National Science Foundation grants to the UO

Below are the UO recipients of ARRA grants from the NSF:

Alice Barkan, Biology, $299,758
Exploring the potential of pentatricopeptide repeat proteins for the site-directed modulation of RNA metabolism   

William Bradshaw, Biology, $613,510
Can a small mosquito tell us something new about evolutionary physiology? Genetics of photoperiodic response in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii  

William Bradshaw, Biology, $584,551
Thermal Adaptation in Animals in the Temperate Zone - A Response to Rapid Climate Warming in Nature?        

James Brau, Physics, $1.125 million
A Search for Gravitational Radiation at LIGO: Oregon Experimental Relativity Group

William Cresko, Biology, $364,756
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Evolutionary genomics of rapid adaptation in threespine stickleback

Joanna Goode, Education, $107,005
Teachers are key: Partnering with and supporting quality computer science teachers in the second largest K-12 school district in the country

Joanna Goode, Center for Advanced Technology in Education, $113,045
With UC-Davis, Teachers are Key: Partnering With and Supporting Quality Computer Science Teachers in the Second Largest K-12 School District in the Country

Michael, Haley, Chemistry, $499,379
Acquisition of high-sensitivity NMR capabilities for the CAMCOR Magnetic Resonance Facility

David, Johnson, Chemistry, $750,000
Materials Research Institute: Acquisition of a Dual-Beam Focused Ion Beam Instrument for Materials Characterization, Nanoarchitectures, and Physics of Nanodevices

David Johnson, Chemistry, $345,385
Synthesis of and Structure-Function Relationships in New Misfit Layered Compounds    

Graham, Kribs, Physics, $120,000

Connecting Dark Matter to Particle Physics

Mark Lonergan, Chemistry, 515,000
MRI-R2: Development of a scanning tunneling microscope for optical spectroscopy 

Allen Malony, Computer and Information Science, $1.97 million
Major research instrumentation program: Allows for the acquisition of an Applied Computational Instrument for Scientific Synthesis (advanced computing-related equipment), to support continued cutting-edge scientific research for an interdisciplinary group of computer scientists, psychologists, biologists, chemists and physicists.

Lise Nelson, Geography, $177,738
Collaborative Research/RUI (Research in Undergraduate Institutions): Linked Migration and Changing Labor Markets in the Rural United State        

Barbara Roy, Biology, $572,879
Fungal mimicry and its consequences in the unique deceptive pollination of Dracula orchids

Daniel, Steck, Physics, $410,000
Ultracold Atoms as a Probe of Novel Atom–Surface Interactions

Janne Underriner, Northwest Indian Language Institute, $294,573
The Tolowa (TOL) Athabaskan Lexicon and Text Collection Project: Recording the Last Speakers of the Tolowa Dee-ni' Language:    

George von Dassow, Biology, $712,356
Collaborative Research: Cytokinetic Furrow Specification in Sea Urchin Embryos