Yehuda Ben-Shahar, PhD, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $150,000 fellowship in neurosciences from the Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund. …
Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, the Robert L. Glaser Professor of Pathology and Immunology and professor of developmental biology and of medicine, has received five-year, $1,687,200 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research titled “Gut Microbiota and Obesity: Studies in Gnotobiotic Mice.” …
Rakesh Nagarajan, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology and immunology, and Mark Watson, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology and immunology, have received a one-year, $1,533,991 National Cancer Institute-supported contract from SAIC-Frederick Inc. for research titled “caTissue 1.2 Development.” …
Venkat Subramanian, PhD, associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, and Pratim Biswas, PhD, the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science, have received a three-year, $289,347 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “REU Site: Energy Research with Global Reach.” …
Anna Weyher, graduate student in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $3,000 grant from the Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology, a one-year, $1,500 grant from the American Society of Primatologists, and a one-year, $700 grant from IdeaWild for research titled “Behavior, Ecology, and Friendship in the Little-Known Kinda Baboon.” …
Douglas A. Wiens, PhD, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, and Michael E. Wysession, PhD, associate professor of earth and planetary sciences, have received a four-year, $454,846 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Superior Province Rifting Earthscope Experiment (SPREE).” Also receiving the grant were Justin Revenaugh, PhD, of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Suzan van der Lee, PhD, of Northwestern University.
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