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BBC Seed Projects Underway
Bindley Bioscience Center researchers will participate in three of the six inaugural Discovery Park Seed Grant awards. Forty-two proposals were submitted to this first annual competition to support interdisciplinary, one-year research projects with budgets up to $100,000.
Bindley Bioscience Center Projects Awarded:
Connie Weaver, Jiri Adamec, John Burgess, Mario Ferruzzi, James Fleet, Elsa Janle, Stacey Mobley, Cindy Nakatsu, and Dorothy Teegarden, for their proposal entitled Development of a Vitamin D Analysis Research Core.
Project Description: Develop sample preparation and analysis protocols for the range of vitamin D forms and their metabolites necessary to perform research in health and disease, food composition and product development, and gut microbiology to become a full range vitamin D analysis research core. Collect pilot data to validate our methodological capabilities for inclusion in Preliminary Data sections of research grant and contract proposals.
V. Jo Davisson, Ching-Jer Chang, Steve Hallett, Tony Hazbun, J. Paul Robinson, Dorothea Thompson, and Gene Wickham, for their proposal entitled Consortium for Classification of Microbial Biodiversity in the Caucasus Region. Also partnering in this project DP’s Center for the Environment.
Project Description: An international Consortium to establish a scientific research effort focusing on the microbial ecology of a biodiversity hotspot and leverage ongoing collaborations in the Republic of Azerbaijan. This Consortium will focus on the discovery and/or development of a) a microbial biorepository to be housed in Azerbaijan that can serve as a scientific basis for understanding the diverse ecosystems in the region and inform policy, b) phylogenetic and metagenomic databases for the international scientific community, c) natural products with drug-like properties to address cancers, neurodegeneration, and flaviviral infections, d) and microbes with potentially novel metabolic capacities to server important applications in biofuels research as well as environmental health-related issues. A series of discovery-based technologies will be used to test central hypotheses regarding the role of microbial diversity in the local ecosystems as well as the environmental impact of anthropogenic contaminants.
Deborah Knapp and Seza Orcun, for their proposal entitled Life Long Analysis of Bladder Cancer Development and Patient Care: Dog as Proxy/Surrogate to Human. Also partnering in this project are the Oncological Sciences Center and the e-Enterprise Center.
Project Description: To develop a methodology to study complete cancer care trajectories using the care of pet dogs with naturally occurring cancer as a proxy to the delivery of human and healthcare. The long term goal is to be able to predict cancer behavior and response to therapy in the individual patient, and thus in to individualize cancer care.
Discovery Learning Center Seed Grant for $25,000
Principle Investigator: Kari L Clase Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Coordinator Biotechnology Program;
Lead Scientist for Learning BBC
“Portable Immersive Virtual Learning Environment for Biotechnology Education”
Project Description: Develop a portable, immersive Virtual Reality tool that could be applied to multiple learners in STEM education. The VR tool will be used to examine the efficacy of VR as a mechanism for infusing the knowledge and excitement of interdisciplinary research into the high school and undergraduate classroom.
Collaboration/Co-PIs: Professor Adamo-Villani from Computer Graphics Technology, Dr. Rickus from Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Dr. Yadav from Educational Studies
College of Technology Seed Grant for $165,000
Principle Investigator: Kari L Clase Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Coordinator Biotechnology Program;
Lead Scientist for Learning BBC
College of Technology Seed Grant for $165,000
Principle Investigator: Kari L Clase Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Coordinator Biotechnology Program;
Lead Scientist for Learning BBC
“Biochemical Characterization of Neural Stem Cells”
Project Description: Develop new technological methods for studying the biological phenomena of neural stem cells and controlling their fate for biomedical applications.
Collaboration/Co-PIs: Dr. Rickus from Agricultural and Biological Engineering.
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