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College Of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ
$5,306,490
Total funding
19
Grants
Funding over time
peak $1.3M · FY2005–25$2M$1.5M$1M$500K$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NIH$2,755,471 · 9
USDA$1,025,715 · 2
DOE$764,056 · 2
NASA$393,833 · 3
DOD$334,612 · 2
AHRQ$32,803 · 1
By mechanism
—$2,518,216 · 9
R15$1,521,432 · 6
R01$797,640 · 2
T34$436,399 · 1
R13$32,803 · 1
Investigators at College Of New Jersey
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
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**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** IN THEIR NATURAL HABITATS, PLANTS ARE EXPOSED TO SEVERE BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES THAT REDUCE THEIR FITNESS AND SURVIVAL. EACH YEAR, A SIZABLE FRACTION OF GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IS LOST TO INSECT AND PATHOGEN ATTACK. MAIZE (ZEA MAYS), THE WORLD'S MOST PRODUCTIVE FOOD CROP, IS ATTACKED BY MORE THAN 90 SPECIES OF PEST INSECTS THAT DEVOUR ITS LEAVES, STEMS, SILK, EARS, AND ROOTS, RESULTING IN A 9-16% LOSS IN OVERALL PRODUCTIVITY. GIVEN THAT A MAJORITY OF THE HUMAN DIET DEPENDS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ON MAIZE AND A FEW RELATED CROPS, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO INVESTIGATE THE NATURAL INSECT DEFENSE RESPONSES IN THESE PLANT SPECIES. ONE EFFICIENT WAY IN WHICH PLANTS DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST HERBIVORY IS TO TURN ON THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGETICALLY COSTLY DEFENSIVE CHEMICALS ONLY WHEN THEY ARE SUBJECTED TO INSECT FEEDING. INDUCED PRODUCTION OF JASMONIC ACID, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SIGNALING MOLECULES THAT REGULATE PLANT DEFENSE AGAINST INSECT ATTACK, IS COMMONLY OBSERVED IN MAIZE. HOWEVER, DESPITE ABUNDANT RESEARCH ON THE FUNCTIONS OF JASMONIC ACID SIGNALING IN VEGETABLE CROPS SUCH AS TOMATOES, RELATIVELY LITTLE RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS PATHWAY IN MAIZE AND OTHER AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT GRASSES. FOR EXAMPLE, ALTHOUGH TOMATOES HAVE ONLY SINGLE COPIES OF SEVERAL JASMONIC ACID-RELATED GENES, MAIZE HAS LARGER NUMBERS OF THESE GENES, WHICH ARE PREDICTED TO HAVE SIMILAR BUT NOT IDENTICAL FUNCTIONS. AN INVESTIGATION OF THESE GENE FAMILIES WILL LEAD TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW NATURAL VARIATION IN JASMONIC ACID SIGNALING PATHWAYS INFLUENCES DEFENSE RESPONSES IN MAIZE. IN TURN, THIS WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO BREED MAIZE VARIETIES WITH NATURALLY ENHANCED RESISTANCE TO INSECT PESTS.WE WILL USE A COMBINATION OF GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY NOVEL MAIZE DEFENSE SIGNALING MOLECULES, AS WELL AS GENES INVOLVED IN THEIR BIOSYNTHESIS AND DETECTION. IN PARTICULAR, MAIZE GENES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO NATURAL VARIATION IN THE PRODUCTION OF JASMONIC ACID AND RELATED METABOLITES WILL BE IDENTIFIED BY GENETIC MAPPING STUDIES. PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS IDENTIFIED LOX4 AS A MAIZE GENE THAT UNDERLIES NATURAL VARIATION IN JASMONIC ACID-MEDIATED DEFENSE SIGNALING. FURTHER RESEARCH WILL INVOLVE USING METABOLOMICS, TRANSCRIPTOMICS, AND INSECT BIOASSAYS TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF LOX4 IN MAIZE DEFENSE AGAINST CATERPILLAR FEEDING. IN ANOTHER APPROACH, WE WILL INVESTIGATE A FAMILY OF COI GENES, WHICH ENCODE RECEPTORS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE INDUCTION OF CATERPILLAR DEFENSES. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE AT LEAST SIX COI GENES IN MAIZE, THEIR INDIVIDUAL FUNCTIONS IN PLANT DEFENSE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ELUCIDATED.AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE RESEARCH TRAINING THROUGH LABORATORY CLASSES, INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND FULL-TIME SUMMER INTERNSHIPS. THE INVOLVEMENT OF ESTABLISHED RECRUITMENT PROGRAMS AT THE HOST INSTITUTIONS WILL HELP TO PROMOTE THE PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS IN PLANT RESEARCH. COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY ONES INVOLVING LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANT DEFENSE SIGNALING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.$800,000
· FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS AND GROWTH IN PLASMA-LIQUID SYSTEMS$728,715
· FY2023 · Department of Energy
Serotonin deficiency and nicotine exposure during development: Effects on postnatal maturation of cardiorespiratory control$420,733
R15 · FY2019 · HL
Reciprocal coupling between RNA splicing and transcription through chromatin dynamics$394,529
R15 · FY2016 · GM
Towards deciphering the tubulin code: Identifying the contribution glutamylation makes to regulation of microtubule dynamics$304,958
R15 · FY2019 · GM
New Jersey Biomed-Bridge (NJBB) Scholars Program: Supporting Central NJ Community College Students in their Transition to Biomedical Research Pathways at The College of New Jersey$302,016
T34 · FY2025 · GM
Modeling Transcriptional Reprogramming by Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling$286,343
R01 · FY2014 · LM
ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT ON BARNACLE SETTLEMENT, ADHESION AND BIOMINERALIZATION$284,612
· FY2014 · Department of Defense
Modeling Transcriptional Reprogramming by Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling$271,584
R01 · FY2013 · LM
THE EXPOSURE TO IONIZING SPACE RADIATION CAN LEAD TO DAMAGE OF MULTIPLE BIOLOGICAL TISSUE SYSTEMS. THE PROPOSED WORK INVESTIGATES DEGENERATION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) AND BONE TISSUES FROM EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT DOES OF SIMULATED SPACE RADIATION.$249,999
· FY2021 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ADAPTATION TO SEXUAL ABUSE FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD$239,713
R01 · FY2003 · MH
UNDERSTANDING PLANT RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES IS CRITICAL FOR CHOOSING CROP PLANT VARIETIES THAT MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON FOOD PRODUCTION, SUCH AS HEAT, DROUGHT, AND INSECT DAMAGE. LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE COMPLEX SHIFTS IN USEFUL METABOLITE PRODUCTION FOR PLANT PROTECTION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES. WE ARE EXPLORING THE CYTOCHROME P450 ENZYME SUBFAMILY, CYP72AS, AS CANDIDATES FOR SHIFTING METABOLIC FLUX FROM GROWTH-RELATED PRODUCTS TO METABOLITES NEEDED FOR PROTECTION. IN SOME PLANTS, CYP72A ENZYMES DETOXIFY HERBICIDES, SO THEY MAY NATURALLY PLAY A ROLE IN BREAKING DOWN UNWANTED METABOLITES THAT ACCUMULATE UNDER STRESS. MAIZE IS AN IMPORTANT GLOBAL FOOD PLANT THAT IS SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE COMBINATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES. WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE ABSENCE OF TWO CYP72A GENES IN MAIZE MAKES SALT STRESSED PLANTS LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ATTACK BY CATERPILLARS. THEREFORE, THIS PROJECT WILL TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT CYP72A ENZYMES ARE INVOLVED IN ABIOTICSTRESS RESPONSES THAT COMPETE WITH BIOTIC STRESS DEFENSES. USING MOLECULAR GENETIC TECHNIQUES, METABOLIC PROFILING, AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES, THIS PROJECT WILL:1) ISOLATE ADDITIONAL CYP72A MUTATIONS AND ALTER EXPRESSION LEVELS WITH VIRUS CONSTRUCTS;2) MEASURE ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC STRESS RESPONSES ASSOCIATED THE CYP72A MUTATIONS; AND3) DETERMINE THE CHEMICAL NATURE OF METABOLITES PRODUCED BY CYP72AS.THESE OBJECTIVES WILL UNCOVER COMPLEXITIES IN MAIZE ACCLIMATION TO ABIOTIC STRESS THAT APPLY TO OTHER CROPS SPECIES, SUCH AS SORGHUM AND MILLET. THIS WORK ADDRESSES THE PHYSIOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PLANTS PROGRAM AREA PRIORITY TO SUPPORT PROJECTS ON THE MECHANISMS OF PLANT RESPONSE TO ABIOTIC STRESS AS WELL AS PROJECTS ON SECONDARY METABOLISM IN AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT PLANTS.$225,715
· FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Deciphering how tubulin glutamylation regulates microtubule function$214,444
R15 · FY2015 · GM
Roles of BAF-Like in the nucleus$158,723
R15 · FY2005 · GM
New Jersey Biomed-Bridge (NJBB) Scholars Program: Supporting Central NJ Community College Students in their Transition to Biomedical Research Pathways at The College of New Jersey$134,383
T34 · FY2024 · GM
THE ROLE PLAYED BY ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (AGN) IN THE EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES FROM AN ACTIVELY STAR-FORMING STATE TO QUIESCENCE IS STILL POORLY UNDERSTOOD. POST-STARBURST GALAXIES$83,467
· FY2022 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
WE PROPOSE TO OBSERVE NGC 1377 FOR 60 KS WITH NUSTAR IN ORDER TO DETECT AND CHARACTERIZE THE X-RAY EMISSION AND INTRINSIC LUMINOSITY OF THIS HEAVILY OBSCURED AGN AND THEREBY SHED LIGHT ON ITS RELATION TO THE MOLECULAR OUTFLOW.$60,367
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MEASURING NEURONAL ACTIVITY AND FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN AN IN VITRO MODEL OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY$50,000
· FY2014 · Department of Defense
DIAGNOSTIC MEASUREMENTS OF THE PLASMA-LIQUID INTERFACE FOR SYNTHESIS OF NANOPARTICLES$35,341
· FY2023 · Department of Energy
Infusing Quality and Safety Education for Nurses into Your Curriculum$32,803
R13 · FY2016 · HS