Notables

Week of Feb. 14, 2011

Li-Wei Chang, PhD, research instructor in pathology and immunology, has received a two-year, $180,000 career transition award from the National Library of Science for research titled “Novel Bioinformatics Tools for Gene Regulatory Network Inference.” …

Matthew Erlin, PhD, associate professor of German in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $50,400 Fellowship for University Teachers from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research titled “Necessary Luxuries: German Literature and the World of Goods, 1770-1815.” …

Daniel Giammar, PhD, associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, has received a three-year, $226,448 subaward from Oregon Health & Science University for research titled “Manganese Redox Mediation of UO2 Stability and Uranium Fate in the Subsurface: Molecular and Meter Scale Dynamics.” …

Anisa Shaker, MD, assistant professor of medicine, received the AGA-General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition Research Scholar Award in Gut Physiology and Health. The award provides $225,000 over three years to a young investigator working toward an independent career studying the relationship of gut microflora to physiology and immune function. …

Corinna Treitel, PhD, associate professor of history in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $50,400 Fellowship for University Teachers from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research titled “Natural: A German History.” …

Michael Wysession, PhD, associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $59,588 subaward from Carleton College for research titled “On the Cutting Edge: A Community Resource Transforming Geoscience Education.”

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