Also
see the University Research Foundation
Guidelines and applications
for the Conference Support Program.
In
the most recent cycle, Fall 2003, of Penn's internally-funded
University Research Foundation awards, the Office of
the Vice Provost for Research has announced awards to
the following members
of the faculty for the projects listed below.
The
deadline for the spring Research Foundation proposals
is March 15, 2004. The
Research Foundation guidelines are available from the
Office of the Vice Provost for Research, 118
College Hall, and on the web at www.upenn.edu/research/FoundationGuidelines.htm and
in this issue, which is available at www.upenn.edu/almanac/v50/n22/research_guidelines.html.
University
Research Foundation Fall 2003 Awards
Sunday O. Akintoye, School of Dental Medicine,
Oral Medicine, Site-Specific Osteogenic Properties of
Human Bone Marrow Stromal Stem Cells and Therapeutic Applications
in Osteoradionecrosis
Faizan Alawi, School of Dental Medicine,
Department of Pathology, Role of Dyskerin in the Pathogenesis
of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Jennifer Amyx, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Political Science, Political Economy of
Energy Cooperation in East Asia
Benjamin Backus, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Psychology, Rate Of Recalibration Of Motion
Parallax For Depth Perception
Haim H. Bau, School of Engineering and
Applied Science, MEAM, Equipment for the Development
of and Experiments with Nanotube-Based Pipettes
Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia, School of Dental
Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Regulation of
Renewal Processes by Membrane Raft Associated Proteins
Daniel
Bogen & Andrea Apter, School
of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Bioengineering, Diskus
Adherence Logger: A New Device for Medical Adherence
Research
Eugene Buckley, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Linguistics, Digitization of the Jacobs
Corpus of Alsea Data
Karen Buhler-Wilkerson, School of Nursing,
Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, Nursing,
History, and Health: A Website
Christopher G. Burd, School of Medicine,
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Regulation
of Rab GTPases by YIP3
Theresa M. Busch, School of Medicine, Department
of Radiation Oncology, Photodynamic Therapy for the
Treatment of Brain Tumors
Brian R. Calvi, School of Medicine, Department
of Genetics, A New Gene Family Required for S Phase
Brahim Chaqour, School of Dental Medicine,
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Development
of Mouse Over-expressing the Cyr61 Gene in Smooth Muscle-Rich
Tissues for Studies of the Effects of Cyr61 on Smooth Muscle
Hypertrophy
Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou, School of
Medicine, Department of Medicine, TGF-beta Receptor
Blockers in Radiation Fibrosis
Edward J. Delikatny, School of Medicine,
Department of Radiology, Noninvasive Detection Of Nonalcoholic
Steatohepatitis
Peter Dodson, School of Veterinary Medicine,
Department of Animal Biology, The Impact of Picontinental
Seaways on Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Evolution in Southern
South America
Marija Drndic, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Nanoparticle Manipulation
with Microelectromagnets
Greg H. Enders, School of Medicine, Department
of Medicine, Regulation Of The Replication Checkpoint
Pathway by Cdk2
Russell Epstein, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Psychology, Location and Orientation Codes
in The Human Brain
William Ewald, The Law School, Edition
of Unpublished Papers of David Hilbert
Neil O.
Fishman & Darren Linkin, School
of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Communication
Errors During Antimicrobial Management Calls
Marybeth Gasman, Graduate School of Education,
Division of Higher Education, Collaboration for the
Cause: A History of the United Negro College Fund
Gautam Ghosh, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Anthropology, Hindu Chauvinism and the
Internet: A Challenge to Liberalism?
Mark Goulian, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cellular Biophysics
of Two-Component Signaling
David Grazian, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Sociology, Project on Gender Inequality
in Urban Entertainment and the Culture Industries
Andrea G. Grottoli, School of Arts and
Sciences, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Late
Holocene Climate Inferred From Fossil Corals of the Gulf
of Aqaba, Red Sea
Emily Hannum, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Sociology, Gender, Human Capital and the
Employment in Urban China
Madeleine M. Joullie, School of Arts and
Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Synthesis and Investigation
of Biologically Interesting Probe Molecules
Tom Kadesch, School of Medicine, Department
of Genetics, Notch and Schwann Cell Transformation
Peter A. Kanetsky, School of Medicine,
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cervical
Neoplasia and Immune Surveillance Genes
Anna Kashina, School of Veterinary Medicine,
Department of Animal Biology, Physiological Role of
Protein Arginylation
Scott E. Kasner, School of Medicine, Department
of Neurology, Treatment of Acute Stroke after Cardiac
Catheterization (TASCC)
Ellen Kennedy, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Political Science, The Partisan
Robert A. Kraft, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Religious Studies, Imaging the University
Museum Papyri Collections
Reinaldo Laddaga, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Romance Languages, The Development of
New Literary Scenes in South America
Frank S. Lee, School of Medicine, Department
of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, A Novel Regulator
of Oxygen Homeostasis
Deborah L. Linebarger, Annenberg School
for Communication, Repetitive Television Viewing, Context,
and Eye Movement Patterns
Joel Maslow,
School of Medicine, Department of Medicine & Infectious
Diseases, RHO GRPase Regulation
of M. Avium Induced TNF
Eugenio J. Miravete, School of Arts and
Sciences, Department of Economics, Estimation of Dynamic
Oligopoly Games with Applications to Health Economics
Hillary C. M. Nelson, School of Medicine,
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Role of cAMP
as Second Messenger for the Heat Shock Response: Preliminary
Analysis Using Expression Profiling
Sean Nicholson; Patricia Danzon; Andrew
Metrick, The Wharton School, Department of Health Care
Systems, Incentives to Innovate in the Biotechnology
and Pharmaceutical Industries
Volker
Nocke & Stephen R. Yeaple, School
of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, Cross-Border
Mergers and Multinational Enterprises
Harish Poptani, School of Medicine, Department
of Radiology, Perfusion Imaging Of Anti-angiogenesis
in Brain Tumors
Larry A. Rhodes, School of Medicine, Department
of Pediatrics, Heart Rate Variability Following Neonatal
Stage 1 Palliative Cardiac Surgery
Emer M. Smyth, School of Medicine, Department
of Pharmacology/CET, The Role of the Platelet Prostacyclin
Receptor in Vascular Function
Peter Sterling; Michael Freed; Robert G.
Smith, School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Information
Transfer in the Retina Measured with a 2-photon Microscope
Michael J. Therien, School of Arts and
Sciences, Chemistry, Fabrication of Optoelectronic and
Electronic Materials for Optical Communication and Charge-Storage
Applications
Steven A. Thomas, School of Medicine, Pharmacology, Inducible
Inactivation of Specific Neuronal Systems In Vivo Using
Mouse Molecular Genetics
Josef Wegner, School of Arts and Sciences,
Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, An Archaeological
Investigation of the Tomb of Pharaoh Senwosret III: Searching
for the Conceptual Origins of Egypt's Valley of the Kings
Shu Yang, School of Engineering and Applied
Science, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, A
Multiple Laser System for Microfabrication of Functional
2D and 3D Structures