RI-INBRE (2004 – 2017)
Faculty Development Projects
Genome Stability through Bloom Syndrome Helicase and Rad51 Complex Formation (2005-2008)
Investigator: Karen Almeida, Rhode Island College
Mentor: Robert Sobol, University of Pittsburgh
Defining a Role for BCP1 in the DNA Damage Response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2009-2012)
Investigator: Deborah Britt, Rhode Island College
Mentor: Anatoly Zhitkovich, Brown University
Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Aging and Apoptosis in the Yeast, Saccharomyces (2005-2008)
Investigator: Nicanor Austriaco, Providence College
Mentor: Brian Kennedy, University of Washington School of Medicine
The Role for the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Netrin-1 Signaling (2005-2007)
Investigator: Joseph Bartoe, Providence College
Mentor: Julie Kauer, Brown University
Effects of Autonomy-Relatedness and Stress Response on Adolescent Risk Behavior (2012-2014)
Investigator: Emily Cook, Rhode Island College
Mentor: Laura Stroud, Brown University
The Tumorigenicity Potential of LRH1 in Pancreatic Caner (2012-2014)
Investigator: Xiaoqun Dong, University of Rhode Island
Mentor: Jack Wands, Brown University
E. Hystolica EhADH2 Enzyme as Anti-Amoebic Target (2004-2009)
Investigator: Avelina Espinosa, Roger Williams University
Mentor: Daniel Eichinger, New York University
Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether Causes Testicular Injury (2004-2008)
Investigator: Eric Hall, Rhode Island College
Mentor: Kim Boekelheide, Brown University
Growth Control in the Testis and Molecular Mechanisms of Testicular Homeostasis in Toxicant-Induced Testicular Injury (2004-2007)
Investigator: Mary Hixon, Brown University
Mentor: Kim Boekelheide, Brown University
Maintaining DNA Replication Fork Stability: Role of the Fanconi Anemia Pathway (2007-2010)
Investigator: Niall Howlett, University of Rhode Island
Mentor: Ralph Scully, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and Harvard University
Modulation of D2-like Dopamine Receptor-mediated Striatal Signaling Pathways by RGS9-2 (2007-2010)
Investigator: Abraham Kovoor, University of Rhode Island
Mentor: Ronald Duman, Yale University
Synthesis of New Polyamines for siRNA Complexation and Delivery (2010-2013)
Investigator: Mindy Levine, University of Rhode Island
Mentor: James Manley, Columbia University
Photothermal-chemotherapy of Melanoma with Targeted Cisplatin-loaded Hollow Gold Nanospheres (2010-2014)
Investigator: Wei Lu, University of Rhode Island
Mentor: Vincent Rotello, University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Mechanistic Studies of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Activation by Arsenite (2004-2005)
Investigator: Keykavous Parang, University of Rhode Island
Mentors: Bingfang Yan, University of Rhode Island, Bongsup Cho, University of Rhode Island, and Zahir Shaikh, University of Rhode Island
The Effect of Molecular Toxins on Protein Phosphates 1 Targeting (2007-2008)
Investigator: Wolfgang Peti, Brown University
Mentor: Edward Hawrot, Brown University
Mechanisms of Bacterial Mediation of Dinoflagellate Toxigenesis (2004-2004)
Investigator: David Rowley, University of Rhode Island
Mentor: Yuzuru Shimizu, University of Rhode Island
Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of a Secreted Lipase in Leishmania (2004-2009)
Investigator: Alison Shakarian, Salve Regina University
Mentor: David Nelson, University of Rhode Island
Reservatrol Induction of Gene Expression via Activation of CAR and Nrf2 (2006-2009)
Investigator: Angela Slitt, University of Rhode Island
Mentor: Bingfang Yan, University of Rhode Island
Constitutive Androstane Receptor (CAR) Activation and Intracellular Transport (2007-2010)
Investigator: Matthew Stoner, University of Rhode Island
Mentor: Karen Lounsbury, University of Vermont
Characterization of Pyrethroids on Sperm Voltage-Sensitive Calcium Channels (2005-2008)
Investigator: Steven Symington, Salve Regina University
Mentor: Kim Boekelheide, Brown University
Mechanism of C-SRC Activation by Oxidative Stress (2004-2005)
Investigator: Gongqin Sun, University of Rhode Island
Mentor: Bingfang Yan, University of Rhode Island
Mercury Contaminants in Commercial and Recreational Finfish of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island (2006-2009)
Investigator: David Taylor, Roger Williams University
Mentor: Diane Nacci, Environmental Protection Agency
Role of the Antizyme Family During Xenopus Development (2004-2008)
Investigator: Charles Toth, Providence College
Mentor: Kim Boekelheide, Brown University
Cell Signaling Leading to UV-Induced Cell Injury (2004-2005)
Investigator: Yinsheng Wan, Providence College
Mentor: Bingfang Yan, University of Rhode Island
Heavy Metal-Induced Alteration of Cardiovascular Development (2004-2008)
Investigator: Kerri Warren, Roger Williams University
Mentors: Robert Rodgers, University of Rhode Island and Zahir Shaikh, University of Rhode Island