Of note

Marco Colonna, M.D., professor of pathology and immunology and of medicine, received a four-year, $1,155,200 grant from the National Institutes of Health for research titled “The Function of TREM-1 in Sepsis.” …

Eliot Fried, Ph.D., professor of mechanics in the School of Engineering and professor of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $202,376 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Influence of Interfacial Stress on the Stability of Epitaxial Films.” …

Tao Ju, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a two-year, $165,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “III-CXT: Collaborative Research: Integrated Modeling of Biological Nanomachines.”…

Robert Pless, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and engineering, received a $31,586 subaward from Systems Dynamics International Inc. for research titled “Enhanced Detection of Hidden Targets Using Multi-Discriminant LADAR.” …

Norman J. Schofield, Litt.D., Ph.D., the Dr. William Taussig Professor of Political Economy in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $172,420 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Activist Coalitions: Modeling Elections and Regime Change.” …

Emil R. Unanue, M.D., the Paul & Ellen Lacy Professor of Pathology and Immunology, received a three-year, $495,000 grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for research titled “Antigen Presentation in Diabetic Islets of Langerhans.”