IDI Interdisciplinary Seed Grant
Dr. Soledad Benitez Ponce (PI), associate professor, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; and co-investigators, Dr. Allison Bennett, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, College of Arts and Sciences; and Dr. Carla Garzon, Delaware Valley University, will collaborate on "Genome-informed epidemiology of Pythium and related oomycetes in leafy green hydroponics."
Dr. Kou-San Ju (PI), associate professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Arts and Sciences; assistant professor, Division ofMedicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy; and co-investigator, Dr. Jason Slot, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, will collaborate on “Mushroom for discovery: Leveraging agaricomycete diversity for natural products."
IDI Trainee Transformative Research Grant
Olivia Howell, senior research associate, Nationwide Children's Hospital; (PI: Dr. Zongdi Feng) and Dr. Ilada Thongpan, Nationwide Children's Hospital, (PI: Dr. Mark Peeples) will collaborate on “Enhanced antibody uptake and neutralization of a quasi-enveloped virus."
Dr. Steve Leumi, post doctoral scholar, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, College of Medicine; (PI: Dr. Jacob Yount) and Dalia Natour, graduate research associate, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, College of Medicine, (PI: Dr. Adriana Forero) will collaborate on “Mechanisms of cardiac damage in influenza virus infections."
Monica Shah, graduate research associate, Division of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health; (PI: Dr. Laura Pomeroy) and Mohammad Jawad Jahid, graduate research associate, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, (PI: Dr. Jacqueline Nolting) will collaborate on “Modeling cross species avian influenza transmission using disease data."