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Molecule of the Month: Nanodiscs and HDL The work of Tara Marcink and Steven Van Doren, biochemistry, on nanodiscs and how they can be used to conveniently package a small piece of membrane for experimental studies is featured as the “Molecule of the Month” in this month’s issue of PDB-101. Extraordinary Professors Scott Peck, professor of biochemistry, and Robert Sharp, professor of plant sciences, have been appointed as Extraordinary Professors in the Department of Biotechnology at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. This will facilitate joint supervision of UWC graduate students and collaborative research projects. Their UWC colleague Ndiko Ludidi is interested in applying to the Fulbright African Research Scholar Program to spend six months at MU with Professors Peck and Sharp. CAFNR faculty members have received the following recent grants (listed by Principal Investigator): Stephen Anderson, Support for Soil Health Lab and Deliverables, 9/1/2019 – 9/30/2021, $100,000, Department of Agriculture Thomas W. Bonnot, Development of Landscape Health Index for Priority Geographies, 12/1/2018 – 6/30/2020, $46,000, Missouri Department of Conservation Kerry Clark, FY19 Africa SPS TBT Scientific Exchanges, 8/30/2019 – 8/30/2021, $399,807, Foreign Agricultural Service Kerry Clark, BFP 19 Bangladesh (Hasan) PH @UMissouri, 8/1/2019 – 7/31/2021, $49,977, Foreign Agricultural Service David D. Diamond, MDC Cooperative Agreement 377: Staff GIS Position for Development of the Comprehensive Conservation Strategy FY17, 7/1/2016 – 6/30/2020, $74,000, Missouri Department of Conservation Felix Fritschi, AgResearch Task Order, 6/29/2017 – 12/31/2019, $39,154, AgResearch Ingolf Gruen, Optimization of Cocoa Roasting During Chocolate Manufacture to Minimize Bitterness, 8/15/2018 – 8/14/2020, $36,000, Professional Manufacturing Confectioners’ Association Patrick Guinan, Update and Improve a Storm Weather Alert System for Agricultural Producers, 8/26/2019 – 9/30/2021, $65,000, Department of Agriculture Jie Li, Understanding Pathways to Engage Youth to Act on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, 2/1/2019 – 12/15/2020, $10,000, North American Association for Environmental Education Gerald Miller Jr., Strengthening IPM for Agriculture and Communities in Missouri, 9/1/2017 – 8/31/2020, $203,612, National Institute of Food and Agriculture Azlin Mustapha, BFP 19 Vietnam (Kim Dinh) AH @UMissouri, 12/30/2019 – 5/1/2021, $49,988, Foreign Agricultural Service Robert Myers, Improving Soil and Crop Management Decisions With Proximal-Sensing Assessments of Soil Health and Soil Planting Conditions, 9/1/2019 – 8/31/2020, $52,432, Agricultural Research Service Craig Paukert, Coordinating Aquatic Conservation Tools to Connect Priority Geographies and Guide Landscape-Level Conservation, 1/1/2020 – 6/30/2020, $54,342, Missouri Department of Conservation Randall S. Prather, National Swine Resource and Research Center 1, 8/1/2019 – 7/31/2020, $408,004, NIH Office of the Director Kenneth C. Schneeberger, BFP19 Vietnam (Luu, Q.H.) @UMissouri FS, 8/15/2019 – 2/28/2021, $49,535, Foreign Agricultural Service Michael C. Stambaugh, Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium 2019 to 2021, 8/26/2019 – 7/1/2020, $5,000, Forest Service Thomas Spencer, Biological Role of Uterine Glands in Pregnancy, 8/15/2018 – 5/31/2020, $321,625, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development William Stevens, Improving Irrigation Practices, Irrigated Crop Production, and Water Quality in Southeast Missouri, 9/29/2015 – 9/28/2020, $24,500, Agricultural Research Service William Stevens, Effects of The Introduction of Feed Grains Into Mid-South Soybean Production Systems, 10/2/2016 – 12/31/2019, $20,800, Mississippi State University Allen Thompson, CEAP Watershed Assessment Study: Improvement and Testing of the NRCS Soil Vulnerability Index, 9/2/2019 – 9/30/2022, $190,000, Department of Agriculture Ranjith Udawatta, Evaluate the Benefits of Cover Crops, 9/1/2019 – 9/30/2022, $84,258, Department of Agriculture Wesley Warren, Collaborative Research: Comparative Genomics of Host-Specific Adaptation and Life History Evolution in Brood Parasitic Birds, 9/15/2018 – 4/30/2022, $454,317, NSF Division of Environmental Biology Mitchell Weegman, Integrated Population Model Investigating Population Trends and Demographic Parameters of Interior Snowy Plover, 9/1/2019 – 9/30/2021, $88,999, Fish and Wildlife Service Joanna Whittier, Evaluating Information Needs to Develop Comprehensive Biocriteria for Missouri Stream Fish Communities, 7/1/2019 – 6/30/2020, $65,888, Missouri Department of Conservation Provided by the MU Office of Research |
