Busch Biomedical Grant Awardees

2021 Busch Biomedical Grant Awardees

Paul Breslin

School: Environmental and Biological Sciences
Department: Nutritional Sciences
Unit: New Brunswick
Primary Appointment Title: Professor
Project Title: Brain Reward from Oral Metabolic Signaling of Carbohydrates: Implications for Sugar Reduction

Rick Cohen

School: Engineering
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Unit: New Brunswick
Primary Appointment Title: Assistant Research Professor
Project Title: Affinity Bio-Filtration of SARS-CoV-2 with Size Optimized Electrospun Nylon Fibers Coated with a Mutant Red Algae Lectin Trimer based on Griffithsin Produced in Nicotiana benthamiana

Morgan James

School: RWJMS​​​​​​​
Department: Psychiatry​​​​​​​
Unit: RBHS​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Assistant Professor​​​​​​​
Project Title: Sleep dysregulation in cocaine addiction: The orexin system as a therapeutic target

Jason Kaelber

School: Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Department: Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Unit: New Brunswick​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Assistant Research Professor​​​​​​​
Project Title: In situ 3D imaging of the adeno-associated virus journey to genome release

Yong Kim

School: RWJMS​​​​​​​
Department: Neurosurgery​​​​​​​
Unit: RBHS​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Associate Professor​​​​​​​
Project Title: Alteration of neuronal programming by a novel coding variant of WAVE1 associated with Alzheimer’s disease

Suneel Kumar

School: Engineering​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Department: Biomedical Engineering​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Unit: New Brunswick​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Assistant Research Professor​​​​​​​
Project Title: Development of a Slow Drug Delivery Wound Dressing for Pressure Ulcer Healing

Guillaume Lamoureux

School: Arts and Sciences Camden​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Department: Chemistry​​​​​​​
Unit: Camden​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Associate Professor​​​​​​​
Project Title: New machine learning approaches to overcome the “low-data” challenge of predicting protein-protein interactions in vivo

Kiran Madura

School: RWJMS​​​​​​​
Department: Pharmacology​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Unit: RBHS​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Professor​​​​​​​
Project Title: Characterizing an export-mediated mechanism for the degradation of nuclear proteins

David Margolis

School: School of Arts and Sciences​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Department: Cell Biology and Neuroscience​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Unit: New Brunswick​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Associate Professor​​​​​​​
Project Title: Auditory motor integration dynamics in the tail of the striatum

Hiroko Nobuta

School: RWJMS​​​​​​​
Department: Neuroscience and Cell Biology​​​​​​​
Unit: RBHS​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Assistant professor​​​​​​​
Project Title: Spatial Transcriptomic and Electrophysiological Approaches to Understand Neuron-Oligodendrocyte Communication in Human Synaptic Development

Vasileios Petrou

School: NJMS​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Department: Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics​​​​​​​
Unit: RBHS​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar​​​​​​​
Project Title: Structural Studies of the Orphan Glutamate Receptor GluD2

Loredana Quadro

School: Environmental and Biological Sciences​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Department: Food Science​​​​​​​
Unit: New Brunswick​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Professor​​​​​​​
Project Title: Asparaginase-associated vitamin A deficiency: causes and consequences

Derek Sant'Angelo

School: RWJMS​​​​​​​
Department: Child Health Institute Pediatrics/Pharmacology
Unit: RBHS​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Professor​​​​​​​
Project Title: Fetal derived T cells and the onset of labor

Gleb Shumyatsky

School: School of Arts and Sciences​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Department: Genetics
Unit: New Brunswick​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Professor​​​​​​​
Project Title: Dissecting neural circuits of maternal care

Dorothy Vatner

School: NJMS​​​​​​​
Department: Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine​​​​​​​
Unit: RBHS​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Ledyard Pfund Professor​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Project Title: The role of brown adipose tissue and microbiota in mediating healthful aging and improved exercise performance

Juan Pablo Zanin

School: School of Arts Sciences Newark​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Department: Biological Sciences​​​​​​​
Unit: Newark​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Primary Appointment Title: Research Associate​​​​​​​
Project Title: Associative learning in the cerebellum: impact of the imbalance between context and event representations