Recent Faculty Publications and Awards
Dr. Eric Hayden Awarded NSF Grant
The $489,151 NSF grant is for three years and will fund a doctoral and post-doctoral student. Hayden also will involve students in the Upward Bound and Education Talent Search programs, addressing a deficiency of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programing aimed at low-income, first-generation college bound students.
Dr. Mathew Ferguson to Co-chair Session at the Biophyscial Society 58th Annual Meeting
Dr. Ferguson was selected to co-chair the session Platform S: Advances in Single-Molecule Spectroscopy at the Biophysical Society 58th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, in February 2013.
Boise State Receives $10 Million COBRE Grant from NIH
A $10 million grant over five years from the National Institutes of Health will establish a prestigious Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in Matrix Biology at Boise State University. COBRE centers promote collaborative, interactive efforts among researchers with complementary backgrounds, skills and expertise.
Dr. Matthew Ferguson Awarded Travel Grant
Dr. Matthew Ferguson was awarded the Keystone Symposia Early Career Investigator Travel Award to attend the “Nuclear Receptors: Biological Networks, Genome Dynamics and Disease” (A3) conference being held in Taos, NM from January 10-15, 2014.
Physics Professor Alex Punnoose Selected for Prestigious NSF Award
Boise State University Distinguished Professor of Physics Alex Punnoose has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Jean’ne M. Shreeve NSF EPSCoR Research Excellence Award.
The award was established to recognize the accomplishments of a faculty member at Boise State University, Idaho State University, the University of Idaho or other state institution of higher education who has previously been an active participant in the NSF EPSCoR program.
This is the second time the award has been made; Jean’ne M. Shreeve was the first recipient in 2011. The award, which includes a plaque and $5,000, was presented at a lunch during the Idaho EPSCoR annual meeting at the Grove Hotel on Oct. 3.
Dr. Alex Punnoose Co-authored an Article Published in the Journal of Applied Physics
Punnoose, A., Dodge, K., Beltran, J. J., Reddy, K. M., Franco, N., Chess, J., Eixenberger, J., … Barrero, C. A. (May 07, 2014). Dopant spin states and magnetism of Sn1-xFexO2 nanoparticles. Journal of Applied Physics, 115, 17.)
Dr. Julia Oxford Co-authored an Article Published in PubMed Central
Bates JT, Jacobs JC Jr, Shea KG, Oxford JT. Emerging genetic basis of osteochondritis dissecans. Clin Sports Med. 2014 Apr;33(2):199-220. DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2013.11.004. Review. PubMed PMID: 24698039; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3976886.
Drs. Julie Tinker and Ken Cornell Co-authored an Article Published in Toxins
Tinker JK, Yan J, Knippel RJ, Panayiotou P, Cornell KA (2014) Immunogenicity of a West Nile virus DIII-cholera toxin A2/B chimera after intranasal delivery. Toxins, 6(4): 1397-1418.
Drs. Julia Oxford and Owen McDougal Co-authored an Article Published in PubMed Central
McDougal OM, Cornia N, Sambasivarao SV, Remm A, Mallory C, Oxford JT, Maupin CM, Andersen T. Homology modeling and molecular docking for the science curriculum. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2014 Mar-Apr;42(2):179-82. DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20767. PubMed PMID: 24376157; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4320201.
Drs. Cheryl Jorcyk and Julie Oxford Co-authored an Article Published in PubMed Central
Mikelonis D, Jorcyk CL, Tawara K, Oxford JT. Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome: LIFR and associated cytokines in clinical course and etiology. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2014 Mar 12;9:34. DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-9-34. Review. PubMed PMID: 24618404; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3995696.