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Gifts and Grants 3/23/2006 - 6/26/2006

Burroughs Wellcome Fund renewed a grant of $600,000 in support of the Biology of Parasitism course from 2007 to 2010.

George Frederick Jewett Foundation awarded $100,000 to support the “Information Commons” project in the MBLWHOI Library in the Lillie Building.

9th World Congress on Human Reproduction contributed $51,240 to establish The Luigi Mastroianni and Sheldon Segal Scholarship Fund. This endowed scholarship fund will support students in the Frontiers in Reproduction course.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded $50,000 to support the 2006 Microbial Diversity course.

Wellcome Trust has granted $26,595 to help support three students in the Biology of Parasitism: Modern Approaches course offered this year.

William Townsend Porter Foundation renewed their grant of $12,000 to support student scientists from minority backgrounds through the Porter Fellowship/Scholarship program.

The Schooner Foundation awarded $10,000 for unrestricted support.

The National Institutes of Health have awarded the following grants:

$217,781 in support of the Frontiers in Reproduction Training Course and Symposium. Mario Ascoli, principal investigator.
$205,428 in support of the Embryology course. Joel Rothman, principal investigator.
$245,657 in support of Logistical and Technical Support for NINDS at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Thomas Reese, principal investigator.
$162,000 in support of the Neural Systems & Behavior course. Lenny Dawidowicz, principal investigator.
$340,555 in support of a project titled Trypanosome Lysis by Human Haptoglobin Related Protein. Stephen Hajduk, principal investigator.
$481,759 in support of the development of a new Automated Polarized Light Microscope. Rudolf Oldenbourg, principal investigator.
$55,882 in support of a project titled Morphology-based Rating of Egg Development Potential. Michael Shribak, CRi Inc., principal investigators.
$232,895 in support of a project titled Potential targets for new antischistosomal agents. Robert M. Greenberg, principal investigator.
$85,331 in support of The Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health - Genomics Facility Core. Mitchell Sogin, principal investigator.
$30,580 in support of The Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health - Parasite Project. Linda Amaral Zettler, principal investigator.
$152,630 in support of the Neurobiology course. Lenny Dawidowicz, principal investigator.
$218,900 in support of the Fundamental Issues in Vision Research course. David Papermaster, principal investigator.

The National Science Foundation has awarded the following grants:

$55,305 in support of The Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health-Pilot Project. Stephen Hajduk, principal investigator.
$95,192 in support of The Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health - Genomics Facility Core. Mitchell Sogin, principal investigator.
$34,111 in support of the project The Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health - Parasite Project. Linda Amaral Zettler, principal investigator.
$281,024 in support of the project titled Resource Allocation and Allometry of Plant Growth in the Arctic: Key constraints on Change and Predictability of the Arctic System. Gaius Shaver, principal investigator.
$94,078 in support of incorporating genomics into the MBL Microbial Diversity course. Thomas Schmidt, principal investigator.
$820,000 in support of the Plum Island Ecosystems LTER. Charles Hopkinson, principal investigator.
$56,219 for a project titled Synthesis and Scaling of Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Data on the North Slope and Coastal Zones of Alaska: A Basis for Studying Climate Change. Bruce J. Peterson, principal investigator.
$94,770 for a project titled Collaborative Research: Controls on the Isotopic Composition of Fixed CO2 and Ecosystem-respired CO2 in Southeastern Pine Forests. Maureen Conte, principal investigator.
$597,067 (over three years) for a project titled Collaborative Research: Molecular Genetics of Bdelloid Rotifers. David Mark Welch, principal investigator.

NASA has awarded the following grants:

$147,104 in support of a project titled Testing Trace Gas Flux Models Using In-situ and Remotely-Sensed Data. Jerry Melillo, principal investigator.
$110,250 for a project titled Understanding the changing carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles in the Earth System. Jerry Melillo, principal investigator.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded the following grants:

$192,461 for a project titled Quantifying the magnitude and timing of squid reproduction and egg laying in Monterey Bay, California with acoustic and video technology. Roger Hanlon, principal investigator.
$112,000 (over two years) for a project titled Effects of Salinity Changes on the N Dynamics in the Upper Regions of Estuaries. Anne E. Giblin, principal investigator.

The Department of Energy awarded $45,000 in support of Investigations into the Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms as Part of the Microbial Diversity course. Thomas Schmidt, principal investigator.

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) awarded $450,618 (over three years) for a project titled Harbor and Outfall Monitoring: Nutrient Flux. Anne E. Giblin, principal investigator.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $75,178 for a project titled Effect of temperature on the infection of hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) by the protistian organism, Quahog Parasite Unknown. Roxanna Smolowitz, principal investigator.

The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) awarded $130,052 in support of a project titled Development of Observation Methods for Cellular Systems. Rudolf Oldenbourg, principal investigator.