Announcements

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS/ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS

October 2009

Faculty in the Department of Biochemistry continue to increase
extramural funding to support research and training efforts

National Institutes of Health grants include:
Structural insights into redox homeostasis, Dr. Joseph Barycki, PI and
Dr. Melanie Simpson, Co-PI
Impact of hyaluronan turnover on signaling though endosomal
trafficking, Dr. Melanie Simpson, PI
Fatty acid transport in eukaryotes, Dr. Paul Black, PI/PD and Dr.
Concetta DiRusso, PI/PD

Layman Awards include:
Redox processes in the endoplasmic reticulum, Dr. Dmitri Fomenko, PI
Role of SUMOylation in flagellar and cilia regeneration, Dr. Cheryl
Bailey, PI

Department of Energy grants include:
Energy frontiers research center: Center for advanced biofuels, Dr.
Ed Cahoon, Co-PI

National Science Foundation grants include:
Probing the metabolic and physiological significance of sphingolipid
long-chain base desaturation in plants, Dr. Ed. Cahoon, PI
Research experience for undergraduates (REU) site: Training in redox
biology Dr. Don Becker, PI