Research Projects funded
between November 1, 2001 and January 31, 2002
General
Large
Animal
Rodents
Small
Animal
Swine
GENERAL
Arden WA, Gross
DR. Governors Venture Technology, $80,000, Common Molecular
Pathways of Protection Against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Clarkson RB.
Governors Venture Technology, $30,000, Magnetic Resonance
Research Opportunities in Veterinary Medicine
Cooke PS.
United Soybean Board, $10,000, Genistein Induces Thymic Atrophy:
A Potential Human Health Risk (SHRP application)
Cooke PS.
Governors Venture Technology, $23,000, Molecular Mechanism
of Genistein-Induced Thymic Atrophy
Cope R.
American Cancer Society, $45,907, Do PCBs Enhance UV Radiation-Induced
Skin Cancer?
McAllister MM.
Governors Venture Technology, $10,000, Using Plasmodium
Falciparum Sporozoites Produced in Vitro to Infect Human Hepatocytes:
an Untried Approach Towards Vaccine Development
Moreno SN.
National Institutes of Health, $229,500, The Role of Phospholipace
C in Trypanosoma cruzi.
LARGE ANIMAL
Goetz TE.
Houston Equine Research Organization, $20,000, Airway Inflammatory
Mediators and Exercise-Induced Arterial Hypoxemia in Strenuously Exercising
Thoroughbred Horses
Martin T, Morin
DE. Morris Animal Foundation, $7,500, Pharmacokinetics and
Safety Profiles of Flunixin Meglumine and Ketoprofen in Llamas

RODENTS
Bagchi IC.
Governors Venture Technology, $25,000, The Role of Lipid
Mediators in Embryo Implantation
Bunick D.
Governors Venture Technology, $35,000, Conditional Knockout
of the Mouse Androgen Receptor Gene
Cope R.
Campus Research Board, $20,000, Does Ultraviolet Radiation (UV)
Exposure Delay the Healing of Buruli Ulcers?
Heine P.
Campus Research Board, $9,875, Estrogens Probable Anti-Obesity
Mechanism
Hess RA.
Governors Venture Technology, $18,000, Development of Immortalized
Cell Lines for the Study of Endocrine Disruptors in Male Reproduction,
Mice
Schantz SL.
Governors Venture Technology, $21,000, Delayed Neurotoxicity
Following Perinatal PCB and MEHG Exposure, Rats
Tischkau S.
Governors Venture Technology, $25,000, Circadian Control
of Gonadtropin Releasing Hormone, Mice

SMALL ANIMAL
Angus JC.
Companion Animal Memorial Fund (CAMF), $3,940, Evaluation of
Aerobic and Anaerobic Microbial Flora and Antimicrobial Susceptibility
Patterns of Isolates from the Horizontal Ear Canal and Tympanic Cavity
of Dogs Requiring Total Ear Canal Ablations
Ehrhart N.
Governors Venture Technology, $24,000, The Effect of Sustained
Release TGF-beta on Healing in Preoperatively Irradiated Bone
Ehrhart N.
Governors Venture Technology, $60,000, Effect of Irradiation
on Differentiation and Growth Factor Expression During Bone Transport
Fan TM.
Governors Venture Technology, $12,000, Investigating Alpha-Chymase
Expression in Canine Mast Cell Tumors
Hess RA.
Governors Venture Technology, $36,000, Contraception in
Male Feral Dogs and Cats
Kitchell BE.
Governors Venture Technology, $90,000, Bioresorbable Nanohybrid
Materials for Drug and Gene Delivery
McCullough,
SM. CAMF, $2,950, Clinical Assessment of Acid-Base Status
in Cats: Calculation of Plasma Atot and Ka Values for use in the Strong
Ion Approach to Acid-Base Balance
Oyama MA.
Governors Venture Technology, $35,000, Characterization
of Cardiac Troponin I and T in Animals With Cardiac Disease, Feline
Prosek R.
CAMF, $3,650, Plasma Neurohormone Levels in Assessment of Acute
Dyspnea in Dogs
Roberts J.
CAMF, $6,000, The Use of a Hemoblobin-Based Oxygen Carrier for
Measurement of Circulating Blood Volume in the Dog
Tripathy DN.
Morris Animal Foundation, $20,000, Characterization of Pox Viruses
of Hawaiian Endangered Wild Birds
Valli VE.
Governors Venture Technology, $60,000, Molecular Pathology:
The Characterization of Specific Neoplastic Lesions in Animals by Cellular,
Subcellular and Molecular Techniques
Vimr ER.
Governors Venture Technology, $35,000, Pasteurella Multocida
Sialylation and the Host-Pathogen Interaction

SWINE
Haschek-Hock
WM. International Life Sciences Institute, $50,000, Fumonisin-induced
Cardiovascular and Atherosclerotic Disease
Scherba G.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, $180,000, Use of cytokines as
molecular adjuvants to modulate alphaherpesvirus infection
Zuckermann FA.
Governors Venture Technology, $25,000, Role of Interferon-a
on the Development of Immunity to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory
Syndrome Virus