Research supported by NH-INBRE
All of the NH-INBRE Goals are strongly supported by the Developmental Research Projects Program (DRPP), which funds competitive cutting-edge biomedical research proposed and led by faculty at Partner institutions that enables intense engagement by both students and faculty at Partners.
NH-INBRE funding establishes research programs that successfully compete for other funding sources as the research develops.
Research projects are of three types:
(1) Research Projects require a 50% effort commitment from the faculty principal investigator.
(2) Pilot Projects require a 25% effort commitment from the faculty principal investigator.
(3) Collaborative Projects are Research or Pilot Projects that include a collaborating faculty member from Dartmouth or UNH.
The next Funding Opportunity Announcement will be released October 2017 for Projects beginning July 1, 2018.
Current Research Projects (7/1/2015 – 6/30/2018)
COLLABORATIVE PILOT PROJECT
Lori Bergeron, New England College
C-di-GMP mediated biofilm formation in Pseudomonas fluorescens
Collaborator and Mentor: George O’Toole, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
COLLABORATIVE PILOT PROJECT
Chris Chabot, Plymouth State University
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of circadian and circatidal rhythms
Collaborator and Mentor: Winsor Watson, University of New Hampshire
COLLABORATIVE PILOT PROJECT
Paul Baures, Keene State College
Advancement of a novel fatty acid synthase inhibitor
Collaborator and Mentor: William Kinlaw, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
COLLABORATIVE PILOT PROJECT
Anthony Scioli, Keene State College
An efficacy and feasibility study of a hope-centered intervention for adolescents
Collaborator and Mentor: Anna Adachi-Mejia, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
James Newcomb, New England College
Neural mechanisms of circadian rhythms and interactions between clocks
Collaborator and Mentor: Winsor Watson, University of New Hampshire
RESEARCH PROJECT
Mike Son, Plymouth State University
The effects of clinically relevant SNPs on virulence capabilities of V. cholerae
Mentor: Deborah Hogan, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
PILOT PROJECT
Daniel Broek, Saint Anselm College
Cell survival through a dicentric chromosome phase
Mentor: Duane Compton, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Deborah McCarter-Spaulding, Saint Anselm College
Enhancing follow-up mechanisms for women at risk for postpartum depression
PILOT PROJECT
Amy Piispanen, Franklin Pierce University
Regulation of the Cek1 MAP kinase cascade and morphogenesis in Candida albicans
Mentor: Paula Sundstrom, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
PILOT PROJECT
Thomas Shell, Saint Anselm College
Targeted treatment of cancer and neurological disorders
PILOT PROJECT
Lawrence Welkowitz, Keene State College
Behavioral and cortical effects of computerized language training for autism
Previous Research Projects
COLLABORATIVE PILOT PROJECT
Lori Bergeron, New England College
Metal dependent gene expression in A. naeslundii
Collaborator and Mentor: George O’Toole, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
COLLABORATIVE PILOT PROJECT
James Newcomb, New England College
Molecular & neural mechanisms of circadian rhythms in a gastropod model organism
Collaborator and Mentor: Winsor Watson, University of New Hampshire
RESEARCH PROJECT
Daniel Broek, Saint Anselm College
A yeast-based screen for identification of mammalian genes that regulate ploidy
Mentor: Duane Compton, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
RESEARCH PROJECT
Chris Chabot, Plymouth State University
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of circadian and circatidal rhythms
Mentor: Winsor Watson, University of New Hampshire
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
Susan Whittemore, Keene State College
Identification of signaling pathways affected by early exposure to prevalent PAHs
Collaborator and Mentor: Leslie Henderson, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
COLLABORATIVE PILOT PROJECT
Susan Arruda, Franklin Pierce University
Characterizing a novel G protein-coupled receptor in Drosophila vision
Collaborator and Mentor: Patrick Dolph, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
PILOT PROJECT
Marjorie King, Plymouth State University
Reliability of center of foot pressure in the older adult population
Mentor: Jon Lurie, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
PILOT PROJECT
Mike Son, Plymouth State University
Characterization of increased virulence mechanisms in clinical V. cholerae
Mentor: Deborah Hogan, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
PILOT PROJECT
James Jukosky, Colby-Sawyer College
Developing novel antimicrobials derived from burying beetles
Mentor: Steven Fiering, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
PILOT PROJECT
Jason Pellettieri, Keene State College
Light-induced pigment cell apoptosis
Mentor: David Mullins, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
Nicholas Baer, Colby Sawyer
The role of ecological, chemical and landscape factors in determining methyl mercury bioaccumulation in stream food webs
Collaborator: Celia Chen, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
Adam Wenzel, Saint Anselm College
The influence of body mass index on changes in macular pigment, serum carotenoids and c-reactive protein
Collaborator: Joanne Curran Celentano, University of New Hampshire
PILOT PROJECT
Heather Frasier Chabot, New England College
Health and its association with physiologic distress and bystander intervention in domestic violence
PILOT PROJECT
Loren Launen, Keene State College
A molecular characterization of the structure and function of aromatic hydrocarbon degrading microbes present in the tidal wetlands of the Great Bay estuary
PILOT PROJECT
Bill Thomas, Colby-Sawyer College
An analysis of a-catenin functions in transfected DLC1 carcinoma cells
PILOT PROJECT
Joseph Troisi, Saint Anselm College
Pavlovian and operant interactions of discriminant stimulus effects of nicotine and ETOH in rats: Analyses of conditioned reinforcement, extinction, and response recovery
McCarter-Spaulding Lab at Saint Anselm College
From left, Sheila Trifone, Keerstyn Allen, Hannah Pirozzoli, Felicia McKinnon, and Professor Deborah McCarter-Spaulding, Ph.D., WHNP-BC, RN
Students from the Bergeron and Newcomb Labs at New England College
From left to right, Thomas Lott, David Giacalone, Kaitlin Warwicker, Emily Gubbins, Rachel Thomas, and Izhar Mbarani.
Baures lab at Keene State College
From left to right: Mallory Pearce, Evan Dunkley, Margaret Maloy, Paul Baures, Ph.D., Elizabeth McGurk, and Victoria Smolenski.