Compendium Summer 2011

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Marquette Compendium News of Faculty and Staff Activities  SUMMER 2011

The summer 2011 issue of Compendium is a compilation of Marquette University faculty research, scholarship and accomplishments since November 2010, and grants reported by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs from December 2010 to June 2011. The purpose of this compilation is to recognize faculty and staff who are making advancements in their fields of expertise as well as to allow fellow faculty to see opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration. To submit a scholarly activity, visit marquette.edu/omc/compendium.php. Citations will be posted on the Marquette University research website, marquette.edu/research/compendium.php. For more information or additional copies, contact the Office of Marketing and Communication, 414-288-6712.

Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences Dr. William Donaldson Associate Dean

Published: “Synthesis of Hydroxyand Polyhydroxy-Substituted 1,3-Diaminocyclohexanes,” Synthesis, No. 6 (March 2011), pp 924-928, with Anobick Sar and Laboratory Supervisor/Staff Crystallographer Dr. Sergey Lindeman, Department of Chemistry. Presented: “Synthetic Applications of Organoiron Complexes: Strategy and Serendipity,” Cambridge Major Laboratories, Germantown, Wis., March 2011. Presented: “Synthetic Applications of Organoiron Complexes: Strategy and Serendipity,” Hamline University, St. Paul, Minn., February 2011.

Presented: “’Where is Abel thy brother?’ Reframing the Theological Horizons for Christian Thinking on War and Peace,” Galilee Colloquium on Social, Moral and Legal Philosophy: The Concept of Peace and War in Religions, Kibbutz Kfar Blum, Upper Galilee, Israel, June 2011. Presented: “The Future of (the Varieties of) Philosophical Theology,” College Theology Society, Iona College, New Rochelle, N.Y., June 2011.

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Dr. Allison Abbott Assistant Professor

Grant: $301,000, “Genetic Analysis of Conserved microRNAs in C. elegans,” National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Edward Blumenthal Associate Professor

Published: “The Global War on Terror: Who Wins, Who Loses?” Faith, Resistance and the Future: Daniel Berrigan’s Challenge to Catholic Social Thought, (winter 2011). Presented: “The Global War on Terror: Who Wins? Who Loses?” Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn., Feb. 8, 2011. Elected: National Board of Pax Christi, June 2011.

Presented: “Female sterility and compromised eggshell integrity of drop-dead mutants,” Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, March 30-April 3, 2011, with Undergraduate Student Tayler Sheahan. Presented: “Temporal and spatial requirements for drop-dead expression,” Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, March 30-April 3, 2011, with Graduate Student Christine Sansone.

Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp

Dr. Thomas Eddinger

Rev. G. Simon Harak, S.J.

Director, Center for Peacemaking

Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School

Grant: $204,105, “Clinical and Translational Science Award,” National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Stephani Richards-Wilson Assistant Dean

Awarded: Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Service, April 2011. Elected: Board of Directors, Center for White Rose Studies, January 2011.

Rev. Philip Rossi, S.J.

Interim Dean and Professor

Dr. Krassimira Hristova Assistant Professor

Grant: $20,000, “Effects of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Eukaryotic Cell Structure and Metabolism,” National Institutes of Health, with Dr. Rosemary Stuart, Department of Biological Sciences.

Dr. James Maki

Associate Professor

Presented: See entry for Dr. Craig Struble, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science.

Dr. Stephen Munroe Professor

Published: “Structure and Expression of Two Nuclear Receptor Genes in Marsupials: Insights into the Evolution of the Antisense Overlap between the α-Thyroid Hormone Receptor and Rev-erbα, BMC Molecular Biology, Vol. 11 (December 2010), 14 pp, with Undergraduate Students Brandon Rindfleisch and M. Scott Brown, and J.L. VandeBerg.

Dr. Michelle Mynlieff Assistant Professor

Awarded: See entry for Dr. Thomas Eddinger, Department of Biological Sciences.

Dr. Michael Schläppi Associate Professor

Published: “The HyPRP gene EARLI1 has an auxiliary role for germinability

Professor

Presented: “Smooth muscle phasic vs. tonic contractions are regulated by different myosin heavy chain isoforms, Experimental Biology, Washington D.C., April 9-13, 2011. with Graduate Assistant Qian Huang, Department of Biological Sciences. Awarded: Way Klingler Teaching Enhancement Award, Marquette University, January 2011, with Drs. Michelle Mynlieff and Martin St. Maurice, Department of Biological Sciences.

Presented: “Where are thou my brother? Interreligious Approaches to Near East Conflict,” Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, June 2011. Dr. Edward Blumenthal

and early seedling development under low temperature and salt stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana, Planta, (May 2011) doi:10.1007/ s00425-011-1425-9, with Dan Xu, Xuan Huang and Zi-Qin Xu. Published: “Dragon’s Blood extract has antithrombotic properties, affecting platelet aggregation functions and anticoagulation activities,” Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol. 135 (April 2011), pp 510-514, with Nian Xin, Yu-Juan Li, Yan Li, Rong-Ji Dai, Wei-Wei Meng, Yan Chen and Yu-Lin Deng. Published: “Cold-inducible expression of AZI1 and its function in improvement of freezing tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae,” Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 168, January 2011, pp 1,576-1,587, with Zhi-Yan Xu, Xin Zhang and Zi-Qin Xu. Presented: “The HyPRP gene EARLI1 has an auxiliary role for germinability and early seedling development under low temperature and salt stress conditions,” International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, Wis., June 22-25, 2011. Presented: “Understanding cold stress tolerance in Arabidopsis and rice,” Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Beijing, April 28, 2011.


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