Achievements

External Funding:

2000-2003: Cottrell College Science Award: Relationships between rpoS mRNA Structure and Stability and Osmotic Regulation of Translational Initiation

2004-2006: Cottrell College Science Award Renewal (awarded) Characterization of the Role of RpoS mRNA Interactions with Regulatory Factors During Osmotic Induction of the rpoS Gene

2003: NSF MRIAcquisition of a Multifunctional Imaging System for Research and teaching in an Undergraduate Environment. Co- PI.

2004-2008 NSF RUI- Translational Regulation of RpoS mRNA

2009- present NIH INBRE Award: Translational Regulation of Ribosomal Protein and RNA Polymerase Subunit Synthesis in Diverse Bacterial Species