2002 Photo Contest Grand Prize winner, “Invasion Pores and Membrane”
by Umit Ali Kayisli, 2002 Frontiers in Reproduction course student
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Gifts and Grants
The Milton L. Shifman Scholarship Trust contributed $564,502 to the existing Milton L. Shifman Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship provides support for Dartmouth students in summer courses and/or Dartmouth students working with MBL investigators in their labs.
Universal Imaging Corporation contributed $40,000 in support of the Universal Imaging Corporation fellow, Dr. Fred Chang, and also the Mitchison/Salmon group, who did research at the MBL this summer.
NASA awarded $104,696 for the “Planetary Biology Internship.” Lynn Margulis is the principal investigator.
The Department of Energy awarded $224,399 for “Development of Metabolic Pathway Database for the Metal Reducing Bacterium, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1.” Monica Riley is the principal investigator.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a grant of $850,000 in support of “Transformations of Nitrogen as it Moves through Terrestrial Landscapes.” This is a three-year research program conducted by The Ecosystems Center.
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded a grant of $45,000 to support a new course “Advances in Genome Technology & Bioinformatics.” This course introduces key computational biology activities that promise to provide a cohesive blend of practical and theoretical information on genome science and bioinformatics.
The Department of Defense awarded $179,600 (over two years) for “Investigation of Marine Biological Applications on Hardened Materials.”
Roger Hanlon is the principal investigator.
The Hudson River Foundation awarded $36,782 for “Primary Production, Respiration, and the Processing of Organic C and Nutrients in the Hudson River Estuary.” Robert Howarth is the principal investigator.
The American Heart Association awarded $49,500 for “Mechanisms Underlying Zinc-Induced Neuronal Damage During Stroke: Modulation of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels.” Stefan McDonough is the principal investigator.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts awarded $41,540 (over two years) for “The Nature Conservancy – Marine Biological Laboratory Sandplain Ecosystem Restoration and Conservation Experiment.” Christopher Neill is the principal inverstigator.
The Department of Energy awarded $164,000 for “Human Influences on Forest Nitrogen Budgets and Their Implications for Forest Carbon Storage.” Jerry Melillo, Paul Steudler, and Knute Nadelhoffer are the principal investigators.
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded $247,451 for “Regulation of Embryonic Neuronal Development by Chemical Mixtures from Brick, NJ.” Carol Reinisch is the principal investigator.
The Office of Naval Research awarded $50,000 for the Microbial Diversity course. Caroline Harwood is the principal investigator.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture awarded $89,934 (over two years) for “Isolation and Characterization of Factors Regulated During Larval Competence and Metamorphosis in the Bay Scallop, Argopecten irradians.” Steven Roberts is the principal investigator.
The National Institutes of Health awarded the following grants:
• $969,024 (over 5 years) for the Embryology course.
Joel Rothman is the principal investigator.
• $763,769 for “Giardia: A Model for Ancient Eukaryotic Genome Analysis.” Mitchell Sogin is the principal investigator.
• $617,540 (over 5 years) for the Neuroinformatics course. Partha Mitra is the principal investigator.
• $229,950 for “3-D Image Restoration for Polarized Light Microscopy.” Rudolf Oldenbourg is the principal investigator.
• $228,927 for “Testing Molecular Evolutionary Consequences of Endosymbiosis.” Jennifer Wernegreen is the principal investigator.
• $163,159 for the Neural Systems and Behavior course. Lenny Dawidowicz is the principal investigator.
• $126,115 for the Training in Methods in Computational Neuroscience course. William Bialek is the principal investigator.
• $51,243 for the Neural Development and Genetics of Zebrafish course. Lenny Dawidowicz is the principal investigator.
• $45,750 for the Physiology: Cellular and Molecular Biology course. Lenny Dawidowicz is the principal investigator.
The National Science Foundation awarded the following grants:
• $2,699,971 (over 4 years) for “Trophic Cascades and Interacting Control Processes in a Detritus-based Aquatic Ecosystem.” Linda Deegan is the principal investigator.
• $1,648,366 (over 5 years) for “Biogeochemical Tracers in Arctic Rivers: Linking the Pan-Arctic Watershed to the Arctic Ocean.” Bruce Peterson is the principal investigator.
• $699,939 for “The Arctic LTER Project: The Future Characteristics of Arctic Communities, Ecosystems and Landscapes.” John Hobbie, Gaius Shaver, and Bruce Peterson are the principal
investigators.
• $342,774 for “Turnover and Retention of Nitrogen in an Arctic Watershed: Links to Organic Matter Accumulation and Response to Climate.” Gaius Shaver is the principal investigator.
• $80,111 for the REU: Marine Models in Biological Research course. Lenny Dawidowicz is the principal investigator.
• $8,000 for “LTER: Plum Island Sound Comparative Ecosystem Study (PISCES): Effects of Changing Land Cover, Climate and Sea Level on Estuarine Trophic Dynamics.” Charles Hopkinson is the principal investigator. |
