Seven teams of faculty from the three Health Science Division Colleges and the Linus Pauling Institute submitted proposals in response to the inaugural Divisional Interdisciplinary Research Grant request for proposals. The high quality of all the proposed projects made for a difficult choice. The following three have been selected for funding of $25,000 each.
- Patrick Chappell (Veterinary Medicine) and Emily Ho (Health and Human Science).
The role of temporal expression patterns of the cell cycle regulatory protein p21 in prostate cancer etiology and resistance. - Jane Ishmael (Pharmacy) and Christine Löhr (Veterinary Medicine).
Ultrastructural analysis of coibamide A induced cell death in Human U-87-MG glioblastoma cells. - Debbie Mustacich (Linus Pauling Institute) and Wendy Baltzer (Veterinary Medicine).
Neuroprotective mechanisms of post-injury omega-3 fatty acids and alpha tocopherol following spinal cord injury.
