Notables

Week of July 19, 2010

Patrick Crowley, PhD, associate professor of computer science and engineering, has received a four-year, $850,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Multicore Virtual Machines for High-Speed Networking.” …

Ted Hansen, PhD, professor of pathology and immunology and of genetics, received a one-year, $150,617 Development Project grant from the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research for research titled “Protection Against Bacterial Infection Using Innate T Cells.” …

Tim Lepczyk, metadata librarian at University Libraries, was appointed to the editorial committee of the online publication Code4Lib Journal. The open-access journal covers innovations in digital scholarship and library technology. Editorial committee members collectively manage the journal, taking turns serving as coordinating editor and reading submissions. …

Ta-Chiang Liu, MD, a resident in pathology and immunology in the Division of Anatomic Pathology, received a one-year, $2,500 American Medical Association Foundation Seed grant for research titled “The Role of Toll-Like Receptor 4 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.” …

Sumiharu Yamamoto, MD, postdoctoral research associate in the Department Surgery, Cardiothoracic Division, has received a one-year, $40,000 research fellowship award from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation for research titled “The Role of Emergency Granulopoiesis in linking Primary Graft Dysfunction to the Inhibition of Mouse Lung Allograft Acceptance.”

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