Grants
The faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences at Â鶹´«Ã½ 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: Â鶹´«Ã½, 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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