The University of Florida was awarded a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to characterize a family of enzymes responsible for the modular architecture of nematode pheromones. The grant was awarded on August 15, 2022 with a completion date of July 31, 2025.
The funding supports research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA #47.049) to increase understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Specifically, the...
The University of Florida was awarded a $645,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award will support research into catenated, singlet fission, and semi-conducting cyclic polymers from September 2021 through August 2024. The grant funds will enable the University of Florida Division of Sponsored Research to advance scientific understanding of major problems...
Florida State University will receive $450,000 from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research on more efficient synthesis of complex biologically active natural products from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. Principal Investigator Joel M. Smith and his team will develop novel strategies for constructing challenging molecular architectures found in nature, such as piperidine alkaloids. This work will provide new...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $818,368 supports research into the extraordinary connections between flavonol and benzoate metabolism at the University of Florida from May 2022 through April 2025. The goal is to elucidate how plants and some bacteria degrade flavonols and use the breakdown products to make crucial molecules like antioxidants, antimicrobial compounds, and precursors for photosynthesis, respiration, vitamin biosynthesis, and biopolymer assembly. The research...
This two-year, $249,840 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate will fund research into the contributions of adrenodoxin to cytochrome P450 catalysis, as well as related student support activities. Professor Michael Reddish of Appalachian State University will investigate how ferredoxin proteins enable cytochrome P450 enzymes to catalyze various chemical reactions important in nature and industrial processes. The research aims to...
The University of Florida, as prime grantee, was awarded a three-year $281,184 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports collaborative research between the University of Florida, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute to examine the connections between structure, dynamics, and catalysis of reactions with oxygen on bimetallic and single atom alloy...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $234,925 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Florida. This 2-year research project, led by Professor Kate Carroll, will investigate the chemical reactivity and impact of post-translational modifications to cysteine thiols in proteins. Through synthesis and physical-organic characterization, the research will explore how different cysteine thiol modifications affect the properties...
The University of Florida was awarded a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry to support research on "NOVEL IMINE FORMATION BY ATP GRASP ENZYMES" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024.
The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise. Under this award, the University of Florida will conduct...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL), operating through its Office of Research. This 3-year collaborative research grant, beginning September 15, 2023, will support an investigation into the initial charge separation mechanism in Photosystem I, a critical component of photosynthesis in plants, algae, and bacteria. The research team, led by...
The University of Florida was awarded a $540,556 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund the CAS-MNP: Dimetallic CO Homocoupling and Functionalization project from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The project aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences by increasing understanding of major problems through increasing the store of...