NSF Supports Pickett's, Novick's Spectroscopy Research

Stewart Novick, professor of chemistry, and Herb Pickett, a visiting scholar in chemistry, received a $323,880 grant from the National Science Foundation for their research titled "High resolution spectroscopy of molecular hydrogen complexed with Transition metal halides and chalcogens: a model for H2 MOF hydrogen storage." The grant will be awarded Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, 2013. The grant is subcontract with the project's co-PI Zhenghong Yu at Aerodyne Research Inc. 08/2010

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Jensen's Research Supported by Space Telescope Institute

Adam Jensen, research associate for the Astronomy Department, received a $68,012 grant from the Space Telescope Institute, AURA, for his research on "Definitive ISM Abundances through Low-mass X-ray Binaries as Lighthouses."


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Chemical Society Awards Northrop Grant for Macromolecule Research

Brian Northrop, assistant professor of chemistry, received a $100,000 American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grant for his project titled "Dynamic Assembly of Porous Boronate Ester Macromolecules." The grant will be applied July 1 through Aug. 31, 2012.

Keck Supports O'Connell's River Project

Suzanne O'Connell, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, associate professor of environmental studies, director of the Service Learning Center, received a $21,850 grant from the Keck Geology Consortium to support the "Connecticut River Project." The award is effective through June 30, 2011. 08/2010

NIH Supports Burke's Lateral Place Symposium in Uruguay

Ann Burke, professor of biology, received a $5,700 grant from the National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to support a symposium on "Evolution and Development in the Lateral Plate Mesoderm." This symposium was part of the program of the Ninth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology held July 26-31 in Punta del Esta, Uruguay. The funds supported the housing and registration costs for six invited speakers.
The symposium brought together paleontologists, developmental and evolutionary biologists to discuss major morphological innovations occurring in the lateral plate mesoderm.

Grabel Receives Grant to Support Stem Cell Seminar, Workshop

Laura Grabel, the Lauren B. Dachs Professor of Science and Society, professor of biology, received a $28,750 grant from the Connecticut Stem Cell Initiative for a "Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core" outreach component. The grant is subcontracted with the University of Connecticut Health Center. Outreach activities include running a seminar.

NSF awards Holmes 3 year research grant.

Scott Holmes, associate professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on March 2. The three year grant, worth $599,832, will support his studies on"Epigenetic Silencing of Gene Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae."

Redfield Awarded NASA Grant

Seth Redfield, assistant professor of astronomy, received a grant from NASA on Jan. 28 for his research titled "Robing the Atomic & Molecular Inventory of the Beta-PicAnalog, the Young Edge?On Debris Disk of HD32297rp." The $48,334 grant, will be applied over two years.

NSF Grant Funds Cluster, Database Facilities

Francis Starr, associate professor of physics; David Beveridge, the Joshua Boger University Professor of the Sciences and Mathematics; and Michael Weir, professor of biology, director of the Hughes Program in the Life Sciences, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled "MRI-R2: Acquisition of Shared Cluster and Database Computing Facilities at Wesleyan University." The grant, worth $298,736, will be awarded over three years beginning May 1, 2010. The grant was awarded as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

NIH Supports Lane's Odorant Receptor Study

Robert Lane, associate professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, received a grant worth $1,796,029 from the National Institutes of Health to support his research on "Mutually Exclusive Odorant Receptor Regulation". The grant supports the study through April 30, 2015.

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