Notables

Week of May 23, 2011

William A. Frazier, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, has received a one-year, $35,000 Pilot and Feasibility Study Grant from the Core Center for Musculoskeletal Research. …

Indira Mysorekar, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, received a four-year, $600,000 grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for research titled “Occult Infections in the Etiology of Preterm Birth.” …

Colin G. Nichols, PhD, the Carl F. Cori Professor and professor of cell biology and physiology, has received a four-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for research titled “Electrical Control of Insulin Secretion.” …

Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science, has received a one-year, $71,765 subaward from Azimuth Corp. for research titled “Elucidation of the Polymer Brush Structure/Property Relationship.” …

Larry A. Taber, PhD, the Dennis and Barbara Kessler Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has received a one-year, $10,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a program titled “Sympsoium on Mechanics of Development.”