Cyndy Wolff, Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences

CSU, Chico's USDA funded Sierra Cascade Nutrition and Activity Consortium is providing nutrition education and activity promotion for 30 north state agencies via a three-year $5 million grant awarded October 2004. SCNAC also subcontracted in October 2005 to provide services to low-income students as part of a US Department of Education Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant.

Office of Sponsored Programs, CSU Chico

Gerard L. Hanley, Ph.D.

"Scaling Peer Review Process for national STEM Digital Library Collections"

The Office of the Chancellor's Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (www.merlot.org) developed the process for peer reviewing for the quality, effectiveness, and usability of online teaching materials. The grant was awarded to develop a professional development module for training peer reviews that other NSDL projects could deploy to effectively and efficiently implement and sustain peer review of the collections. This 4-year, $409,000 grant is funded by the national Science Foundation.

Laura J. Robles, Ph.D., Professor of Biology,
Acting Dean for Graduate Studies and Research
National Institutes of Health
Minority Biomedical Research Support,
Support of Continuous Research Excellence (MBRS/SCORE)

"Cytoskeleton and Signaling Pathways in Photoreceptors"

Photoreceptor cells in the retina have complex cytoskeletons that control the overall shape of the cell and direct protein and vesicular trafficking. Our research investigates whether activation of the visual pigment rhodopsin after the absorption of light activates Rho signaling pathways and expression and translation of cytoskeletal mRNAs into protein. Knowledge of retinal signaling pathways will facilitate out understanding of retinal diseases that involve cytoskeletal proteins.

"Cal State Long Beach Faculty Group Receives $6.56 Million Research Grant from the National Institutes of Health"

Ten CSULB faculty members are sharing a four-year grant of nearly $6.56 million from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences' Minority Biomedical Research Support-Support of Continuous Research excellence (SCORE) program, part of the National Institutes of Health. The program aims to increase opportunities for faculty and underrepresented students in biomedical and behavioral sciences.

Patrick A. Kelly, Associate Professor of Biology and Coordinator, Endangered Species Recovery Program

The CSU Stanislaus, Endangered Species Recovery Program received a grant of $253,000 to continue propagation and re-introduction of riparian brush rabbits from the Central Valley Project Conservation Program in 2005-06. This is only the latest grant in this 5-year cooperative program with Federal and State agencies, private landowners and individuals to recover this endangered species.

For photos and further information, see:
The Endangered Species Recovery Program
Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office

Hernan L. Martinez, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry
National Institutes of Health
Minority Biomedical Research Support, Support of Continuous Research Excellence (MBRS/SCORE)

"Including Active Transport in Cell Transport Phenomena Studies"

The Martinez laboratory explores the combined effect of several factors on the diffusion coefficient and on the rectification of Brownian motion. They are also interested in describing how these factors affect the kinetics of chemical reactions in disordered media such as the human cell. This work has direct applicability to understanding molecular motors.