Published by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan./Feb. 07

Grants Submitted December 2006 and January 2007

There were a total of 43 grant proposals for December 2006/January 2007, and a total amount requested of $8,786,951.

PI/CoPIs Project Title Project Type Agency
Amount Requested
Joseph Awika Potential of 3-deoxyanthocyanins from sorghum as natural food colorants Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$264,728
Claire Baffaut
•non-CAFNR CoPIs
A Study Of The Special Hydrologic Conditions And Public Health Implications Of Waterborne Zoonotic Pathogens In Karst Geomorphology Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$209,258
Bruce Barrett
•Chung Lin
•Terrell Stamps
Role of Plant Volatiles as Monitoring Attractants of the Lesser Chestnut Weevil Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$220,757
Seonghee Cho
•James Groves
•non-CAFNR CoPI
Improving Food Safety Through Systematic Need-Based Training: A Focus on the Hispanic Workforce in Restaurants Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$598,913
Dwayne Elias Collaborative Research: Geophysical Signatures of Microbial Nanowires Basic Research National Science Foundation
$247,915
David Emerich Transcriptomics and Proteomics of the Development of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum-Soybean Symbiosis. Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$397,480
Jeffre Firman Investigation on the effect of yeast culture on broiler and turkey performance under a coccidial challenge Applied Research Unlisted Sponsor
$59,915
David Galat Assessment of Wetland Reserve Program restoration efforts as measured by occupancy of amphibian metamorphs Basic Research Missouri Department of Conservation
$45,356
Rodney Geisert Identifying Molecular Genetic Mechanisms Controlling Pig Litter Size: Expression Profiling of Peri-Implantation Conceptus and Endometrium Basic Research Iowa State University
$38,538
Matthew Gompper CRB: Resource Competition, shared parasites and carnivore intraguild interactions Basic Research National Science Foundation
$262,255
Matthew Gompper CAREER: Experimental Analyses Relating Host Contact and Parasite Community Structure Basic Research National Science Foundation
$7,500
Matthew Gompper
•Joshua Millspaugh
Impacts of a Diverse Parasite Community on Host Vital Rates Basic Research National Science Foundation
$685,877
Sheila Grant
•Azlin Mustapha
Development of Nanosensor Architectures for E. coli O157:H7 Detection Basic Research National Cattlemen's Beef Assn
$83,215
Richard Guyette
•Rose-Marie Muzika
•Michael Stambaugh
Using Tree Ring Analysis to Determine Fire History In the Oklahoma Ozarks Basic Research Unlisted Sponsor
$43,489
Richard Guyette
•Michael Stambaugh
Interactions between management disturbances and forest fuels Applied Research Forest Service
$97,000
Thomas Johnson
•Amy Lake
Montgomery is My Home Other Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
$234,518
Michael Kaylen
•non-CAFNR CoPI
TERI Tourism Project FY2006-2009 Other Missouri Division of Tourism
$349,999
Monty Kerley
•Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes
Developing Functional Food Products from Plant Biotechnologies Basic Research Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$90,278
Mengshi Lin
•Azlin Mustapha
Studying biofilm formation of E. coli O157:H7 on the surfaces of stainless steel and its resistance to sanitizers by spectroscopic methods. Basic Research National Cattlemen's Beef Association
$48,455
Matthew Lucy Histological and biochemical studies of the mechanisms that lead to placetal failure in postpartum dairy cows Basic Research Pfizer Inc
$553,652
Patrick Market ORAU Visiting Industrial Scholars Program Other Oak Ridge Associated University
$600
Patrick Market Improving Our Understanding of Heavy Rainfall Events in South Central Texas and the Texas Hill Country Applied Research University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
$9,568
Joshua Millspaugh Development of a Site Occupancy Model for Monitoring Ruffed Grouse in the Black Hills, South Dakota Applied Research South Dakota Department of Game Fish and Parks
$64,000
Joshua Millspaugh Understanding the Relationship Between Prairie Dog Ecology and Black-Footed Ferret Resource Selection Applied Research South Dakota Department of Game Fish and Parks
$75,000
Joshua Millspaugh Collaborative Research: Linking large herbivore populations to landscape patterns: Integrating spatial and nutritional ecology via individual-based modeling Applied Research National Science Foundation
$197,439
Azlin Mustapha
•Xudong Fan
Detection of EHEC in ground beef product by immunomagnetic separation and quantum dot labeled antibodies Applied Research National Cattlemen's Beef Assn
$50,292
Azlin Mustapha Development of novel probiotic-fortified soy energy bars with decreased a-galactosides Applied Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$42,124
Henry Nguyen
•Robert Sharp
Regulatory networks of lateral root development and plasticity associated with drought tolerance in soybean Basic Research Department of Agriculture
$349,725
Randall Prather Health beneficial effects of omega-3 PURAs and balanced n-6/n-3 ratio in Fat-1 transgenic pigs. Basic Research University of Pittsburgh
$145,726
Charles Rabeni Investigating the replacement of imperiled native crayfishes by an introduced crayfish. Basic Research Missouri Department of Conservation
$162,587
Sandy Rikoon
•Jose Garcia
North Central SARE Professional Development Program Other North Central Sustainable Ag Research and Education
$50,000
James Schoelz Recombination as a driving force in evolution of cauliflower mosaic virus Basic Research National Science Foundation
$592,664
Robert Sharp Gene Discovery in Resurrection Species: A Novel Genetic Resource for Conferring Dehydration Stress Tolerance to Crop Plants Basic Research Department of Agriculture
$121,535
Gene Stevens Cover Crop Management for Cotton on Sandy Soils Basic Research Cotton Incorporated
$12,810
Gene Stevens Variable Rate Nitrogen with On-the-Go Sensors for Cotton, Project #07-969 MO Basic Research Cotton Incorporated
$18,000
Michael Sykuta Expanding Empirical Research on Contracts and Business Organization Applied Research National Science Foundation
$343,117
Corinne Valdivia
•Laura McCann
Markets, Linkages and Vulnerable Regions: Pathways to livelihood Well-being through Collective Action Applied Research University of Wisconsin - Madison
$595,031
Steven Van Doren
•Xiangyang Liang
Metals in Metalloprotease Folding and Inhibition Basic Research National Science Foundation
$716,158
Robert Weaber
•Carol Lorenzen
•Jerry Taylor
Phenotypic and Genetic Effects of Disposition on Beef Tenderness and Quality Attributes Basic Research National Cattlemen's Beef Association
$99,808
J. Allen Wrather Site Specific Detection of Root-knot Nematodes in Cotton Fields Over Years Basic Research Cotton Incorporated
$12,000
Zhanyuan Zhang
•Gary Stacey
Functional Analysis of Soybean Genes Through Transposon Mutagenesis Applied Research University of Nebraska Lincoln
$30,000
Zhanyuan Zhang SiRNA-mediated translational repression of plant genes Basic Research National Science Foundation
$440,685
Zhanyuan Zhang Development of a high throughput Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system for soybean (Glycine max) Basic Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$118,984

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