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Ping Ma, Neil Kelleher, “Statistical Approaches to Integration of Mass Spectral and Genomic Data of Yeast Histone Modifications,” NSF, 7/1/2008-6/30/2012

Agarwal, Rajsbree, Khanna, Madhu, "Environmental, Economic and Business Opportunities in the BioFuels Industry for Small/Medium Farms," USDA, 9/1/07-8/31/12

Mackie, Roderick, Cann, Isaac, Spies, Ashley, "Genomce-Enabled Analysis of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism in Prevotella Ruminicola to Enhance Rumen Function," USDA, 9/1/07-12/31/12

Ma, Ping, Kelleher, Neil, "Statistical Approaches to Integration of Mass Spectral and Genomic Data of Yeast Histone Modifications," NSF, 7/1/08-5/31/12

Stumpf, Rebecca, Leigh, Steven, Salyers, Abigail, Wilson, Brenda, "Comparative Primate Vaginal Microbial Ecology," NSF, 7/1/08-7/31/12

Mackie, Roderick, Kent, Angela, "Antibiotic Resistance, Gene Transfer, and the Horizontal Gene Pool of Agriculture-Associated Soils and Waters," USDA, 9/1/08-11/30/12

Fouke, Bruce, Cann, Isaac, Mackie, Roderick, Price, Nathan, DeVille, Robert, "Distribution, Frequency & Expression of Genes in Subsurface Microbial Communities Using Metagenomic & Metatranscriptomic Approaches," UCB, 1/1/09-12/31/12

Schatz, Bruce, Robinson, Gene, Berenbaum, May, Hudson, Matthew, "Genomic Signals and Biomarkers to Control Honey Bee Disease," USDA, 1/1/09-2/14/12

Kong, Hyun Joon, Schook, Lawrence B, Zimmennan, Steven C, "Nano-sized Cell Guidance System for Ischemic Tissue Repair," NIH, 4/1/09-7/31/12

Metcalf, William, Kelleher, Neil, van der Donk, Wilfred, Zhao, Huimin, Nair, Satish, "Discovery, Design, and Development of Phosphonic Acid Antibiotics," NIH, 4/1/09-3/31/12

Leigh, Steven, Stumpf, Rebecca, White, Bryan, "Microbes, Diet, and Hominin Evolution: Comparative and Metagenomic Approaches," NSF, 9/1/09-8/31/14

White, Bryan, Wilson, Brenda, "The Human Vaginal Microbiome and Bacterial Vaginosis," NIH, 12/1/09-11/30/14

Kenis, Paul, Gaskins, H. Rex, "FRET-based Biosensors to Monitor Redox in Cell Cycle Regulation (R33)," NIH, 3/1/10-2/28/13

Gerlt, John, Cronan, John, Kelleher, Neil, "Collaborative Center for an Enzyme Function Initiative (EFI)," NIH, 4/1/10-3/31/15

Ma, Ping, Zamdborg, Leonid, "Deciphering the Histone Code by Mass Spectrometry and High Dimensional Statistics," NIH, 5/16/10-5/15/13

Hudson, Matthew, Alabady, Magdy, Moose, Stephen, "The Role of Small RNA in Biomass Deposition and Perenniality inAndropogoneae Biomass Feedstocks," DOE, 8/16/10-8/15/13

Goldenfeld, Nigel, Woese, Carl, Luthey-Schulten, Z.A., "The Emergence of Life: From Geochemistry to the Genetic Code," Santa Fe Institute, 9/1/10-8/31/12

Kesan, Jay, "Collaborative Research: SES98-1320:Innovation Personnel & Their Ecosystem: Career Choices & Trajectories of Scientist-Industry or Academia & Basic or Applied?" University of Maryland, 9/1/10-8/31/13

Robinson, Gene, Zhong, Sheng, Mizzen, Craig, "Regulation of Stable Fat Loss in a Model System," NIH, 9/30/10-8/31/12

Wilson, Brenda, Stumpf, Rebecca, Yildirim, Suleyman, "Dynamics of Normal Pigtailed Macaque Vaginal and Intestinal Microbiota," University of Washington,2/1/11-5/30/14

van der Donk, Wilfred, Request for a Varian 600 MHz NMR, NIH, 4/1/11-3/31/13

Jin, Yong-Su, "Isolation of Genetically Tractable Haploids from Industrial Polyploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae," BP Biofuels North America LLC, 5/1/11-7/24/12

Sivaguru, Mayandi, "Analysis of Collagen Organization in Tendon and Tibia from Poultry Birds using Fourier Transform Second Harmonic Generation," Novus International, Inc., 7/1/11-10/31/12

Wheeler, Matthew, Stewart, Allison, "Engineered Scaffolds for Complex Craniomaxillofacial Reconstructions Tissue Regeneration Systems," NIH, 7/1/11-6/30/13

DeLucia, Evan, Teixeira, Kristina, David, Mark B, Khanna, Madhu, Long, Stephen, Voigt, Thomas, "Using Second-Generation Biofuel Feedstocks to Improve the Carbon Economy of US Agriculture," DOE, 9/1/11-8/31/13

Sweedler, Jonathan. Farrand, Stephen, "In Situ Correlated Molecular Imaging of Chemically Communicating Microbial Communities," DOE, 9/1/11-8/31/14

Wheeler, Matthew, Clark-Deener, Sherrie, "Integrated Structural BMP2 Carrier Systems for Cervical Spine Fusion," NIH, 9/1/11-8/31/15

Rao, Christopher, "Engineering Zymomonas mobilis for the Efficient Production of Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass," UCB, 1/1/13-8/31/12

Zhao, Huimin, Price, Nathan, "Engineering a Yeast Strain that Efficiently Utilizes CS/C6 Sugars," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/12

Suslick, Kenneth, "Applications of Ultrasound to Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/12

Metcalf, William, "Metabolic Engineering of Methanogenic Archaea," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/12

Schooley, Robert, Brawn, Jeffrey, Weatherhead, Patrick, "Effects of Biofuels Production on Biodiversity and Landscape Connectivity," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/12

DeLucia, Evan, "Ecological Sustainability of Energy Cane as a Biofuel Feedstock," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/12

Stewart, J. Ryan, "Maximizing Opportunities of Miscanthus in Japan: Expansion of Germplasm Collection; Natural Hybrid Detection and Collection," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/12

Sacks, Erik, "Genetics and Pre-commerical Breeding of Perennial Bioenergy Grasses: Establishing a New EBI Program," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/12

Brown, Patrick, "Perennial Feedstock Genomics," UCB, Jan 1,2012 -Dec 31, 2012

Long, Stephen, "Understanding the Low Temperature Limits of miscanthus and its Variation and Basis," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/12

Voigt, Thomas, Endres, A. Bryan, "Potential Ecological Impacts of Agricultural Intensification: Invasiveness of Miscanthus Species," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/12

Rauchfuss, Thomas, "Catalytic Carbon-Oxygen Bond Cleavage for Upgrading Biomass, UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/12

Bilgin, Metin, "Soybean Diseases and Insect Pests," Illinois Soybean Association, 1/1/12-12/31/12

Gerlt, John, Nair, Satish, Cronan, John, "Microbiological and Biochemical Approaches to Overcome Biomass Recalcitrance," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/12

Long, Stephen, Ort, Donald, Moose, Stephen, Sacks, Erik, Zhao, Huimin, "Engineering Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis and Storage Together with Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency into the Saccharinae," DOE, 1/1/12-6/30/13

Paulson, Nicholas D, Khanna, Madhu, "Alternative Programs to Incentivize Investment in U.S. Cellulosic Biofuel Refining Infrastructure," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/14

Rao, Christopher, "Engineering Oleaginous Yeast for Large-scale Biodiesel Production," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/13

Endres, A. Bryan, "Biomass Feedstock Legal and Regulatory Challenges: Invasive Species Regulation, Biotechnology Approvals and Germplasm Control," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/14

Lee, DoKyoung, "Diversifying Potential Cellulosic Perennial Feedstocks with Prairie Cordgrass," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/14

Rao, Christopher, "Engineering Thermophiles for Biofuel Production," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/14

Mackie, Roderick, Cann, Isaac, "Mesophilic and Thermophilic Bioconversion of Stillage Derived from Lignocellulosic Biomassto-Ethanol Fermentation to Methane," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/14

Dietze, Michael, Leakey, Andrew, "Sustainability of Woody Biofuel Feedstocks," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/14

Long, Stephen, Davis, Sarah, "Agave as a Feedstock Crop in the Southwestern US," UCB, 1/1/12-12/31/17

Davis, Sarah, "Assessing the Carbon Footprint of Combined Corn and Cellulose Ethanol Production using the DAYCENT Model," EPA, 1/15/12-1/15/13

Metcalf, William, Nair, Satish, van der Donk, Wilfred, Zhao, Huimin, "Discovery, Design, and Development of Phosphonic Acid Antibiotics," NIH, 1/1/12-3/31/17

Ting, KC,Danao, Mary-Grace, Hansen, Alan, Grift, Tony, Eckhoff, Steven, Rodriguez, Luis, "Feedstock Engineering: Engineering Solutions for Biomass Feedstock Production," UCB, 1/1/13-12/31/13

Gray, Michael, Bradley, Carl, "Assessing the Potential Impact of Insect Pests and Plant Pathogens on Biomass Production of Miscanthus x giganteus and Switchgrass (Panicum virga tum)," UCB, 1/1/13-12/31/13

Khanna, Madhu, Onal, Hayri, Paulson, Nicholas, "Economic and Environmental Impacts of Biofuels: Implications for Land Use and Policy," UCB, 1/1/13-12/31/13

Cann, Isaac, Mackie, Roderick, "Discovery and Characterization of Hydrolytic Enzymes to Improve Biocatalysis and Conversion of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides to Biofuels," UCB,
1/1/13-12/31/13

Moose, Stephen, Hudson, Matthew, "EBI Feedstock Genomics Programs: Genomics-Enabled Improvement of Andropogoneae Fuelstock Grasses," UCB, 1/1/13-12/31/13

Long, Stephen, Bollero, German, Bernacchi, Carl, "Potential Biomass Production & Regional Water Use of Bioenergy C4 & CAM Crops Evaluated through the Use of a Semi-mechanistic Crop Model (BioCro)," UCB, 1/1/13-12/31/13