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CSUPERB Grants Awarded
Abstracts Listed Chronologically
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PI        
Campus
Title
 Amount

Round 16: FY 2007-2008

Joint Ventures
Bernstein, Sanford San Diego Gene Expression Abnormalities in a Genetic Model of Cardiac Disease
23,300
Fischhaber, Paula Northridge CSUN Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Instructional Tissue Culture Facility
15,000
Kantardjieff, Katherine Fullerton Revolutionizing a computational biochemistry curriculum with interactive documents, case studies and presentations
14,690
Komives, Claire San Jose LC/MS-based isotopomer analysis of bacteria for enhanced product formation
25,000
Youngblom, Janey Stanislaus Genotypic and Phenotypic Association Studies of a Human Chromosomal Disorder
25,000
Programmatic - Curriculum & Infrastructure
Ballard, Ruth Sacramento Development of a state-of-the art laboratory-based course in Forensic Biology
11,283
McAlpine, Shelli San Diego Determining the mechanism of action for novel anticancer agents: Sansalvamide A derivatives
25,000
Mothé, Bianca San Marcos The identification of cellular immune responses against influenza vaccines
25,000
Peavy, Thomas Sacramento Development of a Graduate Level Cell & Molecular Methods and Techniques Course
14,155
Stathopoulos, Christos Pomona Updating the Infrastructure of a Diagnostic Microbiology Teaching Laboratory
14,955
Programmatic - Workshops
Mason, Andrew Long Beach Principles and Applications of MALDI-TOF-TOF in Proteomics and Biotechnology
14,614
Patel, Nilay Fullerton Development of Stem Cell Laboratory courses in the CSU system
15,000

Round 15: FY 2006-2007

Faculty Seed
Adams, Nikki San Luis Obispo Mass Spectroscopy Analysis of Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Proteome of Sea Urchin Embryos
13,500
Bush, Jason Fresno Identification of Membrane Biomarkers from Staged Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Quantitative Proteomics
13,500
Chen, Esther Fullerton Target Genes of ExoS-ChvI, a Signaling Pathway Critical for Bacteria-plant Symbiosis
13,500
Chu, Diana San Francisco Defining Histone Variant Function in Sperm Chromosome Structure
13,500
Escobar, Matthew San Marcos Characterization of Plant Responses to Acidic Soils: A Molecular Approach
13,500
Huxford, Tom San Diego Biochemical Characterization of Human and Fly IkappaB Kinases
13,500
Kellen-Yuen, Cynthia Sacramento Crystallographic Analysis of Substrate Binding Determinants in Yeast and Human Kynureninase
13,500
Krug, Patrick Los Angeles Population Genetics and Molecular Identification of Marine Invasive Species
13,500
Miranda, James Sacramento Intramolecular vinylcyclopropane Radical Cyclization-Fragmentation
13,500
Mogul, Rakesh Pomona Lanthanide Chelates for Phosphotyrosine Detection
13,500
Myers, Michael Long Beach The Role of Maxi-K Channels in a Viral Therapy for Glioma Cell Cancer
13,500
Okada, Kazunori San Francisco Computer-Assisted Image Analysis for Differential Diagnosis in Dentistry
13,500
Riley, Larry Fresno Proteomic Analysis of Glucose Metabolism in Tilapia
13,500
Sommerhalter, Monika East Bay Investigating the Putative role of TM0159 as a Noncanonical Nucleotide Triphosphatase
13,500
Stein, Mary-Pat Northridge Identification of L. pneumophila effector complexes required for Intracellular Survival
13,443
Tomanek, Lars San Luis Obispo Analysis of the Ciona intestinalis Stress Proteome with Differential Gel Electrophoresis (DIGE)
13,500
Wang, Ching-Hua Channel Islands Development of a Human Neural Stem Cell Model for Drug Screening for Alzheimer's Disease
13,500
Waters, Elizabeth San Diego Towards Indentifying Novel Genes and Pathways in Plant cold and Freezing Stress Tolerance
13,235
Zhang, Jinsong Chico Total Synthesis and Biological Activity Study of Neolignans
13,500

Round 14: FY 2006-2007

Joint Ventures
Benson, Stephen East Bay Effects of Telmisartan on Proliferation and ECM Synthesis in Cardiac and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
16,000
Du, Winncy San José Design of Fiber Optic Structure for Intravascular Artery Plaque Inspection
22,480
Kantardjieff, Katherine Fullerton Structural Biology of the embCAB Gene Products in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
23,760
McReynolds, Katherine Sacramento Studies Directed Towards the Synthesis of Anti-Viral Glycodendrimers
27,000
Meyer, Christopher Fullerton Structure-function Studies of the Bacterial ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylases
27,000
Porter, Edith Los Angeles Identification of Novel Lipid-based Antimicrobials at the Genomic and Functional Level
8,000
Sharp, Sandra Los Angeles Development of Solexa SBS Direct Sequencing as a Global Assay for ChIP in Large Genomes
27,000
Baysdorfer, Chris East Bay Biotechnology Program Expansion at California State University, East Bay
10,000
Programmatic - Curriculum & Infrastructure
Blee, Kristopher Chico Learning Enzyme Catalysis: An inquiry based approach
15,000
Lee, Steven San José Advanced Forensic Biotechnology Program Development
15,000
Selvaduray, Guna San José Development of Laboratory for Evaluating Biocompatibility of Materials for Medical Devices
14,950
Programmatic - Workshops
Gillespie, Blake Channel Islands Modernizing the Biochemistry Curriculum: Molecular Graphics and Modeling in the Classroom and Laboratory
15,000
Thompson, Jeff San Bernadino CSUPERB Stem Cell Workshop
14,700

Round 13: FY 2005-2006
Faculty Seed
Arbogast, Brian Humboldt Comparative Molecular Evolution of Whale Ectoparasites
10,000
Arenas-Mena, Caesar San Diego Gene Regulatory Networks in Hydroides elegans Embryos
10,000
Choi, Hee Kwang Dominguez Hills The Role of Lipid Rafts in Integrin- and Prolactin-dependent Activation of STAT5 in Mammary Epithelial Cells
10,000
Clark, Daniel Chico Microbial Metabolism of Propane and Propylene
10,000
Denton, Amy Channel Islands Molecular Evolution of Freezing Tolerance in Crop Plants
10,000
Edwards, Daniel Chico Biochemical Investigation of the Terminal Prenyltransferase Step in Lyngbyatoxin A Biosynthesis
10,000
Goodman, Anya San Luis Obispo Phosphoregulation of the Yeast Actin-binding Proteins
10,000
Hampton, Philip Channel Islands Continuous Organic Synthesis: Pharmaceutical Chemistry in a STT™ Reactor
10,000
Immoos, Chad San Luis Obispo Identifying Anitbodies for Biomarkers of Malignant Melanoma
10,000
Kelley, Scott San Diego Design and Development of Broad-spectrum Bacterial Vaccine
10,000
Lillard, Sheri Northridge Quantitative Bioassays for Lactate Dehydrogenase mRNA and Enzyme in Single Cells
10,000
Nissen, Robert Los Angeles Characterization of a Zebrafish Mutant as a Model for Williams-Beuren Syndrome
10,000
Peterson, Dan San Luis Obispo Tissue-Specific Regulation of Lipogenesis by the Transcription Factors SREBP and ChREBP
10,000
Shpak, Elena Fullerton Role of EKIP1 Protein in ERECTA Receptors-like Kinase Mediated Signaling Pathway
10,000
Works, Carmen Sonoma Primary Structural Investigation of Two Novel Chomium(III)-proteins
10,000

Round 12: FY 2005-2006

Joint Ventures
Kitts, Christopher San Luis Obispo "Bacterial Methane Cycling in a Petroleum Contaminated Aquifer"
28,000
Lin, Wei-Jen Pomona "DNA Microarray Analysis of Clostridium botulinum"
21,750
Livesay, Dennis Pomona "Phylogenetic Similarity Maximization: A New Algorithm for Polygenetic Motif Detection"
28,700
Macher, Bruce San Francisco "Characterization of Antigas Recognized by Anti-cancer Antibodies"
30,000
McAlpine, Shelli San Diego "Synthesis of Novel C-2 Symmetrical Marocycles and their Biological Activity"
30,000
Sabbadini, Roger San Diego "Bacterial Minicells: A Novel Vaccine Delivery Mechanism"
30,000
Tsoukas, Constantine San Diego "Actin Dynamics in T Lymphocyte Activation"
28,535
Programmatic - Curriculum & Infrastructure
Calderón-Urrea, Alejandro Fresno "Application of 4D Microscopy to Study Early Development in the Plant Parasitic Nematode Meloidogyne incognita"
12,578
Davis, Roger San Diego "The Bioscience Center Metabolics Core"
15,000
Honda, Jeffrey San Jose "Use of the CO II Gene as a Species Indicator for Forensically Important Files: A Forensic Entomology Laboratory Exercise"
6,420
Khachikian, Crist Los Angeles "Environmental Biorestoration"
13,676
Koch, Robert Fullerton "CABS Curriculum Phase 3: Introduction of Inter-campus Collaborations"
15,000
McCurdy, Alison Los Angeles "Expansion of a CSULA Drug Discovery Class"
14,989
Peavy, Thomas Sacramento "Development of a Molecular Graduate Laboratory Curriculum in Cell and Molecular Biology"
12,805

Round 11: FY 2004-2005

Faculty Seed
Acey, Roger Long Beach Novel Inhibitors of Butyrylcholinesterase: Potential Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative Diseases
10,000
Constable, John Fresno The Role of WRKY-like Transcription Factors in Senescence of Podophyllum peltatum
9,700
Dillon, Jesse Long Beach Using Molecular Tools to Characterize the Microbial Diversity of the Salton Sea
10,000
Dong, Winny Pomona Study of Sol-Gel Silica Microparticles for Injectable Controlled Drug Delivery
10,000
Fuse, Megumi San Francisco Knockdown of Eclosion Hormone by RNA Interference in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta
9,991
Hillers, Kenneth San Luis Obispo Regulation of Meiotic Crossing Over in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
10,000
Komives, Claire San Jose Development of Kinetic Model for Bacillus methanolicus
10,000
O'Gara, Bruce Humboldt Protection from Oxidative Damage by Pharmacological Stimulation of Heat Shock Proteins
10,000
Savage, Thomas Sacramento Regulatory Properties of Pyruvate Kinase Isozymes in Plants
10,000
Singh, Rahul San Francisco Surface-Based Query-Retrieval of Molecules in Structural Databases
10,000
Slowinska, Katarzyna Long Beach Hydrophobic Interactions in Control of Delivery Rate in Targeted Drug Delivery Systems
10,000
Spence, John Sacramento Light Activated Enediyne Pro-Drugs
10,000
Srinivasan, Chandra Fullerton Investigating the Oxygen Radical Scavenging Properties of Ionic Manganese in C. Elegans
10,000
Stessman, Chad Stanislaus Development of a Ferrocene Carbaldehyde based Chiral Auxiliaries for use in the Synthesis of Unnatural Amino Acids
10,000
Terrill, Roger San Jose Infrared Biosensors Based on Nanoparticle Surface Plasmon Resonance
10,000
Uhde-Stone, Claudia Hayward Assessment of Phosphorus-Deficiency Responsive Genes in Transformed Roots of White Lupin
10,000
Wilson, Mark Humboldt Molecular Analysis of Conjugative Plasmids Involved in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation in Humboldt Bay, CA
10,000
Xu, Howard Los Angeles Construction of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Over-expressing Essential Genes for Antibiotics Discovery
10,000

Round 10: FY 2004-2005

Joint Ventures
Adler-Moore, Jill Pomona The Role of CD4 and CD8 Cells in Protecting Mice from HSV2 Mucosal and Neurological Infection Following Immunization with Lipsomal HSV2-gD Vaccine
24,924
Bergdahl, Mike San Diego Total Syntheses of Pseurotin Analogs; New Chemical Methodology Toward Novel Angiogenesis Inhibitors
24,700
Kingsbury, Kevin San Luis Obispo Model Hydrogels: Towards Tougher Corneal Transplant Materials
22,900
Koch, Robert Fullerton Enhancing the Performance of a Leica Confocal Spectral Microscope
21,982
McGuire, Kathie San Diego Acquisition of a Flow Cytometer for SDSU
12,000
Oechel, Walter San Diego Spectroscopic Instrumentation for San Diego State University Ecology Programs
25,000
Prince, James Fresno Nematode Resistance Genes in Pepper (Capsicum annuum)
14,500
Tolmasky, Marcelo Fullerton Identification of Brucella abortus Virulence Factors by Microarray Analysis
25,000
Troncale, Len Pomona Microarrayer Techniques Learning, Research, and Industrial Innovation Facility for Los Angeles Cluster Campuses; Alpha Innotech Collaboratory
25,000
Programmatic - Curriculum & Infrastructure
Blee, Kristopher Chico Introducing Biotechnology to Introductory Biology Students with Two Investigative Labs
13,000
Casem, Merri Lynn Fullerton Implementation of Inquiry-based Laboratories as an Introduction to Biotechnology Research
15,000
Chen, Lily San Francisco Development of a Collaborative Biomedical Curriculum among Three Regional CSU Campuses
15,000
Girman, Derek Sonoma Core DNA Analysis Facility Infrastructure Support for University and K-12 Research and Education
10,750
Hanrahan, Grady Los Angeles The Development of Chemometric Strategies for Undergraduate Training in Biotechnology Research
10,833
Kibak, Henrik Monterey Bay Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Skills Development
13,077
Koch, Robert Fullerton CABS Curriculum Phase 2: Creating an Environment for Industry-oriented Cross-disciplinary Projects and Internships
9,800
Maloy, Stanley San Diego Integrating Experimental Genomics into the Undergraduate Curriculum
15,000
Programmatic - Workshops
Komives, Claire San Jose Summer Short Course on Bioprocess Technology for High School Teachers
6,700
Mason, Andrew Long Beach Principles and Applications of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy Workshop
13,182

Round 9: FY 2003-2004

Faculty Seed
Abramzon, Nina Pomona Investigation of Sterilization and Bacterial Biofilms Destruction Using Gas Discharge Plasmas
10,000
Aurelio, Oscar Fullerton Role of the Zig-7 Gene in Defects of the Rol-6COL3A1 Gene of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV
10,000
Blee, Kristopher Chico Impacts of Induced Plant Defense Gene Products on Rhizospere Microbiota
9,911
Brelles-Mariño, Graciela Pomona Detection and Characterization of Quorum-Sensing Compounds of Plan-Associated Bacteria
10,000
Coticone, Sulekha Fresno Y Chromosome Based Short Tandem Repeats for Forensic Typing of Sexual Assult Cases
10,000
Demboski, John Pomona Survey and Characterization of Nuclear Markers Across Diverse Mammalian Taxa
10,000
Eggers, Daryl San Jose Effects of Silica Confinement on Silica-Interacting Biomolecules
10,000
Groziak, Michael Hayward Synthesis of Tethered Nucleotides for DNA and RNA Biotechnologies
10,000
Kim, Chul-Hyun Hayward Single Molecule Pulling Study on RNA Pseudoknot
10,000
Kirvan, Christine Sacramento Identification of Human Neuronal Antigens in Sydenham's Chorea by Novel Use of Phage Display
10,000
Kotchevar, Anne Hayward Cytochrome P450 Metabolism of Emerging Organic Contaminants
10,000
Lillig, Jennifer Sonoma Characterization of Key Amino Acids in the Membrane Activity of Anti-Listerial Bacteriocins
10,000
Lindert, Lisa San Luis Obispo Mechanistic Study of PfPK6, a Protein Kinase from the Malarial Parasite Plasmodia falciparum
10,000
McAlpine, Shelli San Diego The Development of Organozinc Chemistry for the Synthesis of Novel Antibiotics
9,500
McReynolds, Katherine Sacramento Synthesis of Water-Soluble Dendrimers as Multivalent Drug Carrier Molecules
10,000
Porter, Edith Los Angeles Lipids: Effectors in Innate Immunity
10,000
Rawat, Mamta Fresno The Role of Ergothioneine in Mycobacteria
10,000
Rohwer, Forest San Diego Development of Bark Beetle Biocontrol Methods
10,000
Silverman, Michael Pomona Request for Microscopy Equipment to Investigate the Targeting of Synaptic Proteins in Neurons
9,820
Stessman, Nhu-Y Tran Stanislaus Synthesis of a Redox Active Analogue of Guanine
10,000
Waters, Elizabeth San Diego Thermal Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana: Undergraduate Research in Plant Biotechnology
10,000

Round 8: FY 2003-2004

Joint Ventures
Ballard, Ruth Sacramento Validation of Reduced Volume Polymerase Chain Reaction (rv-PCR) for DNA Forensic Casework
16,000
Bernstein, Sanford San Diego High Spatial Resolution Enzyme Kinetic Analysis Using Novel Laser Methods
15,500
Cohen, Amybeth Fullerton Expression of the Fab Fragment of the Anti-cocaine Antibody in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas
19,400
Ewing, Nicholas Sacramento Development of a Large-scale, Low-cost Protein Expression System in Tomato
23,800
Jacobs, Donald Northridge Bioinformatic Study on Correlating Protein Flexibility with Function
25,000
Kitts, Christopher San Luis Obispo The Effect of Probiotic Bacteria on Fecal Flora and Symptoms of Patients Undergoing Antibiotic Therapy
22,900
Pesek, Joseph San Jose Planar Electrokinetics Chromatography Columns
23,000
Tomasek, Paul Northridge Development of a Bioelectrode to Rapidly Detect Pathogenic Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis
16,000
Tong, William San Diego Ultrasensitive Atomic Fingerprinting of Chemical Agents
25,000
Programmatic - Curriculum & Infrastructure
Alex, Lisa Pomona 3D Visualization of Biomolecules
1,400
Benson, Steve Hayward Bioinformatics Instrumentation Enhancement
8,327
Collins, Elaine San Jose SJSU/Santa Clara County: Biotechnology Curriculum Development and Dissemination
14,800
Kageyama, Glenn Pomona SEM Digital Capture and Enhancement of Microscopy Center Imaging System
7,900
Kantardjieff, Katherine Fullerton Structural Biology of Chicken Muscle Lactate Dehydrogenase: a Contemporary Biotechnology Laboratory
8,540
Koch, Robert Fullerton Developing Two Specialized, Multidiscipinary Biotechnology Courses for the CAB3S Curriculum
15,000
Krug, Patrick Los Angeles Development of a Drug Discovery Class at CSULA
11,909
Porter, Edith Los Angeles New Curriculum Development: "Innate Immunity"
7,620
Pullman, David San Diego Development of Biologically-Oriented Experiments in the Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Lab
4,425
Sevier, Dale San Diego Distance-Learning Course Development and Presentation in Biomedical Product Quality
13,875
Works, Carmen Sonoma Development of a Biochemistry Concentration
15,000
Programmatic - Workshops
Acey, Roger Long Beach Phage Display and Its Application to Proteomics
14,928
Meyer, Christopher Fullerton Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Workshops for Community College and High School Educators
7,910
Thatcher, Eileen Sonoma Summer, 2004 CSU Bioinformatics Consortium Meeting and Bioinformatics Workshop
8,410

Round 7: Fall 2002

Faculty Seed