Garry Sunter
UTSA MBRS program awarded $10 million grant
(Feb. 25, 2004)--The UTSA Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) program has been awarded a four-year, $10 million grant by the National Institutes of Health.
MBRS seeks to increase the participation of individuals from minority or underrepresented groups in scientific research. The MBRS Support for Continuous Research Excellence (SCORE) program provides funding for 11 faculty research projects at UTSA.
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RSS FeedsUTSA's numerous SCORE research projects include developing treatments for Alzheimer's disease, developing a vaccine to prevent chlamydia and studying age-related changes affecting bone strength.
Garry Sunter, UTSA assistant professor of biology and a SCORE researcher, is studying a protein that regulates plant stress levels to combat gemini viruses. Gemini viruses, commonly found in agriculture, damage tomato, wheat, spinach and squash crops worldwide.
"This is an economic issue of great importance, particularly to developing nations that could suffer catastrophic consequences from even a small percentage loss of food sources," said Sunter.
UTSA's involvement in the SCORE program began in 1981 and has increased over the years as more faculty members pursue biomedical research projects. SCORE develops the biomedical research capability of the faculty and increases the number of minorities engaged in biomedical research.
To accomplish this goal, researchers must increase the number of publications in peer-reviewed journals and increase the number and size of non-MBRS grants submitted and funded. Additionally, the rate of faculty with at least one minority student in their programs must be increased as well as the participation rate of SCORE faculty serving as referees for journals or grants.
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UTSA MBRS SCORE GRANTS:
Andy Martinez -- "Influence of Apolipoprotein E2 and E4 on Development of Hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease" ($254,804)
Bernard Arulanandam -- "The Role of IgA in CPAF-Induced Protection Against C.trachomitis Infection" ($216,559)
Garry Sunter -- "Viral Gene Interactions with Cellular Pathways Regulating Defense Responses" ($205,837)
Brenda Claiborne -- "Structure and Function of Single Neurons in Aged Mice" ($199,633)
James Chambers -- "In Vitro Matrix Selection and Aptamer Characterization" ($182,123)
George Negrete -- "Green Paradigm for Auxiliary-Mediated Asymmetric Transformations" ($140,054)
Xiadodu Wang -- "Age-Related Changes in Collagen and Its Relationship to the Toughness of Bone" ($131,557)
Hyunsoo Han -- "Rational and Comprehensive Approaches Towards the Steroselective Synthesis of Polyhydroxy Amines" ($130,367)
Edwin Barea-Rodriguez -- "Dietary Restriction, Aging, Learning and LTP" ($125,396)
Waldemar Gorski -- "Enzyme Electrodes Based on Chitosan Scaffoldings" ($106,427)
Martha Lundell -- "The Role of Notch Signaling in the Differentiation of Serotonin Neurons" ($35,000)