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Research Awards, May 2007

Remig, Valentina M., and Weeden, Allisha M., American Dietetic Association Foundation, $5,000, "Association Among Dietary Supplement Use, Diet Intake, and Chronic Conditions of Older Adults."

Stahlman, Phillip W., Kansas Sunflower Commission, $5,130, "Crop-Weed Competition and Interaction between Imazamox and Soil Nitrogen on Palmer Amaranth Control in Sunflower."

Aslin, Raymond G., US Department of Agriculture, $25,000, "Natural Resources Conservation Service Technical Service Provider."

Blecha, Frank, and Freeman, Lisa C., US Department of Health and Human Services, $54,409, "Short-Term Training Students in Health Professional Schools."

Bolton, Timothy A., Horton-Smith, Glenn A., Maravin, Yurii, Ratra, Bharat, and Stanton, Noel R., US Department of Energy, $520,000, "Heavy Quark and Neutrino Physics."

Bradshaw, Michael H., US Department of Agriculture, $9,000, "Healthy Homes Kansas 2007."

Buschman, Larry L., Monsanto Company, $6,300, "Service Order."

Carey, Edward E., Cloyd, Raymond A., Janke, Rhonda R., Kennelly, Megan, Nechols, James R., Nelson, Nathan O., Rajashekar, Channa B., and Williams, Kimberly A., US Department of Agriculture, $500,698, "Effects of Organic Fertility Management on Crop Health and Phytochemical Content of Vegetables under Open Field and High Tunnel Production."

Carpenter, Kenneth H., US Department of Energy, $25,332, "Integrated Firing-System/Initiation-Train Modeling Enhancement."

Chang, Zenghu, National Science Foundation, $125,000, "High Order Harmonic Generation in Aligned Molecules."

Chumley, Forrest G., US Department of Agriculture, $102,975, "USDA/ARS Research Support Agreement Task Order."

Chumley, Forrest G., US Department of Agriculture, $8,027, "USDA/ARS Research Support Agreement."

Chumley, Forrest G., and Nechols, James R., US Department of Agriculture, $18,582, "USDA/ARS Research Support Agreement."

Clem, Rollie J., US Department of Health and Human Services, $212,649, "Apoptosis as an Anti- Viral Response in Mosquito Midgut."

Clem, Rollie J., US Department of Health and Human Services, $10,000, "Biomedical Research Excellence Faculty Scholar Award."

Cloyd, Raymond A., Ohio Floriculture Foundation, $400, "Ohio Floriculture Association Fellowship."

Cocke, Charles L., US Department of Energy, $625,000, "Structure and Dynamics of Atoms, Ions, Molecules, and Surfaces."

Conrad, Gary W., University of Kansas Endowment Association, $10,000, "Higuchi-Endowment Association Research Achievement Award."

Day, Dwight D., and Natarajan, Balasubramaniam, Kansas Department of Transportation, $45,000, "Analysis of Road Condition Data Employing Sensor Fusion and Data Visualization Techniques."

Dikeman, Michael E., National Cattlemen's Beef Association, $10,000, "Exploring a New, Non- Invasive Mechanical Strategy for Tenderizing and Injecting Beef."

Dodds, Walter K., Blair, John M., Harrington Jr, John A., and Steward, David R., National Science Foundation, $1,112,709, "Understanding and Forecasting Ecological Change: Causes, Trajectories and Consequences of Environmental Change in the Central Plains."

Drouillard, James S., Kansas Soybean Commission, $50,000, "Value-Added Uses for Soy-Based Biodiesel Byproducts in Feedlot Cattle."

Drouillard, James S., National Cattlemen's Beef Association, $24,378, "Characterizing Quality and Composition of Beef Derived from Cattle Fed Finishing Diets with or without Distiller's Grains."

Drouillard, James S., Dikeman, Michael E., and Reinhardt, Christopher D., Kansas Beef Council, $24,378, "Characterizing Quality and Composition of Beef Derived from Cattle Fed Finishing Diets with or without Distiller's Grains."

Drouillard, James S., Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., and Renter, David G., Kansas Beef Council, $36,750, "Strategies to Address Adverse Effects of Distiller's Grain on Prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in Feedlot Cattle."

Drouillard, James S., Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., Narayanan, Sanjeevkumar, and Renter, David G., Kansas Beef Council, $42,500, "Distiller's Grains and Food-borne Pathogens in Cattle: Interaction and Intervention."

Esry, Brett D., National Science Foundation, $70,000, "Theoretical Investigations of Ultracold Few- Body Collisions."

Freeman, Lisa C., and Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., US Department of Health and Human Services, $7,088, "Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Post-Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Training."

Freeman, Lisa C., Beard, Warren L., and Kukanich, Stanley P., Morris Animal Foundation, $4,000, "Effects of Flunixin Meglumine on the Ex-Vivo Protein Binding of Lidocaine in Horses - Sarah Waxman."

Fry, Jack D., Fagerness, Matthew J., and Keeley, Steven J., National Turfgrass Federation, $5,000, "Turfgrass Testing."

Gipson, Philip S., and Althoff, Donald P., US Department of the Interior, $235,849, "Range and Training Lands Assessment on Fort Riley."

Glasscock, Marlene K., US Department of Agriculture, $1,181,818, "USDA/Army Youth Development Project."

Hargrove, William L., US Department of the Interior, $92,335, "Kansas Water Resources Research Institute."

Hatcliff, John M., National Science Foundation, $76,320, "Collaborative Research: A Community Resource to Support Controlled Experimentation with Program Analysis and Software Testing Techniques."

Jardine, Douglas J., North Central Soybean Research Program, $31,875, "Sentinel Plots to Monitor the Spread of Soybean Rust in the US Soybean Production Regions."

Johannes, Elaine M., and Fink, Carol J., US Department of Agriculture, $134,000, "New Communities Project - Kansas Teen Leadership for Physically Active Lifestyles."

Kulakow, Peter A., Asian Development Bank, $283,412, "Partnership on Persistent Organic Pollutants Pesticides Management for Agricultural Production in Central Asian Countries."

Kumari, Meena, US Department of Health and Human Services, $44,939, "Ethanol-Induced NMDA R1 mRNA Stabilization."

Lin, Jingyu, and Jiang, Hongxing, National Science Foundation, $15,000, "III-Nitride Deep Ultraviolet Photonic Materials and Structures - Growth, Optical Studies and Applications."

Lindquist, Jack W., Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership, Inc., $89,250, "Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership, Inc.."

McGregor, Douglas S., US Department of Energy, $299,729, "Improved Growth Methods for LaBr3 Scintillation Radiation Detectors."

Michaud, John P., National Sunflower Association, $5,100, "Mitigation of Yield Losses to Dectes texanus."

Morosan, Cristian, Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau, $10,534, "Convention Market Assessment Study."

Moxley, Virginia M., Great Plains IDEA Alliance, $1,858, "Great Plains IDEA Lead Institution."

Moyer, Joseph L., Ceres, Inc., $5,000, "Field Trial Agreement."

Murphy, James P., US Department of Agriculture, $367,403, "Kansas Agricultural Mediation Service."

Nechols, James R., and Chen, Ming-Shun, US Department of Agriculture, $1,034, "Phenotypic Analysis of Grass Resistance Genes and Hessian Fly Avirulence Genes."

Paukert, Craig, US Department of the Interior, $23,489, "Evaluation of Sampling Protocols Used to Determine the Status and Trends of Rare and Endangered Missouri River Species."

Paukert, Craig, and Whittier, Joanna B., US Department of the Interior, $163,060, "Development of Conservation Priorities to Protect Biodiversity of Fishes in the Lower Colorado River Basin."

Pei, Zhijian, National Science Foundation, $48,535, "Workshop: NSF Proposal Writing Workshop, August 20-21, 2007, University of Alaska."

Pfromm, Peter H., and Passarelli, A. Lorena, University of Applied Sciences, $14,600, "Purification of a Prototype Baculovirus."

Phebus, Randall K., Kastner, Justin J., Nutsch, Abbey L., and Powell, Douglas A., American Meat Institute Foundation, $95,000, "Beyond Intent: Assessment and Validation of On- Package Handling and Cooking Instructions for Uncooked, Breaded Poultry Products to Promote Consumer Practices the Reduce Foodborne Illness Risks."

Pierzynski, Gary M., US Department of Agriculture, $175,610, "Development of Abiotic Stress Resistant Wheat Germplasm."

Procter, David E., Kettering Foundation, $10,000, "Role of Deliberative Forums in Community Politics."

Roche, Thomas E., American Heart Association, Heartland Affiliate, $71,500, "Regulation of Cardiac Pyruvate Dehydrogenase by Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Phosphatase 1."

Sandercock, Brett K., and Wisely, Samantha, US Department of Energy, $25,000, "Effects of Wind Power Development on Greater Prairie Chickens."

Sanderson, Michael W., US Department of Agriculture, $6,163, "Kansas Johnes Work Plan 2007."

Shah, Jyoti, and Trick, Harold N., US Department of Agriculture, $88,722, "Engineering Fusarium Head Blight Resistance and Plant Defense Signaling."

Sorensen, Christopher M., Aakeroy, Christer B., Chakrabarti, Amitabha, Klabunde, Kenneth J., and Law, Bruce M., National Science Foundation, $5,000, "Nanometer Stoichiometric Particle Compound Solutions and Control of their Self-Assembly into the Condensed Phase."

Spooner, Brian S., Kansas State University Foundation, $64,368, "Cancer Center Core."

Spooner, Brian S., Kansas State University Foundation, $50,000, "Biology Research Career Development Core."

Stack, James P., US Department of Agriculture, $86,116, "National Legume Risk Management Tool Development Project."

Stahlman, Phillip W., Kansas Sunflower Commission, $5,000, "Supplemental Funding in Support of an IPM Sunflower Project."

Takemoto, Dolores J., US Department of Health and Human Services, $318,985, "Protein Kinase C Gamma in the Lens."

Thomson, Daniel U., and Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G., Epitopix, LLC, $83,500, "Effects of Siderophore Receptor and Porin Proteins Vaccine Technology on Pre-harvest Control and Shedding E. coli O157:H7 in Cattle."

Tokach, Michael D., DeRouchey, Joel M., Dritz, Steven S., Goodband, Robert D., and Nelssen, Jim L., SEM Minerals, L.P., $10,000, "Effect of Natuzyme on Nursery Pig Performance."

Unruh, John A., Dikeman, Michael E., Hunt, Melvin C., and Marston, Twig T., National Cattlemen's Beef Association, $54,150, "Use of an Aggressive Implant and Zilpaterol to Improve the Yield and Value of Realimentated Cull Cow Carcasses, and to Characterize Longissimus and Quadriceps Muscles."

Walker, Rodney G., Master Teacher, Inc., $14,500, "Summer Choral Institute."

Wang, Weiqun, Kansas State University Foundation, $3,987, "Differential Profiling of Phospholipids and Related Gene/Protein Expression in Skin Tissues of Body Weight-Controlled Mice for Cancer Prevention."

Washburn, Brian R., US Department of Commerce, $6,884, "FY 2007 NIST Boulder Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Daniel V. Nickel."

Whitworth, Robert "Jeff" J., Syngenta Corporation, $10,220, "Opportunity Trial: Corn Earworm and Black Cutworm Efficacy on Field Corn."

Whitworth, Robert "Jeff" J., Syngenta Corporation, $3,650, "Corn Rootworm Control and Yield Performance in Late Maturity Field Corn."

Wilde, Gerald E., Sloderbeck, Phillip E., and Smith, C. Michael, US Department of Agriculture, $25,000, "Areawide Pest Management Program for Russian Wheat Aphid and Greenbug: Kansas."

Zollman, Dean A., National Science Foundation, $164,438, "Pathway II: Addressing the Needs of the Nation's Physics Teachers through State-of-the-Art Video Applications and Contemporary Pedagogy."

Zufferey, Rachel, American Heart Association, Inc., $65,000, "Ether Phospholipid Biosynthesis and Virulence in the Human Parasite Leishmania."

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