The South Carolina Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and the South Carolina IDeA Network of Biomedical Research (INBRE) programs are pleased to announce the funding of five Collaborative Research Program (2005) awards to stimulate National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health -related research in South Carolina.

The goal of this grant program is to build sustainable research clusters between institutions of higher education in support of the NSF's and the NIH's strategic research areas, while simultaneously supporting the respective goals of the South Carolina EPSCoR and INBRE programs.


 
Immobilized Iron Porphyrins in Catalytic Peroxynitrite Decomposition
PI: John Dawson, Ph.D, University of South Carolina
Co-PI: John Goodwin, Ph.D., Coastal Carolina Universiy

Expression and Regulation of Galectin-3 in Gonadal Cells
PI: Holly LaVoie, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Co-PI: Samir Raychoudhury, Ph.D., Benedict College

Immune Response to Muscle HIstolysis
PI: Timothy Mousseau, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Co-PI: Oliver Rush, Ph.D., Benedict College

Influence of the Nature of Quantum Dot Surface Cations on Interactions with DNA
PI: Catherine Murphy, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Co-PI: Rahina Mahtab, Ph.D., South Carolina State University

Protective Role of Tissue Kallikrein in Gentamicin Induced Nephrotoxicity
PI: Julie Chao, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina
Co-PI: Grant Bledsoe, Ph.D., Charleston Southern University