Year 25 Faculty Awardees

Bridging Grant Recipients

Tran, Pamela (KUMC)

O-GlcNAcylation as a novel driver of ADPKD progression


Wallace, Nicholas (KSU)

PCNA inhibition by AOH1996 as a sensitization strategy in cervical cancers


Wolfe, Michael (KUL)

Proteolytic Dysfunction of Gamma-Secretase in Alzheimer's Disease


Core Facility Recipients

Larson, Melissa (KUMC)

Invitrogen Neon NxT Electroporation System


Markiewicz, Mary (KUMC)

CellDrop Fli Cell Counter


Prakash, Om (KSU)

Liquid helium for NMR facility


Ward, Christopher (PSU)

85L Sterilmatic


CURE Award Recipients

Blocker, Erin (ESU)

Exercise Physiology Laboratory and Research Course


Gress, Joanna (ESU)

Using Tick Microbiomes for a Research-Based Genetics Laboratory Course for Undergraduates


Morgan, Dyan (KUL)

iCURE: a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience in Immunology


Developmental Research Project Award Recipients

Brown, Denver (KSU)

Using Network Science to Examine Temporal Relationships between 24-Hour Movement Behaviors and Depression in College Students

Mentor: Forbush, Kelsie


Huang, Shijiao (KSU)

Defining the neural circuits and signaling in longevity

Mentor: Geisbrecht, Erika


Waugh, Katherine (KUMC)

Developmental origins of the distinct neurological trajectories among individuals with Down syndrome

Mentor: Wilkins, Heather


Wendel, Sebastian (KSU)

Preclinical Development of POLϴ Inhibitors for the Treatment of Cervical Cancer

Mentor: Wallace, Nicholas


DSC-PUI Award Recipients

Gruenstaeudl, Michael (FHSU)

Cyanobacteria and the problem of cyanobacterial blooms

Mentor: Macdonald, Stuart (KUL)


Watanabe, Masa (FHSU)

Advanced Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction for Protein Engineering: Focus on Glucosidases

Mentor: Macdonald, Stuart (KUL)


Yao, Li (WSU)

The study of molecular mechanism of electrical signal enhanced neuronal functional connection

Mentor: Macdonald, Stuart (KUL)


Recruitment Package Recipients

Abassah-Oppong, Samuel (FHSU)


Gashti, Mazeyar (PSU)


Martins, Alessandro (PSU)


Roberts, Jackson (FHSU)


Ward, Christopher (PSU)


SPRING Award Recipients

Balthazor, James (FHSU)

Development of dsRNA Silencing Products for Targeting the Unfolded Protein Response in Sus scrofa


Beck, Moriah (WSU)

Does Palladin Orchestrate Actin Dynamics in Biomolecular Condensates?


Fields, Stephen (ESU)

Genetic and cellular analysis of CLU-1 protein interactions in C. elegans


Gong, Maojun (WSU)

Cell-to-cell signaling on 3D-cultured neuronal network on a microfluidic platform


Gress, Joanna (ESU)

Assessing phytocannabinoids for learning and memory neuroprotection in honeybees


Lewis, Sharon (LU)

Variance of Cancer Mortality in the United States


Ward, Christopher (PSU)

Characterization of an NGS Panel Assessing EGFR Isoforms: Design and Validation in MCF7


Yao, Li (WSU)

The regulation of fabricated nanofibrous matrix to immune cells for neural regeneration