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The following grants were received by the Research Foundation in October:

(Those with UConn listed as a source represent a distribution of a larger federal award to the University.)

Department Researcher Amount Source
Physiology & Neurobiology Joseph Crivello $25,000 Conn.-DEP-Long Island Sound
Development of an "Estuary Watch" Program and Use of Fundulus Heteroclitus as a Biomarker of Estuarine Health
Physiology & Neurobiology Larry Renfro, Alice Villalobos $32,824 PHS-NIH-Neur. & Comm Dis. & Stroke
Mechanism of Choline Transport by the Choroid Plexus
Marine Sciences Richard Cooper, Walter Bohlen $290,548 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Prototype Marine Environmental Monitoring Network for Long Island Sound
Marine Sciences James O'Donnell $3,098 Boston College
Current Measurements in Support of Sediment Transport Studies
Marine Sciences Robert Whitlatch $6,973 The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
The Effect of Local Differences in Predators and Grazers on the Establishment of Communities in New Marsh Habitat
Marine Sciences Evan Ward $135,451 NSF-Division of Ocean Sciences
Feeding Strategies and Limitations of Marine Bivalves
Natural Resources Management & Engineering Glenn Warner $25,000 USDA-Forest Service
Chemistry of Low Flow in Streams Draining the Caribbean National Forest
Nutritional Sciences Linda Drake $61,015 UConn-Department of Nutritional Sciences
Family Nutrition Program-Food Security
Nutritional Sciences Maria Luz Fernandez $32,448 American Egg Board
Gender and Dietary Components Interact to Determine Plasma Cholesterol Levels and Atherosclerotic Lesions
Nutritional Sciences Ann Ferris $181,871 UConn-Department of Nutritional Sciences
Family Nutrition Program-Iron-Deficiency Anemia
Nutritional Sciences Ann Ferris $165,036 UConn-Department of Nutritional Sciences
Family Nutrition Program-Senior Nutrition Awareness Program
Nutritional Sciences Ann Ferris $93,297 UConn-Department of Nutritional Sciences
Family Nutrition Program-Administrative Core
Nutritional Sciences Ann Ferris $913,148 UConn-Department of Nutritional Sciences
Family Nutrition Program
Nutritional Sciences Carol Lammi-Keefe $107,920 USDA-Agricultural Research Service
Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity of Fruits and Vegetables and Relationships to Nutrition of the Elderly
Nutritional Sciences Rafael Perez-Escamilla $381,129 UConn-Department of Nutritional Sciences
Family Nutrition Program-Hartford Infant/Toddler Program
Nutritional Sciences Rafael Perez-Escamilla $49,966 University of California at Davis
Influence of Food Stamps on Nutritional Status of Inner-City Preschoolers from Hartford, Connecticut
Pathobiology Tsu-Ju Yang $5,870 UConn-Regional Research-462 (Redistr.)
Mastitis Resistance
Pharmaceutical Sciences Atmaram Khanolkar Alexandros Makriyannis $86,428 PHS-SAMHSA-Drug Abuse
Novel Probes for Cannabinoid Receptors
Pharmaceutical Sciences John Morris $39,000 Styrene Information & Research Center
Nasal Uptake of Styrene
Pharmaceutical Sciences Michael Pikal $30,000 NSF-EEC-Industry/University Coop. Research Center
Formation of a Joint Purdue University/University of Connecticut Center for Pharmaceutical Processing
Plant Science Carol Auer $90,000 USDA-National Research Initiative
Genetic and Biochemical Approaches to Understanding Cytokinin Regulation
Plant Science Donna Ellis $7,100 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria) Biological Controls Increasing Awareness Through Educational Outreach
Plant Science Donna Ellis $13,600 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Galerucella Calmariensis and Galerucella Pusilla as Biological Control Agents for Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria)
Plant Science Albert Kausch $8,072 UConn-Hatch Administration-428 (Redistr.)
Hatch Pre-Award
Total Life Sciences this listing: $2,784,794