Research Wire: February 2017

2.14.17
Xiang Tang, professor of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, has received a $45,000 grant from the National Science Foundation in support of a conference titled “A Noncommutative Geometry Festival in Shanghai.”


2.9.17
Todd E. Druley, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, received a $100,000 award from the Kellsie’s Hope Foundation to fund scholarships and support research on sequencing genes related to pediatric cancers.


2.7.17
Erik Herzog, professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, received $227,000 from the March of Dimes Transdisciplinary Center in support of research on premature deliveries. Herzog also received $38,000 in funding from the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders for research on “Dissecting Downstream SCN Neural Circuits in Sleep and Arousal.”


2.7.17
Hani Zaher, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, received a $400,000 award from the Siteman Cancer Center for a project titled “RNA as a Target of Alkylation Chemotherapy in Cancer.”


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