Award Kudos! - Issue 28

Callie Mauersberg

• Department of Biology

• Awarded a Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society Grant to study long-term microplastic persistence in neural tissues of Danio rerio (zebrafish) with Dr. Rob Mans.

• This 1 year award will fund materials, data collection and analysis.

Ember Crutchfield

• Department of Biology

• Awarded a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Grant to study effects of saltwater intrusion on mature Pinus taeda health and water use in barrier island maritime forests with Dr. Georgianne Moore.

• This 2 year award will fund materials, travel, housing and data collection.

Dr. Mark dela Cerna

• Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Physics

• Awarded a National Institutes of Health Grant to study PRL3 inhibitors as migrastatics and to determine the molecular determinants of PRL3 druggability.

• This award will fund graduate and undergraduate students, travel, and materials.ram, field work, data collection and analysis.