The following projects have an award budget start date between 12/1/04 and 4/30/05 . The list of industry sponsored research projects is partial, and no subcontracts are shown for which Tufts is a subrecipient. The list is derived from data in the proposal management system at the Office of the Vice Provost. Please click on the project title to view the abstract.
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| PI
(Last, First Name |
Project Title | Sponsor | Project Duration |
| Aboushala, Ayman | Microleakage of New Generations of Abturation Materials in Root Canal System | Ultradent Products, Inc | 1/3/05-6/6/05 |
| Ackerman, Frank | Safer Chemicals Management: An Economic Development Perspective | Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate | 3/29/05-6/14/05 |
| Afsar, Mohammed | OMS & BWO/DFTS Development & Specimen Measurements | Army Research Office | 3/1/01-2/27/06 |
| Agyeman, Julian | Urban Audiences and Environmental Education | Massachusetts Audubon Society | 1/1/05-8/31/05 |
| Arias, Irwin | Assignment Agreement, Intergovermental Personnel Act | NICHD | 1/1/03-12/31/05 |
| Balaban, Naomi | Quorum Sensing and Staphylococcus Aureus Pathogenesis | NIAID | 4/1/04-3/31/06 |
| Beinfeld, Margery | CCK in Generating Enzyme: Structure, Location and Role | NINDS | 5/1/94-2/28/06 |
| Bers, Margery | CAREER: Virtual Communities of Learning and Care: Multi-user Virtual Environments That Promote Positive Youth Development | NSF | 2/15/05-1/31/09 |
| Blumberg, Jeffrey | Biochemical Basis for the Role of Antioxidant Nutrients and their Dietary Requirements in Health Promotion | Yamanouchi Usa Foundation | 12/1/02-11/30/05 |
| Blumsack, Marilyn | Bernard Osher Foundation TILL Funding | Bernard Osher Foundation | 3/1/05-2/28/06 |
| Bohm, Andrew | Molecular Basis for Inhibition of Edema Factor | NIAID | 3/1/04-2/28/06 |
| Bratt, Rachel | Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development: 1981 - 2006 | Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development | 2/1/05-1/31/06 |
| Brenner, Brian | Developing a Library of Bridge Models | Boston Foundation for Architecture | 1/1/05-12/31/05 |
| Brodeur, Peter | Organization and Expression of V Genes | NIGMS | 7/1/85-3/31/08 |
| Bullock, Peter | Initiation of SV40 DNA Replication and Its Regulation | NIGMS | 1/1/92-1/31/06 |
| Cao, Caroline | CAREER: Adapting To Technology In Minimally Invasive Surgery | NSF | 2/1/05-1/31/06 |
| Castaneda Sceppa, Carmen | Strong Living Program: A Community-Based Exercise Program | State of Vermont | 3/9/05-3/8/06 |
| Catley, Andy | Case Study on Emergency, Pastoralist and Food Security in South Sudan | Food and Agriculture Organization | 1/20/05-3/31/05 |
| Cebe, Peggy | Polymer-Based Nanocomposites: An Opportunity for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Students | NSF | 4/1/04-3/31/07 |
| Chaisson, Eric | Educational Tools for Chandra Mission | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | 2/1/05-8/31/05 |
| Chan, Daniel | Determination of Plasma Amino Acid Profile in Critically Ill Dogs | Mars, Inc. | 12/15/04-11/15/05 |
| Chapra, Steven | Improved Science And Decision Support For Managing Watershed Nutrient Loads | Environmental Protection Agency | 1/20/03-1/19/06 |
| Coffin, John | Retrovirus Evolution | NCI | 2/5/01-1/31/06 |
| Damassa, David | TUSK: Tools to Integrate and Share Health Knowledge | NLM | 1/1/05-12/31/07 |
| Dawson, Dean | The Meiotic Role of Slk19p in Yeast | NIGMS | 4/1/02-3/31/06 |
| Dunlap, Kathleen | Presynaptic Receptors on Embryonic Sensory Neurons | NINDS | 7/1/80-11/30/07 |
| Easterbrooks, Ann | Touchpoints Early Child Care & Education Evaluation | Brazelton Touchpoints Center | 4/1/05-3/31/07 |
| Feig, Larry | The Function of the Ras-Related Ral Proteins | NIGMS | 2/1/92-3/31/09 |
| Forrester, Janet | Nutritional Status In HIV-positive Hispanic Drug Abusers | NIDA | 1/1/99-12/31/08 |
| Freeman, Lisa | Interdiciplinary Research Training for Veterinarian | NIDDK | 2/15/04-1/31/09 |
| Gallagher, Kevin | Policy Space for Development in the WTO | Rockefeller Foundation | 1/1/05-12/31/05 |
| Garlick, Jonathan | Pathways and Mechanisms Controlling Early Oral Neoplasia | NIDCR | 7/1/95-2/28/06 |
| Gianinno, Lawrence | The Role of Family and Community-Related Experience in the Development of Young People's Economic Understanding | W.T. Grant Foundation | 1/1/05-12/31/06 |
| Goodwin, Neva | Social Science Library | The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc. | 11/1/04-12/31/07 |
| Gordon, Leslie | The Effects of Altered Lamin A on Disease Process in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome | March of Dimes | 2/1/04-1/31/06 |
| Gordon, Leslie | The Progeria Research Foundation Cell and Tissue Bank | Progeria Research Foundation | 1/1/04-12/31/05 |
| Greenberg, Andrew | Perilipins and Lipolysis | NIDDK | 1/15/99-3/31/08 |
| Greenblatt, David | Chronic Benzodiazepines: Behavior and Neurochemistry | NIDA | 9/30/87-1/31/06 |
| Greenblatt, David | CYP3A Function in Aging African-Americans | NIA | 5/1/02-3/31/07 |
| Hassoun, Soha | CAREER: Tools for Designing and Integrating Configurable Components | NSF | 2/1/01-1/31/06 |
| Holcomb, Phillip | Plausibility And Syntactic Processing Load | NIDCD | 2/1/05-1/31/06 |
| Holcomb, Phillip | The Cognitive Neuroscience of Comprehension | NICHD | 4/1/05-3/31/06 |
| Huber, Brigitte | QPP: Protease that Prevents Apoptosis in Quiescent Cells | NIAID | 3/1/99-12/31/07 |
| Islam, Shafiqul | Estimation of Evaopotranspiration and Crop Water Stress Over Large Areas Using Remote Sensing Observations | USDA | 1/1/05-12/31/07 |
| Jackson, Rob | Circadian Control of Behavior | NSF | 6/7/04-3/31/06 |
| Jackson, Rob | Role of Andante/CKIIB in the Drosophila Circadian Clock | NINDS | 2/1/03-1/31/08 |
| Jacob, Michele | Regulation Of Neuronal Synaptic Components | NINDS | 1/1/98-11/30/08 |
| Jacobsen, Karen | Forced Migration and the New African City: Transnational Livlihoods and Politcs in Maputo and Dar Es Salaam | Macarthur Research & Writing For Individuals | 1/1/05-12/31/05 |
| Jacque, Laurent | Feasibility Study and Marketing Plan for a Proposed Master of Science Degree in International Management | Cabot Family Trust | 1/1/05-12/31/06 |
| Johnson, Elizabeth | Antioxidant Status and Risk of Age-Related Maculopathy | American Health Assistance Foundation | 4/1/04-3/31/06 |
| Kaplan, David | First Annual Biomedical Engineering Conference in Vietnam | Vietnam Education Foundation | 3/1/05-2/28/06 |
| Kaplan, David | Inducible Surface Hyrdrophobicity of Microbial Consortia for Biofilm Remediation | Foster-Miller, Inc. | 3/1/05-2/28/06 |
| Kaplan, David | Silk Protein Polymer Designs for Improved Expression and Processing | Air Force Office of Scientific Research | 7/1/04-6/30/07 |
| Kaplan, David | Liquid Crystal Phase Transitions In The Heirarchical Assembly Of Collagen | NASA | 7/1/03-11/30/06 |
| Kaplan, David | Surface-templated Bio-inspired Synthesis And Fabrication Of Functional Materials | Air Force Office of Scientific Research | 1/1/05-4/30/05 |
| Kaplan, David | Tendon Formation Mediated by SMAD8 Signaling Pathway | Fogarty International Center | 4/1/04-3/31/07 |
| Kaplan, David | Tissue Engineered Ligaments | NIAMS | 4/1/05-3/31/06 |
| Kaplan, David | Tissue Engineering - The Next Generation | NIDCR | 4/1/05-3/31/06 |
| Krimsky, Sheldon | The Corruption of Science: A Speaking Tour and CD Archive | Common Benefit Litigation Expense Trust | 1/20/05-1/19/06 |
| Kumamoto, Carol | Regulation of Drug Resistance Genes in C. Albicans | NIAID | 3/15/03-2/28/08 |
| Kumamoto, Carol | Regulation of Fungal Invasive Growth | NIAID | 9/1/96-2/28/07 |
| Lamon-Fava, Stefania | Estrogen, HDL, and Coronary Heart Disease in Women | NHLBI | 3/1/04-2/28/06 |
| Lemire, Joan | Developing a Smooth Muscle Cell Model for the Study of Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome: Is Aggrecan a Significant Component of the Phenotype? | Progeria Research Foundation | 1/1/04-12/31/05 |
| Levy, Stuart | Expression and Organization of Soil-Induced Genes in Pseudommonas Flourescens | Research Science & Technology | 1/1/05-12/31/07 |
| Levy, Stuart | The Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (MAR) Regulon | NIAID | 9/30/80-12/31/07 |
| Leyland, Timothy | Pastoralist Conflict Initiative (PCI)- (REDSO) | Oau/Ibar | 1/1/05-6/30/05 |
| Linsenmayer, Thomas | Corneal Epithelial Nuclear Ferritin and UV Protection | NEI | 2/1/01-1/31/06 |
| Linsenmayer, Thomas | Corneal Stroma: Synthesis and Assembly of Collagen | NEI | 7/1/83-11/30/06 |
| Liscum, Laura | Analysis of a Suppressor of the Niemann-Pick C Phenotype | NIDDK | 3/1/05-2/28/09 |
| Mann, Anthony | High Energy Physics at Tufts University | DoE | 1/15/05-1/14/06 |
| McKeown, Nicola | Carbohydrate Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease: The Role of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome | American Heart Association | 1/1/04-12/31/05 |
| Mecsas, Joan | Identification of Xcv TTSS Components | NIGMS | 1/1/03-4/7/06 |
| Mecsas, Joan | Role of Yersinia Yops in an Animal Infection Model | NIAID | 7/1/03-12/31/07 |
| Meydani, Mohsen | Vitamin E and Atherosclerosis in LDLR-/- Mice | NHLBI | 1/1/03-12/31/06 |
| Moomaw, William | Tufts Climate Initiative: Taking Action to Slow Climate Change | Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc. | 1/1/05-12/30/05 |
| Moore, Claire | Biomedical Research Experiences for Engineering Majors | NIGMS | 4/1/05-3/31/09 |
| Moore, Claire | Molecular Mechanism of mRNA 3' End Formation in Yeast | NIGMS | 4/1/89-3/31/06 |
| Moore, Claire | The Coupling of mRNA Transcription and 3' End Formation | NIGMS | 9/1/03-8/31/07 |
| Must, Aviva | Obesity and Psychopathology: A Longitudinal Study of Youth | NIDDK | 4/1/04-3/31/06 |
| Nelson, Mariam | The Strong Women Program | Pennsylvania State University | 3/1/05-2/28/06 |
| Nelson, Mariam | The Strong Women Program in Alaska | Alaska Public Health Association | 12/1/04-11/30/05 |
| Nurminskaya, Maria | Evaluation of T-Gases as Regulators of VSMC | National Heart Foundation | 4/1/05-5/31/06 |
| O'Connell, Brian | 50 Years in Public Causes: Stories from a Road Less Traveled | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | 2/1/05-1/31/06 |
| Ortiz, Daniel | ABC Transporter Binding Proteins and Trafficking | NIDDK | 4/1/03-3/31/06 |
| Panjwani, Noorjahan | Corneal Epithelial Cell Surface Glycoconjugates | NEI | 8/1/87-3/31/07 |
| Pokras, Mark | Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET) | Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation | 1/1/04-12/30/05 |
| Poltorak, Alexander | Genetic Dissection of Lipopolysaccharide Response | NIAID | 9/1/03-2/28/08 |
| Prevelakis, George | Balkans Conference in Hellenic & Southeastern European Studies | Starvos S. Niarchos Foundation | 2/1/05-6/30/06 |
| Rich, Stephen | Genetics & Population Structure of Plasmodium Falciparum | NIGMS | 4/1/04-3/31/08 |
| Rios, Maribel | BDNF Mutants: Genetic Models for Depressive Disorders | NIMH | 4/1/03-1/31/08 |
| Roberts, Susan | Dietary Energy Restriction and Metabolic Aging in Humans | NIA | 5/15/02-4/30/09 |
| Roffler Tarlov, Suzanne | Albinism: Defects in Tyrosinase, Amines or Melanin | NEI | 3/1/03-2/28/06 |
| Roffler Tarlov, Suzanne | New Approach to Understanding Role of Catecholamines in Learning and Memory | Fidelity Investments | 12/1/04-6/30/05 |
| Romero, Michael | Quantifying phsyiological stress in threatened and endangered species due to military activities | DoD | 4/19/05-6/30/06 |
| Rosenberg, Naomi | Abelson Leukemia Virus Transformation | NCI | 9/1/78-3/31/06 |
| Rosenblatt, Michael | Nature of PTH/PTHRP - Receptor Bimolecular Interactions | NIDDK | 1/1/95-12/31/07 |
| Rothbaum, Fred | Capturing Their Attention: Disseminating Effective Online Research Abstracts to the Youth Policy Audience | W.T. Grant Foundation | 12/1/04-11/30/05 |
| Roy, Ananda | Molecular Mechanisms of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia | NIAID | 3/15/04-2/28/06 |
| Ruskai, Mary Beth | Noisy Quantum Communication and Computation | Army Research Office | 4/21/03-4/20/06 |
| Sahagian, Garabed | Xenogen IVIS 200 Imager | NCRR | 2/15/05-2/14/06 |
| Saperstein, George | Development of Public Health Protocols for Response to Zoonotic Diseases in Animals | Massachusetts Department of Public Health | 1/1/05-8/30/05 |
| Saperstein, George | Rare Breeds Preservation Program | SVF Foundation | 1/1/05-12/31/07 |
| Schlegel, Amy | Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The Center for Cosmic Energy (Exibition & Symposium) | LEF Foundation | 2/1/05-6/4/06 |
| Schwob, James | Development of the Primary Olfactory Projection | NIDCD | 12/1/98-3/31/06 |
| Schwob, James | Regulation of Neurogenesis in Olfactory Epithelium | NIDCD | 4/1/05-3/31/10 |
| Schwob, James | Regulation of or Expression in the Adult OE | NIDCD | 1/1/05-12/31/06 |
| Selhub, Jacob | Folic Acid Fortification: Effects on DNA Methylation, Global Gene Expression, and Interaction with Common MTHFR Mutations | USDA | 12/1/04-11/30/07 |
| Shevitz, Abby | An Exploratory Study of the Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Antiviral Activity of Once Daily Atazanavir, Saquinavir and Mini-dose Ritonavir in HIV+ Subjects | Community Research Initiative of New England | 1/1/04-1/1/06 |
| Shirihai, Orian | Erythroid Transporter Function in Hemoglobin Synthesis | NHLBI | 12/3/02-11/30/07 |
| Shultz, Mary Jane | The Ice Surface: Chemical Probes of the Native Surface, Interactions and Reconstruction | NSF | 4/1/03-3/31/06 |
| Skelly, Patrick | Gene Silencing in Schistosomes Using RNAi | NIAID | 3/15/04-2/28/09 |
| Sonenshein, Abraham | Clostridium Difficile Toxin Gene Regulation | NIAID | 12/15/04-11/30/09 |
| Soto, Ana | Prenatal Xenoestrogen Exposure and Mammary Cancer | NIEHS | 1/3/05-12/31/06 |
| Soto, Ana | Prostate Cell Proliferation in Cancer and Aging | NCI | 9/30/93-1/31/06 |
| Strafford, Maureen | The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Grant Agreement | Arnold P. Gold Foundation | 1/1/04-12/31/05 |
| Tang, Guangwen | Retinol Equivalency of Plant Carotenoids in Women and Children | NIDDK | 5/20/03-2/28/07 |
| Taylor, Allen | Exploiting Nutrition to Delay Cataract | NEI | 1/1/05-12/31/06 |
| Taylor, Allen | Ubiquitination Lens Proliferation/Differentiation | NEI | 4/1/01-12/31/08 |
| Theoharides, Theoharis | Stress Induces Skin Mast Cell Activation and Vasodilation | NIAMS | 4/13/01-1/31/06 |
| Thorley-Lawson, David | Computer Simulation of Epstein Barr Virus Infection | NIAID | 1/1/05-11/30/09 |
| Thorley-Lawson, David | Epstein-Barr Virus Latency | NCI | 1/25/095-3/31/09 |
| Thorley-Lawson, David | Host Immunity to EBV Infection in Vitro and in Vivo | NIAID | 9/1/81-1/31/08 |
| Thornton, Ronald | Web-Delivered Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (WEBILD): Creating an Active Science Learing Environment Over the Internet | NSF | 1/1/05-12/31/06 |
| Trimmer, Barry | Central and Peripheral Actions of Nitric Oxide | NSF | 3/1/04-2/28/07 |
| Tzipori, Saul | SLT Specific Human Monoclonal Antibodies for HUS Prophylaxis | NIAID | 9/23/96-2/29/08 |
| Vetter, Douglas | Investigations into the Mouse Olivocochlear System | NIDCD | 4/1/04-2/28/09 |
| Waldor, Matthew | Molecular Biology and Virulence of CTX Phage | NIAID | 1/1/98-12/31/07 |
| Waldor, Matthew | Role of HFQ in Vibrio Cholerae Virulence | NIAID | 4/1/04-3/31/06 |
| Walker, Peter | Humanitarian response Department | Oxfam America | 12/1/04-2/28/05 |
| Walker, Peter | World Vision Humanitarian Futures Next Steps | World Vision International | 2/15/05-6/30/05 |
| Waller, William | New England Space Science Initiative In Education (NESSIE) | NASA | 1/1/02-12/31/05 |
| Wanke, Christine | Feasibility Study of Probiotics for Growth Faltering | NCCAM | 4/1/05-3/31/07 |
| Warren, Acacia | Pedigree Tracing, Walk-Back Selection and Linkage Mapping of Penaeus Vannamei Shrimp | USDA | 3/1/05-2/28/06 |
| White, Joel | Characterization of Mechanisms Underlying Vapor Phase Responses of DNA-Based Sensors | ONR | 2/2/04-12/31/06 |
| Yee, Amy | Mechanisms of Transcriptional Repressor HBP1 in Cancer | NCI | 1/1/02-12/31/06 |
| Yee, Amy | Phytonutrient Suppression of WNT Signalling in Cancer | NCI | 1/1/05-12/31/09 |
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