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WE PROPOSE TO LEVERAGE THE ONGOING AVIRIS-NG ACQUISITIONS IN THE ABOVE DOMAIN TO QUANTIFY TRAIT VARIATION BETWEEN AND WITHIN ECOSYSTEM TYPES AND ACROSS ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS IN THE REGION. FOCUSING ON LMA NITROGEN LIGNIN NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES CHLOROPHYLL AND POSSIBLY PHOSPHORUS THIS WORK WILL EXTEND AND VALIDATE EXISTING CROSS-BIOME IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY TRAIT MODELS (E.G. SINGH ET AL. 2015; SERBIN ET AL. 2015) AND WILL BUILD ON CONCURRENT WORK BEING DEVELOPED AT NEON DOMAINS IN ALASKA USING THE NEON AIRBORNE OBSERVATION PLATFORM (AOP). THE RESULTING MAPS (AND THEIR UNCERTAINTIES) WILL HELP FILL GAPS IN EXISTING FIELD SAMPLING NETWORKS AND EXPAND OUR GRASP OF THE FULL FUNCTIONAL DIMENSIONALITY OF ARCTIC AND BOREAL VEGETATION. AS PART OF THIS EFFORT WE WILL IMPLEMENT AN OPEN-SOURCE IMAGE PROCESSING WORKFLOW DEVELOPED COLLABORATIVELY BETWEEN UW-MADISON AND JPL ON THE RECORD OF ABOVE AVIRIS-NG IMAGERY TO PRODUCE FOR THE COMMUNITY A COMPLETE SET OF TOPOGRAPHICALLY AND BRDF CORRECTED AVIRIS-NG IMAGERY. OUR WORK WILL 1) YIELD A MORE COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE VARIATION IN PLANT TRAITS THAT DRIVE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING SUITABLE AS A FOUNDATION TO TRACK RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY AND CHANGE OF ARCTIC AND BOREAL ECOSYSTEMS AND 2) EXTEND EXISTING IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY ALGORITHMS ALREADY APPLIED AND VALIDATED FOR TEMPERATE AND SUB-BOREAL FORESTS AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AND MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS TO ARCTIC TUNDRA AND BOREAL FORESTS IN PREPARATION FOR RECOMMENDED FUTURE MISSIONS SUCH AS THE SURFACE BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY (SBG) CONCEPT IN THE RECENT DECADAL SURVEY. THIS SECOND RESULT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BROADLY APPLICABLE ALGORITHMS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT SPECTROSCOPY-BASED TRAIT MAPPING (E.G. BY SBG) AT THE GLOBAL SCALE. COMPREHENSIVE MAPPING OF FUNCTIONAL TRAITS IN ARCTIC AND BOREAL SYSTEMS WILL ALSO SERVE TO INFORM MODELS PROJECTING FUTURE CHANGES IN THESE CRITICAL BIOMES.
$600,144University Of Wisconsin System · · FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mali International Center for Excellence in Research
$600,116Heinrich Feldmann · National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases · ZIA · FY2022 · AI
HCC: Collaborative Research: Continuous Control Brain-Computer Interfaces for Creative Expression
$600,000Dennis R Proffitt · University Of Virginia Main Campus · · FY2007 · CSE
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** CANNABINOIDS ARE A GROUP OF TERPENOPHENOLIC COMPOUNDS, SUCH AS CANNABIDIOLIC ACID (CBD), CANNBIGEROLIC ACID (CBG) ET AL, MADE PRIMARILY IN CANNABIS FEMALE FLOWER TRICHOMES. CANNABINOIDS HAVE SIGNIFICANT PHARMACEUTICAL VALUES AND POTENTIAL AS DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. HOWEVER, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE REGULATION OF CANNABINOID BIOSYNTHESIS. CANNABIS SATIVA ALSO PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT MODEL TO STUDY GLANDULAR TRICHOME DEVELOPMENT AND SECONDARY METABOLISM. THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MOLECULAR BIOLOGY STUDY TO DATE ON CANNABIS TRICHOME DEVELOPMENT, AND NO GENES RESPONSIBLE FOR GLANDULAR TRICHOME INITIATION IDENTIFIED IN CANNABIS. THERE IS ALSO NOT MUCH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CONTROL OF CANNABINOID BIOSYNTHETIC GENE EXPRESSION DURING FLOWER DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS MEDIATING GLANDULAR TRICHOME DEVELOPMENT AND CANNABINOID BIOSYNTHESIS. WE HAVE RECENTLY IDENTIFIED TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS (TFS) THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GLANDULAR TRICHOME INITIATION AND CANNABINOID BIOSYNTHESIS RESPECTIVELY. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AIMS TO UNDERSTAND HORMONE-MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF GLANDULAR TRICHOME DEVELOPMENT AND CANNABINOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN HEMP. THE REGULATORY NETWORK OF TFS INVOLVED IN TRICHOME INITIATION, AND THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF CANNABINOID BIOSYNTHETIC GENES BY TFS WILL BE DETERMINED. TRICHOME PHENOTYPES OF TOBACCO PLANTS OVEREXPRESSING THE TFS, AND HEMP OVEREXPRESSING OF SUPPRESSING THE TFS WILL BE INVESTIGATED; CANNABINOID PRODUCTION IN TRANSGENIC HEMP WILL BE DETERMINED. WE ENVISION THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO NOVEL GENETIC TOOLS AND STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE CANNABINOID PROFILE, AID HEMP FARMERS WITH THE COMMON PROBLEM OF OVERPRODUCING THC, AND BENEFIT HUMAN HEALTH. THE FINDINGS CAN ALSO BE EXPANDED TO OTHER SPECIES DEVELOPING GLANDULAR TRICHOMES FOR SECONDARY METABOLITE PRODUCTION AND STORAGE.
$600,000University Of Connecticut · · FY2022 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
UNDERSTANDING COVETICS; THE PROCESS OF CONVERSION AND THE PROPERTIES OF AG, CU AND AL COVETICS.
$600,000University Of Maryland, College Park · · FY2014 · Department of Defense
METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (AM) OFFERS NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE COMPONENT PERFORMANCE BY CUSTOMIZING PARTS FOR THEIR RELEVANT USE CASES. WITH LAYER-BY-LAYER PRINTING OF COMPLEX PARTS, AM CAN CREATE FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS (FGMS) THAT CONTINUOUSLY TRANSFORM FROM ONE ELEMENT TO ANOTHER – GENERATING REGIONALLY-VARIED PROPERTIES FIT TO THE FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS. DESPITE ITS IMMENSE OPPORTUNITY, METAL AM’S IMPLEMENTATION IS LIMITED BY THE SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCE VARIABILITY DUE TO THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING HARSH ENVIRONMENTS THAT TRANSFORM AND DEGRADE MATERIALS IN WAYS THAT WE STRUGGLE TO CONTROL. FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES REVEAL COMPLEX MULTI-PHYSICS TRENDS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE, BUT FOR THE FULL VERSATILITY OF LPBF TO BE EXPLOITED, WE REQUIRE NEW OPERANDO X-RAY DIAGNOSTICS. THIS SSAA PROJECT IS DEVELOPING A NEW CLASS OF OPERANDO MULTISCALE X-RAY MICROSCOPES TO DIRECTLY MAP CRITICAL SCIENCE REQUIRED FOR RELIABLE METAL-AM – FOCUSING ON LASER POWDER BED FUSION (LPBF). THE PREVIOUS SSAA AWARD DEVELOPED THE FIRST NANOSCALE OPERANDO IMAGING OF LPBF AND DIRECTLY REVEALED DEFECT FORMATION MECHANISMS NOT PREVIOUSLY UNDERSTOOD. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PRESENT PROPOSAL IS TO USE AND DEVELOP THE NOVEL MICROSCOPES TO STUDY THE ALLOY MIXING BEHAVIORS OF IN-SITU ALLOYING REQUIRED FOR FGMS. THE NOVEL NANO- AND MICROSCALE MICROSCOPES WILL QUANTIFY THE INITIAL DRIVING FORCES FOR AL-CU MIXING DYNAMICS ORIGINATING FROM A MIXTURE OF PURE ELEMENTAL POWDERS. THEY WILL THEN DIRECTLY MEASURE THE 3D FLOW DYNAMICS IN-SITU FOR THE FIRST TIME BY DEVELOPING THE OPERANDO LIMITED VIEW TOMOGRAPHY (LVT) OF LPBF. BY ESTABLISHING A SUITE OF TIME-RESOLVED 2D AND 3D X-RAY MICROSCOPES WITH ANALYSIS METHODS TO TRACK STATISTICAL DYNAMICS, THE NEW EXPERIMENTAL “TOOLBOX” WILL CONNECT THE COMPLEX MULTI-PHASE DYNAMICS NATIVE TO THE EXTREME CONDITIONS OF LPBF TO SOLVE OPEN CHALLENGES FOR FGMS.
$600,000The Leland Stanford Junior University · · FY2025 · Department of Energy
CAREER: Amorphization of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
$600,000Gleb Yushin · Georgia Tech Research Corporation · · FY2010 · MPS
Elements: Data Driven Autonomous Thermodynamic and Kinetic Model Builder for Microstructural Simulations
$600,000Katsuyo S Thornton · Regents Of The University Of Michigan - Ann Arbor · · FY2022 · CSE
Generation of a Pristine Sapphire Surface by Oxidation and Solid State Conversion of a Sputtered Al Coating
$600,000Helen M Chan · Lehigh University · · FY2002 · MPS
Impact of WTC dust on immune functions and prostate cancer promotion
$600,000Stuart A Aaronson · Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai · U01 · FY2016 · OH
A patterned photostimulation microscope for studying neurons and microcircuitry
$600,000Thomas S Otis · University Of California Los Angeles · S10 · FY2011 · RR
IRT-based Self-report Screener for Prodromal Schizophrenia & Early Psychosis
$600,000Benjamin B Brodey · Telesage, Inc. · R44 · FY2013 · MH
Multispectral 3D Imaging of Pre-Cancer with PFC/LSS Angle-Resolved Technique
$600,000Lev T Perelman · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · · FY2014 · ENG
Impact of WTC dust on immune functions and prostate cancer promotion
$600,000Stuart A Aaronson · Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai · U01 · FY2017 · OH
Quantum 315 r Detector
$600,000Jay C. Nix · Molecular Biology Consortium · S10 · FY2012 · OD
Impact of WTC dust on immune functions and prostate cancer promotion
$600,000Stuart A Aaronson · Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai · U01 · FY2020 · OH
Impact of WTC dust on immune functions and prostate cancer promotion
$600,000Stuart A Aaronson · Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai · U01 · FY2018 · OH
PFI: BIC- Innovations in Chemical Vapor Deposited Diamond Crystals and Nanostructured Diamond Coatings
$600,000Yogesh K Vohra · University Of Alabama At Birmingham · · FY2013 · TIP
A New Class of Integral Membrane Oxidoreductases
$600,000Robert E Blankenship · Washington University · · FY2007 · BIO
Development of a Very Large CCD Area Detector
$600,000Edwin M Westbrook · Molecular Biology Consortium · · FY2002 · BIO
Impact of WTC dust on immune functions and prostate cancer promotion
$599,999Stuart A Aaronson · Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai · U01 · FY2019 · OH
Mosaic Loss of the Y Chromosome in Cardiac Amyloidosis
$599,966Kenneth Walsh · University Of Virginia · R01 · FY2024 · AG
PFI: PIIT: Partners for Innovation in Information Technology
$599,962Thomas J Cheatham · Middle Tennessee State University · · FY2009 · TIP
PREVENTING ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS IN YOUNG SIBLINGS
$599,956Oregon Social Learning Center, Inc. · R01 · FY2002 · MH
A request for funds to purchase an AB Sciex TripleTOF 5600 mass spectrometer
$599,953William Russell · Texas A&M University · S10 · FY2013 · OD