Collaborations at BSU

Charlier and McCormick

1. Synthesis of novel inhibitors of Carbonyl reductase

Cornell

1. "DNA Safeguard"  This is an appropriations grant administered by the Dept. of Defense to develop forensic reagents for sample tracking and to prevent sample tampering ($1 million).  Cornell is a co-investigator, the grant PI is Greg Hampikian in Biology.
2. "A West Nile Virus Vaccine"  Cornell is the PI.  The co-investigators are Denise Wingett (Biology), Juliette Tinker (Biology), Gong-Xin Yu (Biology).

Collaborations with other institutions

Cornell

1. P. Lynne Howell, Ph.D.   University of Toronto, Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, Canada  Topic: crystallographic studies of MTA/AdoHcy nucleosidase and MTR kinase.
2. Barb Moffatt, Ph.D. University of Waterloo, Canada  Topic: MTA nucleosidase from Arabidopsis
3. Margret Sauter, Ph.D.  Univ. Kiel, Germany   Topic: MTA nucleosidase and MTR kinase in Rice
4. Nikhat Parveen, Ph.D. Univ. New Jersey Medical School  Topic: MTA nucleosidases in Borrelia burgdorferi
5. J.B. Roullet, Ph.D.  Oregon Health Sciences Univ.   Topic: Farnesol metabolism in Sjogren Larssen syndrome

Warner

1. Dr. Rick Olson, Boise VA Medical Center (topic unknown)
2. Dr. Stacia Rink, Pacific Lutheran University (topic unknown)
3. Professor Edwin Vedejs, University of Michigan (topic unknown)