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Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, Oceanographic Center Faculty Members Earn Federal Research Grant
The research grant, totaling nearly half-a-million dollars, will fund new equipment and support several undergraduate and graduate research projects over the coming year at NSU.
A group of faculty members from the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences and Oceanographic Center has earned a federal grant of nearly half-a-million dollars. Awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Army Research Office, the grant will fund new equipment and support several undergraduate and graduate research projects over the coming year at NSU.
The Projects and Principal Researchers
—“Understanding How Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Evolve Under Dynamic Antibiotic Treatment,” undergraduate research led by Robert Smith, Ph.D., assistant professor
—“Understanding How Neurotoxins Affect Neurogenesis Using the Mayan Cichlid Adult Brain as a Model,” undergraduate research led by James Munoz, Ph.D., assistant professor
—“Developing Novel Bioinsecticides Against Mosquitoes Using the Fungus Lagenidium giganteum,” undergraduate research led by Aurelien Tartar, Ph.D., associate professor
—“Biological and Behavioral Consequences of Chronic Sleep Restriction on Emotion Processing,” undergraduate and graduate research led by Jaime Tartar, Ph.D., associate professor and coordinator of psychology research
—“Enhancing Comparative Genomics Research Through the Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance and Microbial Metagenomics,” graduate research led by Jose Lopez, Ph.D., professor at NSU’s Oceanographic Center
Each faculty member contributed significantly to securing the grant and each will play a crucial role in the fruition of these projects, in addition to serving as mentors for those students involved in the research. The grant was awarded on Feb. 1 and will support NSU research through Jan. 31, 2015.