July 2009 news
July 20, 2009
Faculty Fellowship
The department is pleased to announce that a faculty fellowship for the 09-10 academic year has been awarded to Bruce McClure for excellence in science education and community outreach, specifically for his sustained interest in science education as most recently exemplified by his role in nurturing the Saturday Morning Science series and his recent efforts to take this series around the State. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to any faculty activity, e.g., research, teaching, extension, service, graduate/undergraduate advisement, with preference for activities in which sources of financial rewards are not otherwise readily available. Potential candidates are identified by the Promotion and Tenure Committee as part of the regular annual review process and awardees chosen by the Chair. Fellowship recipients are provided a cash stipend that is paid to the faculty member as part of the regular payroll process.
Tom Mawhinney's lab
Recent publications from our labs and collaborations
Mossine, V.V., Barnes, C.L., Chance, D.L. and Mawhinney, T.P. (2009) Stabilization of the acyclic tautomer in reducing carbohydrates. Angewandte Chemie 121, 5517-5520. Supplemental information at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200902123.
Mossine, V. V., Barnes, C. L., and Mawhinney, T.P. (2009). Structure of D-fructosamine hydrochloride and D-fructosamine hydroacetate. Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry 28, 245-263.
Mossine, V. V., Barnes, C. L., and Mawhinney, T.P. (2009). Disordered hydrogen bonding in N-(1-deoxy-beta-d-fructopyranos-1-yl)-N-allylaniline. Carbohydrate Research 344, 948-951.
Reilly, T. J., Chance, D. L., Calcutt, M. J., Tanner, J. J., Felts, R. L., Waller, S. C., Henzl, M. T., Mawhinney, T.P., Ganjam, I. K., and Fales, W. H. (2009). Characterization of a unique class c acid phosphatase of Clostridium perfringens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(11),3745-3754.
Jan Miernyk's lab
Jan has been awarded a Fellowship by the Slovak Academy of Sciences National Programme for the Support of Mobility of University Teachers and Researchers, in support of a six month Sabbatical visit. The visit will begin the first week in September, and end the first week in March, 2010. He will be working on quantitative proteomics with Martin Hajduch, at the Slovak Academy of Sciences Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, in Nitra. And on weekends, searching for the point of origin of the Miernyk/Majernyk family!
Gary Weisman's lab
New grant
Awarded a 5-year NIH R01 grant entitled "The Regulation of Salivary Gland Regeneration by P2Y2 Nucleotide Receptors" for $1,774,114.