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. Wendy Beane
Title: Regeneration in Planarians.
Source: National Science Foundation - Dr. Tiffany Bloom
Title: Tracking Biodiversity.
Source: Michigan Sea Grant -
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: TPV Variants MI Kickstart.Source: University of Michigan
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Dr. Rob Eversole (co-principal investigator)
Title: Flubendazole Efficacy Study.
Source: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -
Dr. Susan Stapleton
Title: Developing Scientists as Teachers; Developing Students as Scientists: A Dual Approach to Transforming the Culture of Undergraduate Biology Education.
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: Defining the Role of the Protein Kinase UNC–82 in Organizing Muscle Contractile Filaments.
Source: Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award -
Dr. Charles Ide
Title: Risk Analysis Straits Pipeline.
Source: Michigan Technological University -
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: BrdU Positive Neurons.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Dr. Cindy Linn
Title: Retinal Pigment Epithelium Induces Neurogenesis in an Adult Mammal.
Source: Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award -
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 and Wildlife Service