2014 SECIM P&F Projects

In 2014, SECIM awarded pilot & feasibility project funds to the following researchers:

• Dr. Lisa Ainsworth, University of Illinois
  “Metabolite profiling of ozone stress in maize”
• Dr. Sanjoy Bhattacharya, University of Miami
  “Imaging lipids in the control and glaucomatous Trabecular meshwork”
• Dr. Samantha Brooks, University of Florida
  “Metabolomic diagnostics in the horse”
• Dr. Rhonda Cooper-DeHoff, University of Florida
  “A targeted pharmacometabolic investigation of the acylcarnitine pathway and incident impaired fasting glucose”
• Dr. Irwin Kurland, Yeshiva University, Einstein Stable Isotope and Metabolomics Core Facility
  “MALDI visualization and IROA profiling of lipin 1 regulation of skeletal muscle metabolism”
• Dr. Amy Lane, University of North Florida
  “Chemical communication signals as modulators of microbial metabolism”
• Dr. Stuart McDaniel, University of Florida
  “Sexual antagonism in exuded non-volatile metabolites in C. purpureus”
• Dr. Ami Raval, University of Miami
  “Nicotene alters brain oxidative metabolism”
• Dr. Kelly Rice, University of Florida
  “Utilization of a global metabolomics approach to probe the effects of nitric oxide on physiology of the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus”
• Dr. Weihong Tan, University of Florida
  “Aptamer-conjugated nanostructures for MALDI-MS detection and identification of metabolites”
• Dr. Thomas Walsh, Cornell University
  “Metabolomic-based investigation on the effects of flucononazole in Candida albicans under planktonic and biofilm conditions”