This three-year, $398,548 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research between the College of William and Mary and Old Dominion University to study the intrinsic gas-phase acid-base properties and structures of non-protein amino acids and peptides containing these amino acids. The research teams, led by John C. Poutsma of William and Mary and Jennifer Poutsma of Old Dominion University, will employ...
Old Dominion University Research Foundation was awarded a $383,637 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds an undergraduate research opportunities program in chemistry for community college students at Old Dominion University from January 2022 through December 2024. The program aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical...
The University of Virginia, as prime grantee, was awarded a three-year project grant of $199,999 by the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate the supramolecular assembly of beta-sheet nanofibrils composed of mirror-image peptides. Working with sub-grantees the University of Rochester and New Jersey Institute of Technology, the University of Virginia will determine the near-atomic structure...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $343,638 to Texas A&M University-Commerce to conduct research on the thermochemistry, reaction dynamics, and conformational changes associated with the collisional activation of peptide ternary complexes and recombinant tagged proteins. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant include: Developing new zinc- and nickel-binding...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, under the federal CFDA program "Mathematical and Physical Sciences," provides $250,000 to Old Dominion University Research Foundation from July 15, 2022 to June 30, 2024. The funding supports research by Professor Erin B. Purcell and her group at Old Dominion University to study nucleotide signaling molecules known as "alarmones" in the anaerobic bacterium...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $610,000 will fund the development of a secondary ion mass spectrometer with multicharged ion sources at Old Dominion University from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2026. The project aims to advance fundamental understanding and applications of multicharged ion interactions under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which supports basic research and education in these fields. Specifically, the university will develop...
The National Science Foundation, through its Division of Chemistry and the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded a $577,690 Project Grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027. The grant supports research to characterize the biosynthetic pathways of dehydroamino acids in nonribosomal peptides, which are biologically and industrially important natural products. The research aims to understand the molecular details of...
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $250,000 project grant under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Odurf), a non-profit organization. The 2-year grant, active from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025, will support research by Professor Trandon Bender and students at Old Dominion University to develop new approaches for efficiently copolymerizing ethylene with...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), provides $792,584 to Old Dominion University (ODU) from September 2024 through August 2029. The funding supports research to develop multi-resolution docking methods for integrating advancements in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET), and structure prediction algorithms like AlphaFold2. The research...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support research to investigate the roles of amino acid isomerization, a chemical modification that affects the structure and function of cell-cell signaling peptides. The $681,070 award to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, which operates as the University of Nebraska, aims to provide critical insights into how living systems alter their cellular communication...