Spring Commencement Edition 2011 - FAMU

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Publisher: K. Ken Redda, Ph.D. Editor: O.S. LamarGraphic Designer: Faraji JacksonFAMU Office of CommunicationsAll other collaborators and contributors

Office of the Vice President for Research (850) 412-5102 Office of Sponsored Programs (850) 599-3531

Office of Technology Transfer, Licensing and Commercialization (850) 412-7232Office of Animal Welfare and Research Integrity (850) 412-5246

Office of Contracts and Grants (850) 412-5067

www.famu.edu (click on “research” link)

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Office of the Vice President

410 Foote-Hilyer Administration Center Tallahassee, Florida 32307

DIVISION OF RESEARCH

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTSAwards Received Pg.3-6

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ArticlesCancer Discoveries

Grants Mangement Workshop

Huan Chen Award

Harris Foundation Summer Camp

Research Advisory Committee Speaker

President Ammons Awards Scholarships

FAMU Researchers Attract Licensing

Jones Hall Reopening

Proposals Submitted

Research Funding Opportunities

-Spring Commencement 2011 Edition

3-D pyrolle molecule courtesy of the research of K. Ken Redda, Ph.D.

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12/6/2010 Southeastern Vine Improvement and Distribution

Program

Violetka Colova CESTA Department of Agriculture-APHIS

$113,244

12/7/2010 MDAHEC Tobacco Training Margareth Larose Pharmacy Miami-Dade Area Health Education

Center, Inc.

$2,000

12/10/2010 Sustainable Approach for Integrated Management of

Fluid….

Raymond Hix CESTA University of Florida $30,266

12/10/2010 Collaborative Research: Outwelling of Dissolved

Organic

Jennifer Cherrier Environmental Sciences Institute

National Science Foundation

$6,492

12/10/2010 Dynamics of X-Pinches Powered by a Capacitor Bank

Richard Appartaim Architecture Department of Energy $40,000

12/10/2010 Process Analysis for ATK Area I First Stage Element

Okenwa Okoli Engineering ATK Launch Systems, Inc. $131,245

12/10/2010 Collaborative Research: Outwelling of Dissolved

Organic


National Science Foundation

$92,535

12/14/2010 Efficacy of Elsinoe Induced Protiens on Controlling….

Mehboob Sheikh CESTA Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer

Services

$22,000

12/14/2010 Carl A. Perkins Nancy Fontaine FAMU DRS Florida Department of Education

$25,000

12/15/2010 GAMU Innovative Approach to Accelerating the Commercial

Assistance Grant Program

Tanaga Boozer SUS Board of Governors $65,000

12/16/2010 Acute Effects of Oil on N. Gulf

of Mexico Reefs……

Charles Jagoe Environmental Sciences Institute

University of West Florida

$49,335

12/17/2010 Community Health Centers of Pinellas

John Scrivens Pharmacy Community Health Centers of Pinellas Inc.

$267,291

Date Awarded Title Principal Investigator School/College SponsorAmount/

IncrementAwarded

$100 MillionRunning

For

12/20/2010 BPC-AE: Collaborative Research: The ARTSI Alliance :

Advancing Robotics Technology for Societal Impact

Clement Allen Arts & Sciences National Science Foundation

$11,260

12/21/2010 Impacts from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill…..

Charles Jagoe Environmental Sciences Institute

Florida Gulf Coast University

$82,221


Date Awarded Title Principal Investigator School/College SponsorAmount/

IncrementAwarded

1/3/2011 Osceola County Health Department

Frank Emanuel Pharmacy Florida Department of

Health

$249,929

1/7/2011 Assessment of the Effects of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Ashvini Chauhan Environmental Sciences Institute

University of West Florida

$90,034

1/7/2011 FAMU RCMI ARRA Community

Engagement…

Henry Lewis Pharmacy Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

$25,000

1/18/2011 Florida Endowment Chanta Haywood Graduate Studies Florida Endowment Fund $10,000

1/21/2011 SEC Model Pilot Project Gregory Harris Arts & Sciences Florida Department of Juvenile Justice

$400,000

1/24/2011 Title I, Part A: Improving the Academic Acheivement……

Nancy Fontaine Education Florida Department ofEducation

$123,549

1/24/2011 Title II, Part A: Teacher and Principal Training and

Recruiting

Nancy Fontaine Education Florida Department of Education

$35,611

1/25/2011 Dwight David Eisenhower Fellowship Program

Makola Abdullah CESTA Department of Transportation

$1,500

1/25/2011 New and Beginning Farmer Training Program

Vonda Richardson CESTA Department of Agriculture

$150,052

1/25/2011 Dwight David Eisenhower Fellowship

Makola Abdullah CESTA Department of Transportation

$1,500

1/25/2011 Design of Autonomous Non-

Linear Control SystemsDecatur Rogers Administration Boeing Company $5,000

1/25/2011 Black Male College Explorers Program

Edward Tolliver Education Florida Department of Education

$286,751

1/26/2011 Title IV-E Child Welfare Education Program

Brenda Jarmon Arts & Sciences Florida Atlantic University

$12,000

1/26/2011 U.S. -Brazil Environmental/AgriBusiness

Cross Cultural…..

Joseph Jones Administration University of West Florida

$24,720

2/1/2011 Behavioral Health Leadership Development Program

Yolanda Bogan Education Morehouse School of Medicine

$10,000

2/1/2011 Linking the Florida Cancer Registry Data with Hospital

Hiong Xiao Pharmacy Florida Department of Health

$29,568

2/2/2011 Prostate Cancer: The Where,

When and Why of Racial Disparities

Hong Xiao Pharmacy American Cancer

Society, Inc.

$398,739

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2/3/2011 Impacting Minority Health Outcomes using Clinical….

Carol Warren Pharmacy PhRMA Foundation $60,000

2/3/2011 FAMU/Target Campus Grant: Lead the Leaders Institute

Mildred Brickler Pharmacy Target Corporation $3,000

2/3/2011 Title I School Improvement Initiative

Nancy Fontaine Education Florida Department of Education

$126,175

2/4/2011 African American Tobacco Network

Barbara Mosley Allied Health Sciences

Florida Department of Health

$75,000

2/4/2011 2010 -2011 College Reach-Out Program

Dorothy Henderson General Studies Florida Department ofEducation

$31,216.50

2/8/2011 Investigation of Translational Outcome…..

Mandip Sachdeva Pharmacy Charles Drew Universityof Medicine and Science

$25,000

2/8/2011 Developing Low-Chill and Heat Tolerant Raspberry

Bobby Phills CESTA Florida Department ofAgriculture and

Consumer

$103,157

2/8/2011 PharmD Residency Program Henry Lewis Pharmacy Bristol -Myers Squibb Compnay

$180,176

2/9/2011 Small Business Development Center 2011

Charles Evans Administration University of West Florida

$227,522

2/11/2011 FSU AHEC Program -Tobacco Training and Cessation

Angela Hill Pharmacy Florida State University $7,546

2/11/2011 FAMU Crestview Education Center

Cynthia Hughes-Harris Administration Florida Department of Health

$600,000

2/16/2011 Development and

Implementation of High-

Bandwith -Control

Farrukh Alvi Engineering Air Force Office of

Scientific Research

$183,151

2/16/2011 Cooperative Systems: Task Allocation for Heterogenous Ag

Emmanuel Collins Engineering Army Research Office $51,991

2/16/2011 Towards Understanding Mechanisms of Host Resistance

to Downy…..

Jiang Lu Education Department of Agriculture

$206,516

2/16/2011 CESTA Summer Youth Development Institute

Bobby Phills CESTA Department of Agriculture

$132,950

2/24/2011 Florida Vine Improvement: Disease Free G1-Nuclear Plan

Violetka Colova CESTA Florida Department of Agriculture and

Consumer

Services

Services

$133,262


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2/25/2011 ARTSI Alliance:Advancing Robotics Technology for

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Clement Allen Arts & Sciences National Science Foundation

$55,452

3/1/2011 Tracing the Intrusion of the GOM 2010 Oil Spill…..


Florida State University $140,930

3/7/2011 Moving Nusery Producers Toward Sustainable Production

Edwin Duke Education University of Florida $5,030

3/10/2011 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Clinic

Darryll Jones Law Southern University $14,000

$43,681,660.33

TOTAL YEAR TO DATE:


COX Channel Mouth courtesy of the research of K. Ken Redda, Ph.D.

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CANCER DISCOVERIES Florida A&M University Researcher Receives Another U.S. Patent Targeting Cancer

Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Pharmacy and Pharma-ceutical Sciences (CoPPS) Asso-ciate Professor, Nazarius S. Lamango, Ph.D., recently received a U.S. Patent (U.S. 7,897,604) that will help diagnose and treat Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Triple Negative Breast Cancer disproportionally affects African American and Hispanic Women.

Moreover, approximately one in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer in her lifetime. How-

ever, breast cancer incidence and death rates have been declining during the past decade, thanks to focused research, medical advancements and better aware-ness among women. Early detec-tion and knowing the signs of breast cancer is key in the fight against breast cancer.

“Dr. Lamango's discovery is very important because it could poten-tially increase survival rates by providing better treatment options for women with TNBC,” said Tanaga Boozer, J.D., Acting Direc-tor for the Office of Technology

Transfer, Licensing and Commer-cialization (OTTLC). Dr. Lamango said, “We are very excited about this research on this particular enzyme because of the novel therapeutic potential. The abnor-mally high levels of the enzyme we have seen in samples from some patients coupled with the fact that we are devising ways to bring down such elevated activities to normal physiological levels and kill cancer cells in the process offers hope not only for diagnostic approaches but for treatments as well.”

Reprinted with permission from the 2011 Licensing Executives Society (LES)Meeting hosted by the FAMU and Florida State University (FSU) Chapters.


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FAMU Division of Research— The highly competitive and prestigious Na-tional Science Foun-dation (NSF)) Doc-toral Dissertation Improvement (DDI) grants have been around for at least three decades. How-ever, research shows that only one award had been made to an HBCU—Howard University (1986) that is until a few weeks ago when Florida A&M University (FAMU) became the first and only non medical affiliated HBCU to receive an award. More often these grants are awarded to the nation’s leading research institutions. The award to FAMU was made possible largely through the efforts of a Ph.D. student, Ms. Huan Chen (pictured above), in the Environmental Sciences In-stitute (ESI) with the guidance, support and encouragement of her faculty advisor and mentor, Henry Neal Williams, Ph.D.

However, this is not the first occasion in which Ms. Chen has made FAMU a pioneer. She has represented the FAMU ESI well in many venues during her graduate studies, including the NSF-funded Frontiers in In-tegrative Biology Research Interdisciplinary Workshop at Montana State University and later the highly selective international course on Bioinformatics and Comparative Ge-nome Analysis organized by the Institute de Pasteur and the European Molecular Biol-ogy Organization held in Hong Kong. Last year she was one of only 16 multi-national

participants selected to participate in the highly acclaimed 2010 summer workshop “Microbial Oceanography: From Genomes to Biomes” held at the University of Hawaii and sponsored by the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (CMORE) and the Agouron Institute Pool. K. Ken Redda, Ph.D., Professor & Acting Vice President for Research commented on the phenomenal recognition: “This is an outstanding achievement in the FAMU re-search community. I commend Ms. Chen and Dr. Williams for receiving such a pres-tigious recognition. I appreciate NSF’s sup-port for this worthy recommendation.”

Last spring, Chen and one of her lab mates, Tamar Dickerson, were among only 24 stu-dents selected nationwide to participate in the Inaugural 2010 American Society for Microbiology Scientific Writing and Pub-lishing Institute in Washington, D.C.; Huan and Tamar also were selected to attend (by invitation only) the 2010 Gordon Confer-ence. Chen is also listed on a provisional patent along with Dr. Williams and a col-

laborator at the Uni-versity of Florida (UF). Another recent notable accomplish-ment by Ms. Chen was the acceptance of her first manuscript for publication in the International Society for Microbial Ecol-ogy Journal, a leading journal in the field of ecology.

Ms. Chen has an ex-emplary academic re-

cord with a 4.0 grade point average.

“Huan’s thirst for knowledge and drive to achieve her goals is among the best I have seen,” says Williams. She was determined to submit the grant proposal and became fully immersed in doing all the background research needed to write a competitive ap-plication and in reading all the instructions pertaining to the proposal although she was already overloaded with experiments, writ-ing papers and preparing for her first Dis-sertation Committee meeting. Credit is also due to Dr. Jonathan Badger who reviewed the proposal and offered suggestions to Ms. Chen. Williams says that “Huan has already demonstrated outstanding potential to be-come a leader in science” and adds that it has been a great pleasure working with such a talented and dedicated student for her M.S. degree work completed in December 2008 and now for her doctoral studies. For more information on FAMU’s Environ-mental Sciences Institute (ESI), please visit www.famu.edu or call 850-599-3550.

Huan Chen, FAMU ESI Doctoral StudentAwarded Prestigious NSF Doctoral DissertationImprovement Grant


John J. Tracy, Ph.D. (pictured above), Chief Technology Officer for The Boeing Company and senior vice president of En-gineering, Operations & Technology, pre-sented a seminar on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. with Q & A following until about 12:30 p.m. Tracy received his doctorate in engineering (1987) from the University of California-Irvine, and his MS and BS degrees in physics re-spectively from California State University-Los Angeles (1981) and California State University-Dominguez Hills (1976).

Dr. Tracy is responsible for defining and implementing corporate strategies for at-taining and maintaining technical and func-tional excellence across the enterprise. He was referred by FAMU alumnus and Boeing Technical Fellow, David Blanding—a mem-ber of FAMU’s Industry Cluster.

In addition to serving on Boeing’s Executive Council, Tracy oversees the development and implementation of the enterprise tech-nology investment strategy and provides strategic direction to several functions and

business organizations comprising more than 100,000 employees. These include the Engineering, Operations, and Supplier Management functions, and also the Infor-mation Technology, Enterprise Technology Strategy, Research & Technology, Test & Evaluation, Intellectual Property Manage-ment, and Environment, Health & Safety organizations.

His timely topic: “The Leveraging of Aca-demic Research with Corporate Business and Technology Strategy” helped reinforce the important roles FAMU and Boeing share in furthering STEM (Science, Tech-nology, Engineering, Mathematics) gradu-ates, of which FAMU is a formidable team player. K. Ken Redda, Ph.D., Professor and Acting Vice President for Research at FAMU commented on this seminar: “It was an honor and privilege to host Dr. John J. Tracy for this important activity—to have such a highly distingushed scientist and ad-ministrator to share his perspectives with our students, staff, faculty and administra-tion. This was just another opportunity for FAMU to promote STEM partnerships with industry.”

FAMU’s Research Advisory Committee hosts Spring Semester Speaker

“The Leveraging of Academic Research

with Corporate Business and

Technology Strategy”

John J. Tracy, Ph.D.Chief Technology Officer

The Boeing Company

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In a continual effort to help FAMU princi-pal investigators maximize their opportuni-ties to incentivize their proposal submis-sions, thus grant procurement, two sessions of a GRANTS MANAGEMENT WORK-SHOP—“A Refresher Seminar: What every PI Needs to Know about Effective Grant Compliance and Management” were held during the Spring semester. Three hours each of morning and afternoon meetings were held in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium, New Phar-macy Building.

The workshops covered several administra-

tive, compliance and financial consider-ations for successful management of pro-posals and grant awards. Topics included: grant terms and conditions; budget prepa-rations, proposal administration and sub-mission guidelines; handling sub awards in proposals, sub-award negotiations, is-suance, monitoring and closeout; allow-able costs, managing spending, timely and financial reporting.

Objectives upon completion of this workshop were for participants to be able to:• Identify and effectively apply grant

terms and conditions• Identify and avoid unallowable

costs• Understand grant proposal

and submission guidelines• Effectively justify document

sub-awards• Understand the importance

and process for submitting timely financial reports

• Adjust smoothly to agency up-dates and more…

Immediate feedback yielded an assess-ment to help “close the loop” re: the efficacy of the workshop sessions. Ac-

cording to the sign in sheets, there was an audience of approximately 48 participants. However, there were only 23 evaluation forms (48%) completed/submitted. There were 12 items to be scored on the evaluation forms, with ratings ranging from 1 (Strongly Disagree) through 6 (Strongly Agree), with the maximum score being 72 points per form. After some minor calculations, the average score for the population was about 62.609 points, which when broken down leads to each item having an average rank score of about 5 (Agree). We look forward to furthering your diverse research activities at 850-599-3531 or [email protected].

GRANTS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPA Refresher Seminar: What every PI Needs to Know about

Effective Grant Compliance and Management

A competitive, nationwide process has yielded 54 middle school student participants who will develop and enhance their competencies through science education via PEACE—

Planet Earth and Climate Education—we can change the world through science education. The Camp, in its second year, is administered through the FAMU Col-lege of Education, Secondary and Foun-dations, Science Education Program.

The Harris Foundation’s Mission: Founded in 1998 by Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr., The Harris Foundation, Inc. (THF) is a 501 (c) (3), non-profit orga-nization based in Houston, Texas, whose mission is to invest in community-based initiatives to support education, health and wealth. THF supports programs that empower individuals, in particular minorities and others who are economi-cally and/or socially disadvantaged, to recognize their potential and pursue their dreams. Through their interactive STEM

education, health and wealth programs, they prepare students and communities for a world of infinite possibilities.

Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp: As another means to reach under-represented populations, Dr. Bernard Harris and the Exx-onMobil Foundation are in the fifth year of its summer science camps held at college cam-puses around the country during June, July and August. These two-week, free residential camps offer innovative programs to enhance student knowledge in science, technology, en-gineering and math, while also fostering lead-ership and citizenship.

Students are recommended by their counsel-ors and teachers and must also have: a “B” av-erage; score at least at the median to superior level in standardized mathematics and science tests; and, show interest in math and science. In general, the program targets students in urban districts around the United States who may not have the opportunity to visit a college campus.

Pictured (L-R): Bernard A. Harris, Jr., M.D., President and CEO, The Harris Foundation; Alice Scruggs, Camp Program Director; Edith G. Davis, Ed.D., Executive Director and Beth Snyder, Major Program Officer, Education & Environmen-tal Office, Exxon/Mobil Corporation presented this check to Florida A&M University (FAMU) to fund the Bernard Harris Summer Camp (June 12 through June 25, 2011).

Harris Foundation for the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp

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K. Ken Redda, Ph.D., presents an overview at the Grants Management Workshop

Participants observe latest tips for grant compliance at FAMU.


Life got a little better for some of the State of Florida’s best and brightest students as Florida A&M University (FAMU) President James H. Ammons awarded more than $1.5 million in scholarships during its fourth an-nual President’s Tour: FAMU Up Close and Personal. During his seven-city tour, Am-mons visited The Villages, Leesburg, Winter Haven, St. Petersburg, Naples, Ft. Myers and Miami.

Accompanying Ammons on the tour were university recruiters, administrators, student leaders and members of the FAMU Con-nection, a group of talented students who tell the university’s story through song and dance.

At the Seabreeze Recreation Center in The Villages, Fla., Ammons awarded $168,000 in scholarships to students including two Dis-tinguished Scholarship Awards.

“At FAMU, we are going to put you on a path to the good life,” said Ammons. “We are here today to recognize and acknowledge you [students].”

In Leesburg, Ammons awarded the first Life-Gets-Better (LGB) Scholarship to Lachonda Lacey, a sophomore at South Sumter High School in Bushnell, Fla. The LGB scholarship pays for tuition and fees, room and board, books, provides a $500 stipend per semester, a PC notebook, an iPad and a guaranteed summer internship.

Ammons stated that he wanted to be the first to offer Lacey a scholarship. When asked how does she feel to be offered a scholarship while being a sophomore, Lacey said, “It is so amazing that it is indescribable,” while smil-ing from ear to ear.

What makes the sophomore so unique is that she is in the process of trying to get a patent on a new treatment of a staph infection called MRSA (Methicillin-re-sistant staphylococcus aureus), which is an infection that is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that’s become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections.

“My (research) project, the tea tree test, was designed to find a more natural and applica-ble way to treat staph infections,” said Lacey.

After 48 hours of testing, Lacy stated she measured the area that the remedy killed off the bacteria. After obtaining the results, she shared her results with a scien-tist she was working with and the scientist was so surprised by the results that she sent the remedy to a corporate lab to test on MRSA, which came back to verify the re-sults.

In his hometown of Winter Ha-ven, Ammons awarded another LGB Scholarship to Stephon Mikell, a senior at Internation-al Baccalaureate Bartow High School. Mikell, who scored a 34 on the ACT and maintains a 4.3 grade point average, was in shock when his name was called as a LGB scholarship recipient.

“When I heard my name, I started to shake,” said Mikell, who plans to major in mathematics. “It is good to know that they [FAMU] cared enough to come. I didn’t consider FAMU but my mindset has changed. I am still shaking.”

Steeve Pierre-Lewis, a senior at Blanche Ely High in Miami, Fla. and a recipient of the LGB scholarship, expressed his thoughts about being awarded the scholarship.

“FAMU was not on my list before, but now it is,” said Pierre-Lewis, showcasing an award-winning smile. “This [LGB scholarship] is a great incentive. Also, another turning point was hearing the student’s perspective.”

At the beginning of the program, Breyon Love, vice president of FAMU’s Student Government Association (SGA) and SGA’s president elect; Kindall Johnson, the 2010-2011 Miss FAMU; Iman Sandifer, a his-tory education student; and Omitope Tay-lor, a mechanical engineering student who received a LGB in the fall of 2008, shared their FAMU story with the audience. Following the students’ perspectives, President Ammons shared with the par-ents, students and alumni, some of FAMU’s accomplishments and why FAMU was traveling the State of Florida.

“Our corporate partners provide the money for these scholarships awarded because they want FAMU talent,” said Ammons. “Our best scholarship, the Life-Gets-Better Schol-arship, is so good that life for the entire fam-ily gets better.”

The following are the scholarship amounts for each city.

The Villages $156,000Leesburg $ 72,000

Winter Haven $ 254,000St. Petersburg $ 184,000Dunbar High

School $ 80,000

Gulf Coast High School $ 13,000

Naples $ 44,000Coral Reef High

School $ 144,000

Miami $ 570,000 Reprint with permission from the FAMU Office of Communications.

President Ammons awarded Lachonda Lacey, a sophomore at South Sum-ter High School in Bushnell, Fla., a Life-Gets-Better (LGB) Scholarship. Lacey is in the process of a research project to get a patent on a new treat-

ment of a staph infection called MRSA (Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus).

President Ammons Awarded More Than $1.5 Million in Scholarships to Help Make Life a Little Better

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The 2011 Licening Exexutives Society (LES)Florida Chapter Meeting, held on March 28-29, was an opportunity to high-light the promising research conducted at Florida A&M University (FAMU) by pair-ing licensing executive and pharmaceutical representatives with university inventors and researchers. This collaborative event was sponsored by a grant from Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI), State Universities Awarded Research Com-mercialization Grants (SURCAG), and the Florida State University (FSU) and host-ed on FAMU’s campus in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium. The event began with a reception on the evening of March 28th held in collaboration with the Florida State’s Office of Intellectual Property (IP) Development and Commercialization. The reception, held at Hotel Duval’s Opal Room, was host to over 40 guests and was an excellent networking event.

The LES seminar on March 29th entitled “Licensing Opportunities and Challenges for Academic Discoveries” involved inter-active dialogue between 10 guest speakers and over 60 members that were in atten-dance. The topics ranged from Licensing vs. Start-up Approaches, Licensing and Monetization Strategies, and Technology Transfer Grants. Each speaker shared their experience in the biomedical field and of-fered advice to researchers about market-ing their findings and attracting invest-ments and licensing opportunities.

The guest speakers included: Dr. Ron King, Chief Scientific and Business Of-ficer, BioAccel; Dr. Eugene Buff, Vice President, Consulting, Yet2.com, Inc.; Dr. Sanjeev Munshi, Director, Licensing & External Research, Merck; Dr. Cameron Gray, Senior Vice President, ICAP Ocean Tomo; Dr. Akintunde Bello, Senior Direc-

tor/Group Manager, Clinical Pharmacol-ogy, Pfizer Inc.; Dr. Alexander Asea, Di-rector, Functional Proteomics Laboratory, Scott & White Texas A&M Health Science Center; Dr. Catherine Kunst, Executive Director, Innovation Park; Hilton Turner Jr., Innovation Strategy Manager, Purdue Research Foundation; Chuck Wells, As-sistant Director, Office of Public Health Research, Florida Department of Health.

For more information on the FAMU Of-fice of Technology Transfer, Licensing and Commercialization (OTTLC), call 850-412-7232

or visit

http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?DOR_division_of_research&WhoWeAre.

Emerson NaylorGraduate Assistant, OTTLC

FAMU Researchers Attract Licensing Opportunities & Professionals

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LES Meeting fosters collaboration with FAMU inventors and researchers.

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There may been a chill in the air and an over-cast over Florida A&M University (FAMU), but that did not stop FAMU’s Board of Trust-ees, administrators, faculty, and students from celebrating the official opening of Jones Hall.

“It is an honor to be here to officially recog-nize the reopening of another campus build-ing,” said FAMU President James H. Am-mons.

Ammons shared with the audience that he remembered when he was a student taking classes in Jones Hall.

“I remember when I took classes in Jones Hall,” said Ammons. “This building has meant so much to FAMU and students who have gone on to be leaders in science, tech-nology and mathematics. I’m proud of this renovation. I will continue to support the programs of Jones Hall because they support the mission of the university. Here we are to-day with a newly renovated state of the art

Jones Hall.”

Jones Hall houses the Departments of Biol-ogy, Chemistry and Physics. The renovation of Jones Hall included a complete interior renovation and modernization of all spaces, which included updated classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, offices, conference rooms, restrooms, a darkroom and a green-house.

Jones Hall was constructed in 1953 and reno-vated in 1974 and 1993.

“Students have come into this building to enhance their science studies,” said Provost Cynthia Hughes Harris. “This facility will pro-vide our students and future students with a strong learning environment. FAMU is dedi-cated and ready to serve.”

Dianna Martin, a senior biology pre-med stu-dent from Boca Raton, Fla., expressed her excitement about the newly renovated Jones Hall.

“I lived in the Jones Hall,” said Martin. “I spend a lot time in Jones Hall studying and conducting research. A lot of times we con-duct research with bacteria and viruses. Now we have the latest equipment to ensure that we are getting the best learning experience. Everything is readily accessible. It is so won-derful to have the latest technology. It is great to be able to compete with students from other universities as well as for the University to recruit some of the best and brightest stu-dents.”

After graduation, Martin plans to go to medi-cal school to become an infant cardiologist.

“This building is a gateway for all FAMU stu-dents,” said Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Ralph Turner. “Jones Hall has been held at high regard and its students can be transformed to scientist, science teachers and dentists. FAMU is a growing institution. This is a good sign for the future of the university.”

FAMU Officially Opens One of its State-of-the-Art Science Facilities, Jones Hall

Reprint courtesy of FAMU Office of CommunicationsPamela Tolson and Stephanie Lambert

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Ralph Turner expressed how Jones Hall is a gateway for all FAMU students during the opening ceremony.


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12/7/2010 Moses Kairo Investigating Potential Biological Control Agents and

tacties for use against thepassion -vine mealybug….

CESTA USDA/TSTAR $20,000

12/7/2010 John Scrivens The Community Health Centersof Pinellas and the FAMU

College of Phamacy andPharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmacy Community HealthCenter of Pinellas Co.

$267,291

12/10/2010 Adrienne Jackson Gadsden Co. Dept. of Health Small Projects Grant - Fall Prevention for the Elderly

Allied Health $10,000

12/10/2010 Barbara Mosley Gadsden Co. Dept. of HealthSmall Projects Grant -Cervical

Cancer Education


12/10/2010 Lon'Tejuana Hunter Gadsden Co. Dept. of Health Small Projects Grant - Infant

Mortality

Allied Health Gadsden Co. Department of Health

Gadsden Co. Department of Health





$10,000

12/10/2010 Bobby Phills Physiochemical and Nutraceutical Characteristics of

Blackberry Grown in ….

CESTA NABRGF,Inc. $5,000

12/10/2010 Mehboob Sheikh Understanding Molecular Mechanism for Developing Elite

Raspberry Cultivars

CESTA NABGRF, Inc. $5,000

12/13/2010 Kandy Woods Gadsden Co. Dept. of HealthSmall Projects Grant - AsthmaMgmt Program for Schools


12/13/2010 Aurelia Alexander Gadsden Co. Dept. of Health Small Projects Grant -

Nutrition - Obesity / HealthyFood Choices


12/13/2010 William Hudson Gadsden Co. Dept. of Health Small Projects Grant - Health

Education / Nutriention


12/13/2010 Roselyn Williams Collaborative Proposal: The Edge Program

Arts & Sciences Spelman College $150,339

12/17/2010 Mildred Brickler FAMU/Target Campus Grant: Lead the Leaders Institute (Beta

Sigma Chapter -Phi Lambda)

Pharmacy Target Corporation $3,000

12/21/2010 Dorothy Henderson TRIO Talent Search Program 2011 -2016

General Studies U.S. Department ofEducation

$330,471

12/22/2010 Gilbert Queeley A Master Farmer Program to Ensure the Sustainability of Beginning Minority Farmers

and Ranchers

CESTA USDA $735,620


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1/7/2011 Thomas Bellarmine Interactive Self-LearningModules and Technical E-Bookfor Electrical Circuit Core Course

for Engineering Students

CESTA University of Central Florida

$36,897

1/10/2011 Makola Abdullah FY 2011 FAMU Evans Allen Research Program (Pre -

Proposal)

CESTA USDA $1,976,232

1/10/2011 Makola Abdullah FAMU Extension 2011 (Pre -

Proposal)CESTA USDA $1,814,294

1/10/2011 Lawrence Carter Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (Pre -

Proposal)

CESTA USDA $167,020

1/12/2011 Edith Davis Micro Pedagogies: Implementing a Micro -Spiral

Curriculum to Prepare Pre -

Service Teachers for Interdisciplinary Science

Teaching

Education National Science Foundation

$448,077

1/13/2011 Carol Warren Impacting Minority Health Outcomes Using Clinical Trials

&

Patient Registry Data: Provider

Capacity

Pharmacy PhRMA Foundation $60,000

1/18/2011 Murell Dawson African American History and Culture

Arts & Sciences Institute of Museum& Library Services

$329,294

1/19/2011 Makola Abdullah Dwight Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship

(Derroll Taylor)

CESTA U.S.

U.S.

DOT/ Federal Highway

Administration

$1,500

1/19/2011 Makola Abdullah Dwight Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship

(Kermit Shockley)

CESTA DOT/Federal Highway

Administration

$1,500

1/20/2011 Zhongliang Wan Chemical and Biological Studieson the Anolgues of Cortistian A

Pharmacy Florida Department of

Health

$400,000

1/21/2011 Jiang Lu Accelerating Grape Cultivar Improvement Via PhenotypingCenters and Next Generation

Markers

CESTA USDA $63,748

1/21/2011 Richard Gragg Identifying Health Impacts and Building Community Resiliency in Deep Water Horizon Disaster

and Waste Disposal Impacted Communities

Environmental Sciences Institute

Dillard University $1,394,740

1/21/2011 Jaibun Earp FAMU Nurse PractitionerProgram

Nursing Health Resources& Services

Administration

$52,000

Date Submitted

AmountProposed


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1/26/2011 Harriet Paul Incorporating An International Perspective Into Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related

Disciplines through A Study In Vienna Program

CESTA USDA/NIFA $150,000

1/26/2011 Clifford Louime Strengthening the Global Competence of Minorities in

Bioenergy

CESTA USDA $149,994

1/26/2011 Ruena Norman Strategies to Admit and RetainStudents (The STARS Project)

Nursing Health Resources &Services

Administration

$1,054,196

1/27/2011 Lawrence Carter Renewable Resources ExtensionAct Program (Pre -Proposal)

CESTA USDA/NIFA $13,500

1/28/2011 Gang Chen Evaluation of Bt-Corn FieldPlanting Gene Flow throughPollination and Transgenic

Bacterial Spreading …

FAMU-FSUCollege of

Engineering

USDA/NIFA $439,333

1/31/2011 Nancy Fontaine Title I, Part A AYP Corrective Action Plan

FAMU DRS Florida Department of Education

$852

2/1/2011 Barbara Mosley African American TobaccoNetwork

Allied Health Florida Department of Health

$75,000

2/1/2011 Henry N. Williams HBCU-RISE Center for MicrobialEcology, Molecular Biology,

Biotechnology & Water Quality (ASM Undergraduate

Fellowship: Meagan Treadwell)


American Society forMicrobiology

$2,000

2/3/2011 Tiki Suarez -Brown Programs for Increasing theEngagement of

Underrepresented Ethnic Groups

and People with Disabiliities

Business & Industry

Department of Energy $13,970

2/4/2011 K. Ken Redda Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) (Pre -Proposal)

Division ofResearch

Department of Healthand Human Services

2/4/2011 Richard Gragg A Pilot Study on the CommunityEngagement Resilience

Framework (CERF)- Web-based


Dauphin Island SeaLab

$19,800

2/4/2011 Charles Evans Small Business Development Center 2011

Small BusinessDevelopment Center

University of WestFlorida

$227,522

2/7/2011 Angela Hill FSU Area Health EducationCenters (AHEC) Program

Tobacco Training and CessationProgram

Pharmacy Florida State $7,546

2/8/2011 Makola Abdullah FY 2011 Facilities Grant Program CESTA USDA $982,622

2/10/2011 Cynthia H. Harris FAMU Crestview EducationCenter

Academic Affairs Department of Health $600,000

2/10/2011 Ray Mobley Ag-Discovery Summer Enrichment Program

CESTA USDA $53,797

Date Submitted

AmountProposed


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2/15/2011 Angela Mckenzie-Jakes Providing Socially Disadvantaged Minority

Farmers and Ranchers (SDMFR"S) with Outreach

Education

CESTA USDA $1,028,497

2/16/2011 Karunya Kandimalla Immuno -Nanoyehicles toDiagnose and treat Cerebral

Amyloid Angiopathy

Pharmacy Alzheimer's Association

$240,000

2/17/2011 Oghenekome Onokpise Increasing the Pool of Blacks &Other Minority Professionals in

Forestry & Natural ResourceCourses

CESTA USDA/ Forest Service $22,500

2/17/2011 Angela Mckenzie-Jakes Alternative MarketingOpportunities for Florida Goat

Producers

CESTA USDA $181,362

2/17/2011 Darryll K. Jones Path to Financial Assistance:Volunteer Income Tax

Assistance Clinic

College of Law Southern University $14,000

2/22/2011 Lawrence Carter FAMU-Red Clay Garden Project CESTA USDA $140,000

2/22/2011 Nancy Fontaine Garrett A. Morgan Technologyand Transportation Education

Program

FAMU DRS U.S. Department $100,000

2/22/2011 Gang Chen Combined Carbon and NitrogenRemoval from Landfill Leachate

Using Microbial Fuel Cell Reactors

FAMU-FSU College

of EngineeringNational Science

Foundation

National ScienceFoundation

$326,379

2/23/2011 Nancy Fontaine Title II, Part A - Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting

FAMU DRS Florida Departmentof Education

Florida Departmentof Education



$1,794

2/23/2011 Nancy Fontaine IDEA, PART A, ENTITLEMENT FAMU DRS $10,350

2/23/2011 Nancy Fontaine Title I, Part A, Adequate Yearly

Progress SanctionsFAMU DRS $1,225

2/23/2011 Nancy Fontaine Title I, Part A, 20% Public Choicewith Transportation

FAMU DRS $13,712

3/2/2011 Edwin R. Duke Moving Nursery Producers Toward Sustainable Production

Practices

CESTA U.S. Department of Agriculture

$5,030

3/2/2011 Vonda Richardson An Educational Reality Series:Managing Production and

Marketing Risks

CESTA Southern Risk Management Ed.

Center

$49,800

3/3/2011 Clayton J. Clark II Estimating of Greenhouse Gas Emission Credits from Bio-

Oxidation of Methane …

FAMU-FSU Collegeof

Engineering

$299,606

Date Submitted

AmountProposed

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3/7/2011 Ralph Turner FL/GA Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

Arts & Sciences $19,000

3/7/2011 Carol Y. Scarlet Fast Team at Brookhaven National Laboratory - EDM

Experiment

Arts & Sciences $23,500

3/11/2011 Elizabeth Murell Dawson

Black Gold: Planning for Florida's African -American

Archival Treasures (Pre -

Proposal)

Black Archives Council on Library and Information

Resources

$180,791

3/11/2011 Clayton Clark II Improving the Evaluation andMitigation of Greenhouse Gas

Emissions for Rice Production …

CESTA USDA $192,299

$79,853,385

Date Submitted

AmountProposed




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SFellowships

Deadline: May 3, 2011

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fel-lowships.html

Overview: Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences,

or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials,

archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources in the humanities. Projects may be at any stage of

development.

Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan


http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships-japan.html

Overview: The Fellowship Program for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan is a joint activity of the Japan-U.S. Friend-

ship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Awards

support research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan’s

international relations, and U.S.-Japan rela-tions. The program encourages innovative research that puts these subjects in wider

regional and global contexts and is compar-ative and contemporary in nature. Research should contribute to scholarly knowledge

or to the general public’s understanding of issues of concern to Japan and the United

States. Appropriate disciplines for the research include anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, linguistics, political science, psychology,

public administration, and sociology.

Challenge Grants


http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/challenge.html

Overview: NEH challenge grants are capacity-building grants, intended to help institutions and organizations secure long-

term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Grants may be used to establish or enhance endow-

ments or spend-down funds (that is, funds that are invested, with both the income and the principal being expended over a defined

period of years) that generate expend-able earnings to support ongoing program

activities. Grantees may also use funds for one-time capital expenditures (such as construction and renovation, purchase of equipment, and acquisitions) that bring

long-term benefits to the institution and to the humanities more broadly.

Preservation and Access Research and Development


http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/PARD.html

Overview: Preservation and Access Re-search and Development grants support projects that address major challenges in

preserving or providing access to humani-ties collections and resources. These chal-lenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance

to the nation’s cultural heritage—from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog

recordings and digital assets subject to tech-nological obsolescence—and to develop

advanced modes of searching, discovering, and using such materials.

Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services (P01)


http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-11-005.html

Overview: AHRQ seeks Research Program Project (P01) grant applications to become Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services to conduct research and

development activities in order to gener-ate new knowledge and develop tools and

resources to improve health and health care through clinical preventive services. Cen-

ters will serve as national research resources in the field of clinical preventive services. As such, their core infrastructure should include: training, education, and robust

dissemination capabilities, and may, in ad-dition, focus on the provision of specific

methodologic support to the Center. Each Research Center application must propose

a body of work addressing one of three programmatic areas described in detail later within this FOA: (1) patient safety;

(2) health equity; or, (3) health care system implementation.

Department of Defense Research and Educational Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and

Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI)


http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=DBpsNLlByCvVBz8ZSdGQm99QyQV9NG0wFVVLqT1JR2T0n7Vhy4mH!923631303?oppId=818

95&mode=VIEW

Overview: The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the availability of the FY 2011 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

for Historically Black Colleges and Uni-versities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI). This BAA is a set-aside for

Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions. However, there will be an opportunity for Sub-grant-ees to partner with accredited institutions.

These accredited institutions are not limited to HBCUs or MIs. The BAA aims to (a) enhance research programs and capabili-

ties in scientific and engineering disciplines critical to the national security functions of the DoD, (b) encourage greater participa-tion in DoD programs and activities, (c)

increase the number of graduates, including underrepresented minorities, in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, and/or engineering (STEM), and (d) encourage research and educational collaboration with

other institutions of higher education.

Improved Diagnostic Capabilities for Select Biodefense and Emerging Patho-

gens (R21/R33)

Deadline: June 14, 2011

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-11-024.html

Overview: To support basic to translational research focused on development of im-

proved and/or field-appropriate diagnostic capabilities for select biodefense and

emerging pathogens.

Selected Research Funding Opportunities


Humanities Initiatives for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities


http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/fo2/getRec?id=92621&if=search

Overview: Humanities Initiatives are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. These grants may be used to

enhance the humanities content of existing programs, develop new programs, or lay the foundation for more extensive en-

deavors in the future. Each project must be organized around a core topic or set of themes.

Digging into Data


http://www.diggingintodata.org/

Overview: The idea behind the Digging into Data Challenge is to address how “big data” changes the research landscape for the humanities and social sciences. Now that we have massive databases of materials used by scholars in the humanities and

social sciences -- ranging from digitized books, newspapers, and music to transactional data like web searches, sensor data or

cell phone records -- what new, computationally-based research methods might we apply? As the world becomes increasingly digital, new techniques will be needed to search, analyze, and understand these everyday materials. Digging into Data chal-

lenges the research community to help create the new research infrastructure for 21st century scholarship.

Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics


http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/BridgingCultures_Film.html

Overview: The Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics program supports projects that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities through docu-mentary films. These projects are meant to spark Americans’ engagement with the broader world by exploring one or more countries and cultures outside of the United States. Proposed documentaries must be analytical and deeply grounded in hu-manities scholarship.

Humanities Collections and Reference Resources

Deadline: July 20, 2011

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HCRR.html

Overview: The Humanities Collections and Reference Re-sources program supports projects that provide an essential

foundation for scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. Thousands of libraries, archives, museums,

and historical organizations across the country maintain impor-tant collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnograph-ic artifacts, art and material culture, and digital objects. Funding

from this program strengthens efforts to extend the life of such materials and make their intellectual content widely acces-sible, often through the use of digital technology. Awards are also made to create various reference resources that facilitate use of cultural materials, from works that provide basic infor-mation quickly to tools that synthesize and codify knowledge

of a subject for in-depth investigation.

NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Grand Chal-lenge: Developing Novel Drugs for Disorders of the

Nervous System (U01)

Deadline: December 16, 2011

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-12-002.html

Overview: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announc-es a unique opportunity for investigators working with small

molecule compounds to gain access to a robust ‘virtual pharma’ drug development network to develop neurotherapeutic drugs.

Successful applicants to this FOA will become collaborative participants in this network, receiving both funding and no-cost

access to contracted drug development services that are not typically available to the academic research community. Funding will be provided through a U01 cooperative agreement mecha-

nism to conduct biological testing of compound analogs in disease assays and models in the investigator’s laboratory. No-

cost drug development services will also be provided, including medicinal chemistry optimization, IND-directed pharmacol-

ogy and toxicology, and Phase I clinical testing. Researchers in possession of disease assays and small molecule compounds

that show promise for treating nervous system and psychiatric disorders, but that are not yet suitable for clinical testing, are

strongly encouraged to apply.

Research on Ethical Issues in Biomedical, Social and Behavioral Research (R01)


http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=DBpsNLlByCvVBz8ZSdGQm99QyQV9NG0wFVVLqT1JR2T0n7

Vhy4mH!923631303?oppId=82033&mode=VIEW

Overview: The purpose of this funding opportunity an-nouncement (FOA) is to support investigator-initiated Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to study high pri-ority bioethical challenges and issues associated with the types of biomedical, social, and behavioral research supported by the participating NIH Institutes/Centers. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) joins this FOA as part of its efforts to promote research on the behavioral and social aspects of health and illness. However, only participating ICs will provide direct grant support under this FOA.

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