the growth of seudogymnoascus destructans on experimentally-infected bats.
Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service -
Dr. Maarten Vonhof
Title: Examining Urban and Rural White-Tailed Deer: Mortality, Dispersal, and Relatedness
Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service