History of Research Support

 

USDA (Hatch); Genetic control of development and the life cycle in
the fungus Schizophyllum; 1/1/75 - 8/31/75.  $1,900.

UVM; Electrophoretic patterns of isozymes correlated with develop-
ment in Schizophyllum commune; 1/1/75 - 12/31/75.  $3,000

UVM; Studies examining transcriptional control of cellular
differentiation in Schizophyllum commune; 1/1/76 - 12/31/76. 
$4,730.

USDA (Hatch); Life cycle, genetics, and the dispersal mechanisms of
the plant pathogen, Armillaria mellea; 10/1/77 - 9/30/78.  $2,900.

UVM; Regulation of gene expression in Schizophyllum.  1/1/78 -
12/31/78.  $2,050.

NSF Biological Instrumentation: Acquisition of a liquid scintil-
lation counter.  1/1/79.  $16,000.

NSF; Genes regulating differentiation in Schizophyllum: Their role
in the expression of unique-sequence DNA; 2/1/77 - 7/31/79. 
$77,000.

USDA Competitive Grants; Genes regulating the life cycles and plant
pathogenicity of fungi: a molecular approach;  10/1/78 - 9/30/80. 
$60,000.

UVM; Isolation of genes regulating cell differentiation in the
Basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune; 5/1/80 - 4/30/81.  $7,000.

USDA (Hatch); Physiological and genetic function of rhizomorphs in
the root-rotting fungus Armillaria; 10/1/78 - 9/30/81.  $8,700.

NSF; Isolating regulatory, developmental and housekeeping genes from
the fungus Schizophyllum; 9/1/80 - 8/31/82.  $92,000.

NSF; Small College Faculty Opportunity Program.  Supplement to
Isolating regulatory, developmental and housekeeping genes from the
fungus Schizophyllum; 6/1/82 - 7/31/82.  $11,081. 

USDA (Hatch); Genetic studies of the plant pathogenic fungus
Heterobasidion annosum; 10/1/81 - 9/30/84;  $8,700.

NSF; Transformation of Schizophyllum and isolation of mating-type
genes; 9/1/82 - 2/28/85.  $100,000.

UVM; Restriction-endonuclease polymorphisms in mitochondrial DNA of
Schizophyllum and the movement of mitochondria during mating. 
12/1/82 - 11/30/83.  $3,750.

NSF; Improving transformation of Schizophyllum; 10/1/84 - 9/30/86.
$136,500.
NIH International Fellowship; Expression of cloned genes in
Schizophyllum; 11/1/83 - 10/31/84.  $23,750.

NIH International Fellowship; extension to 5/7/85.  $18,000.

NSF Biological Instrumentation: Acquisition of a preparative
ultracentrifuge.  11/1/85.  $31,000.

NIH; Transformation of Schizophyllum; 7/1/86 - 6/30/89; $92,750
direct costs for first year of three.

USDA (Hatch); Isolating and characterizing Aá mating type alleles of
Schizophyllum commune. 10/1/88 - 9-30-93; $1,900/yr.

NIH; Mating type in Schizophyllum; 7/1/89  - 6/30/94.  Direct  
costs (Yr 1), $160,535. 

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant to support Undergraduate
Biology Program. 1989-1993.  Total grant $1,000,000, I authored 
approximately 20% of this proposal.

Helix Program Grant to Support Undergraduate Research.  Developing
a reporter gene for the Basidiomycete, Schizophyllum commune. 
Bennett Novitch, undergraduate researcher in my laboratory, $600.

UVM, University Committee on Research and Scholarship; 1/1/92 -
12/31/92; $3650.

USDA (Hatch); Structure of the Schizophyllum commune Bà and Bá
mating-type loci. 10-1-93 to 9-31-96; $60,000.

NIH; Mating type in Schizophyllum: Regulation by the A loci; 7/1/95
- 6/30/99.  Total costs (Yr 1), $284,000. Approx. $1.1x106 
per 4 years.

Helix Program Grant to Support Undergraduate Research. Tagging
Schizophyllum commune proteins for immunological identification. 
Mariah McNamara, undergraduate researcher in my laboratory, $2500
summer stipend.

Helix Program Grant to Support Undergraduate Research. Mutagenic
analysis of the Y4 mating-type gene.  Sean Garvey. $400.

USDA (Hatch); Regions of the Schizophyllum commune Z mating proteins
essential to Y-Z protein interactions. 10/1/96 - 9/30/99.  $38,000/
yr. 

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