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The Trustees Of Mount Holyoke College

$2,852,550

Total funding

8

Grants

Funding over time

peak $1.1M · FY2008–23

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By agency

NASA$2,516,547 · 5

DOE$316,722 · 2

USDA$19,281 · 1

By mechanism

—$2,852,550 · 8

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RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF MARS' SURFACE AS A POTENTIAL HABITAT FOR LIFE, PAST OR PRESENT, IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO THE FU$890,740

· FY2015 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO ENHANCE SCIENCE RETURN FROM THE CHEMCAM INSTRUMENT BY IMPROVING ITS CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE ACCURATE CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF MARTIA$724,574

· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT FOR LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY: CALLIBRATION$489,345

· FY2009 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

DOUBLE BETA DECAY$295,000

· FY2008 · Department of Energy

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE TO DO LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS, THEORETICAL MODELING, AND COMPARISON WITH DATA FROM MSL TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDI$261,888

· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

MESSENGER OBSERVATIONS OF MERCURY HAVE PROVIDED AN UNPRECEDENTED DATASET FOR ANALYZING ITS GEOLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY, AND SURFACE PROPERTIES. IN THIS$150,000

· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

PHYSICS AT BABAR AND DOUBLE BETA DECAY$21,722

· FY2010 · Department of Energy

THINLEAF HUCKLEBERRY, WHOSE SCIENTIFIC NAME ISVACCINIUM MEMBRANACEUMDOUGLAS EX TORR., IS ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT AND IN INCREASINGLY HIGH DEMAND DUE TO THE FLAVONOID SECONDARY METABOLITES IN ITS BERRIES THAT PRODUCE DESIRABLE DIETARY ANTIOXIDANTS AND A DELICIOUS FLAVOR PROFILE. ALTHOUGH THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT ON FLAVONOID PRODUCTION IN THINLEAF HUCKLEBERRY ARE NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD, IN CLOSELY RELATED SPECIES IT IS KNOWN THAT LIGHT QUALITY AND ELEVATION CONTRIBUTE TO FLAVONOID PRODUCTION. IN ADDITION TO CONTRIBUTING TO THE DESIRABLE QUALITIES OF THE BERRIES, FLAVONOIDS ALSO DEFEND PLANT LEAVES AGAINST DAMAGE FROM UV AND OVEREXPOSURE TO LIGHT. UNLIKE ITS CLOSE RELATIVES LIKE THE BLUEBERRY AND CRANBERRY, THINLEAF HUCKLEBERRY HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFULLY DOMESTICATED, DESPITE RECENT EFFORTS. IDENTIFYING OPTIMAL LIGHT GROWING CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPORTANT TO REDUCE HARVESTING PRESSURE ON NATURAL POPULATIONS, WHICH NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THE ANIMALS THAT RELY ON THE BERRIES, LEAVES, AND STEMS FORFOOD. IN ADDITION, UNDERSTANDING PATTERNS IN LEAF FLAVONOID PRODUCTION IN NATURAL POPULATIONS WILL ILLUMINATE THE SPECIES' ABILITY TO ADAPT TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW LIGHT, LATITUDE, AND ELEVATION AFFECT THE FLAVONOID PROFILE OF THE LEAVES TO ASSIST IN COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION, MEDIATE THE IMPACT OF OVERHARVESTING, ASSESS PERSISTENCE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AND IDENTIFY CORRELATIONS BETWEEN GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND FLAVONOID NUTRITION FOR ANIMALS. RESULTS FROM THIS PROJECT MAY IMPACT ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF FOREST MANAGEMENT OF THINLEAF HUCKLEBERRY.THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND ADDRESSES THREE CENTRAL OBJECTIVES: 1) CONDUCT CONTROLLED TREATMENTS OF DIFFERENT LIGHT INTENSITIES, HARVEST THE LEAVES GROWN UNDER THE CONTROLLED CONDITIONS, ANALYZE THEM FOR THEIR FLAVONOID CONTENT AND THE EXPRESSION LEVELS OF GENES INVOLVED IN FLAVONOID PRODUCTION, AND COMPARE THESE MEASUREMENTS BETWEEN LIGHT INTENSITY TREATMENTS, 2) HARVEST LEAVES FROM POPULATIONS AT LOW AND HIGH ELEVATIONS AT THREE DIFFERENT LATITUDES ACROSS ITS GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, ANALYZE THE LEAVES FOR THEIR FLAVONOID CONTENT AND THE EXPRESSION LEVELS OF GENES INVOLVED IN FLAVONOID PRODUCTION, AND COMPARE THESE MEASUREMENTS BETWEEN LATITUDES AND ELEVATIONS, AND 3) COLLECT LEAVES FROM THE SAME POPULATIONS AS OBJECTIVE 2, SEQUENCE THE DNA OF THESE LEAVES, USE THE DNA SEQUENCES TO CONSTRUCT AN EVOLUTIONARY TREE THAT RELATES THE POPULATIONS TO ONE ANOTHER, AND EXAMINE HOW EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE POPULATIONS INFLUENCES THE FLAVONOID PRODUCTION AND GENE EXPRESSION LEVELS IN THE LEAVES. OBJECTIVE 1 OBTAINS A BASE-LINE EXPECTATION FOR WHAT THE FLAVONOID PRODUCTION AND GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS SHOULD LOOK LIKE AT DIFFERENT LIGHT INTENSITIES. OBJECTIVE 2 TESTS THIS PATTERN IN THE FIELD AND EXAMINES PATTERNS OF FLAVONOID PROFILES ACROSS ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS. FINALLY, OBJECTIVE 3 TESTS WHETHER THE PATTERNS FROM OBJECTIVES 1 AND 2 HOLD WHEN,TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY, AND ALSO TESTS WHETHER PATTERNS OF FLAVONOID PRODUCTION AND GENE EXPRESSION CAN BE PREDICTED BY A POPULATION'S EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY.RESULTS OF THIS PROJECT MAY INFORM OPTIMAL GREENHOUSE GROWING CONDITIONS FOR THINLEAF HUCKLEBERRY POTENTIALLY REDUCING HARVESTING PRESSURE ON NATURAL POPULATIONS IN THE FUTURE. RESULTS MAY ALSO UNCOVER THE PHOTOPROTECTIVE RESPONSE OF THIS SPECIES AT HIGHER LATITUDES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS, ILLUMINATING ITS POTENTIAL ABILITY TO ADAPT GIVEN RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE. FINALLY, THE RESULTS MAY IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF ECOLOGICAL CORRELATION BETWEEN GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND LEAF PALATABILITY TO ANIMALS. THIS PROJECT COMBINES LAB AND FIELD EXPERIMENTS AND USES CUTTING-EDGE BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS METABOLOMICS, TRANSCRIPTOMICS, AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, TO ADDRESS THESE OBJECTIVES. DATA FROM THIS PROJECT WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND RESULTS WILL BE SHARED IN PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFICJOURNALS AND AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES.$19,281

· FY2023 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture