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Projects

Embedding Sensor Networks in the Environment to Monitor Ecological Change by David Fries- Eco System Technology Group
We seek to continue developing sensing technology to place in the environment to measure change in the environment. The change can be man-made or natural. The sensor networks can measure chemicals, take physical measurements and sense biology from the small microbes to large animals. One area of interest is to further our wireless camera network technology so the public can see real time images from beneath many parts of the ocean floor across the globe.... [more]

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Building a Global Ocean Observing Network for Exploration to Enabling the Next Generation of Scienti by Oscar Schofield (Coastal Ocean Observation Lab)
My group is focused on developing, implementing and operating integrated observation technologies & modeling systems for the world's ocean. These networks will let us measure, and in the near future forecast ecosystem dynamics for the oceans and allow us to distinguish shifts in the state of the world's oceans. This is critical as the world's oceans are changing rapidly in our lifetime and understanding these changes is critical for future generations.... [more]

Curing patients with food allergy by Dale T Umetsu
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Dinosaurs below Bryce Canyon National Park by James I. Kirkland
In the lower reaches of two canyons mostly on National Forest land between Bryce Canyon Nat. Park and Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument southwest of Tropic, southern Utah. Project in collaboration with Dr. Jeff Eaton, Weber State University, Utah, microvertebrate faunas, and Dr. Terry Bucky Gates, Wake Forest, Illinois, hadrosaurs and my staff with 100+ years of experience conducting paleontological field work on the Colorado Plateau.... [more]

Ecosystem Scanning and Mapping by Laboratory for Anthropogenic Landscape Ecology (Erle Ellis)
Our goal is to develop inexpensive remote sensing systems that enable local researchers to measure ecological patterns across their research sites and their alteration by humans.... [more]

Genetic approaches to understanding the impact of wind-energy development on migratory bats by Amy Russell
As concerns about anthropogenic climate change and the long-term environmental impacts of the burning of fossil fuels on biological and human systems have heightened, there is increasing motivation to develop alternative sources of energy that will reduce the production of greenhouse gases. Wind power has become an increasingly important sector of the energy industry; however, fatalities of bats at wind power installations are emerging as a major environmental threat. The bat species most affect... [more]

Hydrogen Storage in Porous Hydrogen-Bonded Materials by Ognjen Miljanic
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Modeling Autistic-Like Behavior by The University of Redlands Mouse Behavior Lab
1 in 150 children born this year will be diagnosed with an autism-spectrum disorder, yet nobody knows what causes these disorders. The incidence rates of autism appear to be on the rise, and nobody can explain why. There are currently no good treatments for these disorders. One major reason for this lack of knowledge is the absence of any appropriate animal model on which to test new hypotheses. Our lab hopes to directly address this knowledge gap by establishing a mouse model of autistic-lik... [more]

Modeling the risk of seaweed overgrowth on the Great Barrier Reef by Chris Fulton
Coral reefs provide enormous social, cultural and economic benefits to maritime nations around the world. However, these ecosystem goods and services are under threat from coral-algal phase shifts that result in a massive loss of biodiversity and a breakdown in ecosystem function. Coral-algal phase shifts are the result of seaweed overgrowth, where seemingly healthy coral reefs are rapidly overtaken by large seaweeds that smother and kill the corals. Research so far has shown that overfishing of... [more]

Multicultural Ocean Science Education by Shona Vitelli
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National Healthy Beaches Campaign (NHBC) by Stephen P Leatherman
Beaches are the number one recreational areas for Americans. The quality of these intrinsically beautiful places must be maintained and in some cases improved. Clean water and clean sand are critically important for beachgoers, but they also want to ensure a safe and healthy environment. Healthy beaches are those that conserve the ecological qualities and characteristics, such as sand dunes, shorebirds, and nesting sea turtles. The National Healthy Beaches Campaign was established to reward bea... [more]

Past Global Change by Harunur Rashid
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Quantifying the Environmental Legacy of Historic Mill Dams on Geobio systems of NC Piedmont Streams by Karl Wegmann
The goal of this project is to increase our understanding of the water quality impact of sediment (turbidity) and nutrients (Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Carbon) derived from stream bank erosion of legacy sediments across the Piedmont physiographic province of North Carolina. Legacy sediments are defined as sediment that was eroded from upland hill slopes after the arrival of early Colonial American settlers and during centuries of intensive land uses; that was deposited in valley bottoms along str... [more]

Repurposing approved drugs for rare fatal diseases of childhood by Partnership for Cures Rare Disease Initiative
We have partnered with the NIH Chemical Genomics Center to screen their library of 3000+ drugs that have been approved for human use in the US, Canada, Euorpean Union and Japan. In order to complete this screening we need to create the tests on Batten Disease cells that will show when a drug has made a positive or negative impact. The small amount of funds will pay for creating these tests. 60 days after the tests are created we will have possible drug candidates that can be immediately used ... [more]

Studying the Genetics and Environment of Human Social Interaction Diseases by Smith Lab
Mapping genes and environmental influences that affect human behavior is very hard. We need to test our ideas in species that are easy to manipulate and experiment on. For diseases affecting social interaction (e.g. autism, schizophrenia, William Syndrome) this is hard because mice, flies, and common lab organisms don't exhibit much social behavior. We are using ants to study these diseases because ants need to cooperate for the colony to function. Basically, in ants we turn genes up and dow... [more]

The 'Inflammatory Index': A novel diagnositc tool for nutritional related disease by Dr Paul Lewandowski
What would happen if every meal you ate was pro-inflammatory and lead to oxidative stress? An answer to this question is already partially known from previous research that has demonstrated the link between over consumption of saturated fat and the increased the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). CVD is now recognised as an inflammatory disease, and considered in that context it would be possible to explain the consequences of an individual consuming food rich in saturated fat ... [more]

The Fate Of Estrogen Endocrine Disruptors Discharged Into Tampa Bay & The Biological Consequences by Monica Mion, USF College of Marine Science Chemical Oceanography Department
My research will focus on quantifying the concentrations of four endocrine disruptor estrogens (estradiol, estrone, estriol and the synthetic estrogen EE2) in the water column of Tampa Bay. This is a novel environment as most studies of endocrine disruption in the U.S. have been carried out in freshwater rivers and streams. The second part of the study will involve analyzing the biological effects on the wildlife off the coast of West Florida. ... [more]