The President’s Research Grant (PRG) was established in 1999 to support faculty research and align with NSU’s Vision 2025. This annual program awards seed money to faculty for new or expanding research projects. PRG aims to enhance NSU’s research reputation and foster external funding opportunities. Proposals are reviewed by faculty panels, and the president selects the top-ranked projects. Each award is co-funded by the university and the applicant’s college.

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Submissions from 2020

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African social actors, moral power and the mobilization for peace, Bertha Amisi and Ernst Vincent

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Characterization Of Deep Water Habitats Using A Commercial Grade Mini ROV, Paul Arena, Charles Messing, Louis‐Pierre Rich, Roy Lohman, and Ally Sheehan

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Megadroughts and the last glacial dust, White River Badlands, Great Plains, USA, Paul Baldauf, Dana Foresman, Patrick Burkhart, Greg Baker, and Allen Gontz

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Detecting Mycotoxin Subgroup, Alison Bested, Irina Rozenfeld, Violetta Renesca, Maria Vera Nunez, Nancy Klimas, Brandon Laporte, and Andrew Hayman

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Factors structuring parasite communities: testing alternatives to distance decay, Christopher Blanar, David Kerstetter, Derek Garvey, and Elizabeth Warburton

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Synthesis Of Metal‐Binding Polymers For Water Purification, Patricia Calvo and Blanch Khouri‐Sader

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Cell Penetrating Peptide Transfection And Genetic Engineering Of Stem Cells, Katelyn Carnevale, Joel Mintz, and Geoffrey Strouse

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Mathematical Models of Vector‐Borne Diseases in Florida, Jing Chen, Ariel McAffrey, and Shigui Ruan

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Empirical Study Of Barriers To Women Entrepreneurship In Florida, Ravi Chinta, Bahaudin Mujtaba, and Belay Seyoum

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Can Cells Talk Using Light? Quantifying Bacterial Photon Communication, Travis Craddock, Robert Smith, Kerollos Ibrahim, Jacob Hardy, and Robert Alfano

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Heavy Metal Contamination in Port Everglades ‐ Preparing for Ecological Impacts, Diamitrios Giarikos, Amy Hirons, Paul Baldauf, Laura White, Nathan Andrews, and Andre Daniels

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Impact Of Human Adrb1 Gene Arg389Gly Polymorphism On Heart Failure Patients, Genevieve Hale, Anastasios Lymperopoulos, Tina Joseph, Ashley Simpson, Ruben Zorrilla, Eve Kankam, Abeera Choudhry, Celina Pollard, Shelby Wertz, and MMR Healthcare

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Effects Of Oxytocin On Cell Cycle In The Early Stage Of The Brain Development, Tomas Havranek, Ana Maria Castejon, Luigi Cubeddu, Denis Abelpeysov, and Beau Freedman

Using Bowhead Whales As A Multi‐Decadal Contaminant Recorder In A Warming Arctic, Amy Hirons, Dimitrios Giarikos, Samantha Shore, Kristin Nelson, and Lawrence Duffy

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Does Serotonin Augment The Facilitatory Effect Of Winning On Aggression In Women?, Mary Holschbach, Malav Trivedi, Anthony Wilcox, Abigail George, and Mariana Mendez

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Novel Approach To Enhance The Robust Osteogenesis Of Human Gingival Stem Cells, Umadevi Kandalam, Toshihisa Kawai, Alexandru Movila, Alireza Heidari, Yogin Patel, Deshek Patel, and Daniel Palaez

HTS assay for modulators of expression of RBM3 in drug-resistant prostate cancer, Dmitriy Minond, Robert H. Getzenberg, Anum Sameer, and Najwa Naami

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The Effects Of Fit 5 And Gardens On Adults With Intellectual Disabilities, Mary Ellen Mitchell‐Rosen, Holly Madison, Vanessa Johnson, Cyril Blavo, Marilyn Gordon, Constance Demmery, Raquel Olivieri, Samia Shretah, Jennifer Gray, Berit Amlie, and Misha Payne

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Antihyperglycemic Treatment Intensification And Clinical Outcomes: A Pilot Study, Alexandra Perez, Nima Ataei, Douglas Landsittel, and Carolyn Thorpe

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Assessment Of The Status Of Chemotherapy‐Induced Neuronal Damage Biomarkers, Appu Rathinavelu, Arkene Levy, Paramjot Kaur, Theodore Mathuram, Thiagarajan Venkatesan, Priya Dondapati, Saad Alobid, Meghana Kethireddy, and Keylee Shen

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Development Of Assessment Strategies For Undergraduate Research Based Courses, Arthur Sikora, Santanu De, Minhal Khoja, Anya Goodman, Trevor Anderson, and Nancy Palaez

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Demystifying The Interactions Of Angiotensin 1‐7 With Its Receptors, Robert Speth, Filipe Stoyell‐Conti, Hanna Stewart, Alesa Chabbra, Sarin Itty, Thomas Walther, and Crystal West

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Formidable: Separating the effects of power from size, strength, and sex, Valerie Starratt and Austin Matthies

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Interdisciplinary Timeline Assessment Of Brain Injury In NFL Players And Fighters, Jaime Tartar, Corey Peacock, Jose Antonio, Julius Thomas, Dominick Cabrera, and Ross Zafonte

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Burnout Prevention Wellness Programs In Clinical Training Preservice Experiences, Eric Thompson, Isabel Thompson, Sarah Valley Gray, Jessica Haas, Caroline Talbot, and Janet Roseman

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Metabolic and Molecular Axes in Neuronal Differentiation, Malav Trivedi, Vladimir Beljanski, Lubov Nathanson, Alice Tran, Andreas Irausquin, Patrick Ong, Sashana Dixon, and Craig Ferris

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How the molecular vibrations of water may prevent skin cancer, Brian Van Hoozen, Maria Ballester, Ariana Sarkhail, and Cassidy Loucks

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Optimal Sarcoma Exosome Isolation Techniques From Cells And Blood, Wendy Weston, Adil Duru, H. Thomas Temple, Anna‐Maria Geogoudaki, Rhea Kanwar, and Sunaina Addanki

Submissions from 2019

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Examining Leadership In Collaborative Governance For HIV/AIDS Care And Treatment, James Agbodzakey and Sadia Khan

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Effect of Prophylactic Treatments on Surface Characteristics of Various Zirconia, Sibel Antonson, Patricia Blackwelder, Audrey Galka, Evren Kilinc, Thani Alsharari, and Mehdi Garashi

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Financial Counseling in Family Therapy, Hyungkee Baek, Florence Neymotin, Ronald J. Chenail, and Ron Osborne-Williams

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Population genomics of the overfished shortfin mako shark in the Atlantic Ocean, Andrea Bernard, Mahmood S. Shivji, Kimberly Finnegan, Derek Guy, and Cassandra Ruck

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SCUBA Diving And Cognition, Leanne Boucher, Joshua Feingold, W. Matthew Collins, and Jaime Tartar

High Weight, High Risk? Examining the Role of Weight Stigma in Suicidality, Paula Brochu, Laurie Veillette, Jose Serrano, and Matthew Seidl

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Using Satellite Telemetry to Determine Core Habitat Use Areas for Sea Turtles, Derek Burkholder and Glenn Goodwin

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Clinical Nutrition Profile for ME/CFS, Amanpreet Cheema, Nancy Klimas, Mary Ann Fletcher, and Maria Abreu

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Dissertation Evaluation Process: A Survey of Hispanic-Serving Institution Faculty, Rose Colon and Alicia Fernandez-Fernandez

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Identification Of Volatile Organic Compounds Indicative Of Periodontal Disease, Katie Crump, Jessica Brown, Elizabeth Feldman, and Sean Ide Bolet

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Differential Diagnosis In Auditory Processing Using Electrophysiology, Jackie Davie, Katharine Fitsharris, Sonia Kay, Erica Freidland, Rebecca Estes, David Griffin, Kendra Griffin, Lindsay Shears, Daniella Cardona, and Rachel Kanskey

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The use of NK cell-derived exosomes for promotion of NK cell lineage commitment, Adil Duru, Wendy W. Weston, Anna-Maria Georgoudaki, and Sunaina Addanki

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AAMFT Members of Color Survey, Kara Erolin and Elizabeth Jarquin

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Comparing Two Interventions For Teaching Math To Preschool Students With Autism, Hui Fang Su, Susan Kabot, Steven Terrell, Nurit Sheinberg, Jia Borror, and Taylor Klein

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Optimizing grow-out of sexually-produced baby corals in land-based nurseries, Joana Figueiredo, David Gilliam, Samantha King, and Jena Robbins

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Unaccompanied, But Not Alone: Community Partners Serving Unaccompanied Minors, Diana Formoso, Lourdes Suarez-Morales, Carolina Barbeito, and Adriana Wilson

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Characterization of neural crest stem cells for a DPN-specific treatment, Veronica Fortino, Umadevi Kandalam, Zakiya Abdullah, Alyssa Antuna, and Melanie Fraidenberg

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How Many Planets Do Exist?, Stefan Kautsch and Alisha Rickman

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Validation Of The Battered Woman Syndrome Questionnaire, Spanish Version, Tom Kennedy, Lenore Walker, Wendy Cook, and Danielle Millen

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Immune Reactivity To Gluten In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis., Marc Kesselman, Michelle Demory Beckler, Maria Vera-Nunez, Irina Rozenfeld, Violetta Renesca, Shahnaz Fatteh, Alison Bested, Patrick Hardigan, Arif Rana, Corey Burns, Jaquelin Johnson, Anthony Safadi, and Poonam Patel

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Eradicating Drug Resistance By Targeting Breast Cancer Stem Cells Using MiRRA, Jean Latimer, Omar Ibrahim, Stephen Grant, and Jowaher Sulieman A. Alanazi

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Linking Crude Oil and Dispersant Effects to New Model Reef Sponge Gene Expression, Jose Victor Lopez, Emily Blake, and Yvain Desplat

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Target Validation Of Adrenal Βarrestin1 For Tobacco-Related Heart Disease Therapy, Anastasios Lymperopoulous, Beatrix Aukszi, Victoria Desimine, Shleby Wertz, and Yanelys Duarte

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Neurotoxin Model: Cardiovascular, Immune And Oxidative Stress Profile, Mariana Morris, Jacqueline Freire Machi, Nancy Klimas, Rodrigo Schmidt, Malav Trivedi, Alin Benny, Darshan Rola, Matthew Lee, and Muthunivas Muthuraj

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Ceramide-mediated pathology in age-associated periodontitis, Alexandru Movila, Toshihisa Kawai, Alexandra Saab, and Oscar Tarano

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Effect of ME/CFS on cell-to-cell communication, Lubov Nathanson, Vladimir Beljanski, Wendy W. Weston, Amy Mohamed, and Hafsa Khan

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Epileptic Seizure Prediction Using a Computational Simulation, Louis Nemzer, Victor Castro, Gary Cravens, and Kristina Bolt

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An Electronic Nose To Monitor The Health Of Palms With Lethal Bronzing Disease, Jose Ramos, Venkatesh Shanbag, Niera Algazzaz, and Brian Bahder

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Formulation and In Vivo Evaluation of Pediatric Epinephrine Sublingual Tablets, Mutasem Rawas-Qalaji and Reynold Lopetegui

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Next-generation Sequencing to Identify Infectious Pathogenesis of ME/CFS., Violetta Renesca, Irina Rozenfeld, Maria Vera Nunez, Lubov Nathanson, Alison Bested, Nishil Patel, and Marc Pilarski

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Assessing Factors Associated with Transition to Injection among Heroin Users, Jesus Sanchez, Claudia A. Serna, Jeet Faldu, and Mandy Moncayo

Submissions from 2018

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The Efficacy of Genetic Biomarkers in Evaluating Precancerous Cervical Lesions, Renee Alexis, Kenneth Johnson, Winston Alexis, Patrick Hardigan, Kristina Gemayel, and Kelly Gaunt

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“We Worry Too Much!” Ghanaian Women’s Own Accounts of their Health Problems, Joyce Avotri

Why does the mind wander? An investigation into predictors of mind wandering, Jonathan Banks and Paul Brancaleone

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Youth Leadership for Conflict Resolution, Cheryl Duckworth, Darby Munroe, and Diana Stevens

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Assessing Shifts in Sponge Microbial Communities Across the Caribbean, Cole Easson and Jose V. Lopez

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Coral Recruitment under Ocean Warming and Acidification, Joana Figueiredo, Allan Anderson, and Sarah Koerner

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Comparing Teacher-Led and Computer Instruction in Preschoolers With Autism, Susan Kabot, Nurit Sheinberg, Tara Sheehan, and Lauren Analetto

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Development Of POC Biosensor For Diagnosis Of Diabetes-Associated Periodontitis, Toshihisa Kawai, Maria Hernandez, Saynur Vardar-Sengul, Kenta Yamamoto, and Gabriella Ambrose

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DNA Repair In Elasmobranch Fishes To Assess Cancer Risk, David Kerstetter, Jean Latimer, Lucia Llorente Ruiz, Meghna Mendu, and Jessica Schieber

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Neuroprotective Thrombolytic Bioconjugate for Ischemic Stroke, Young Kwon, Michelle Clark, and Wael Mahdi

Social Media And The College Choice Process, Whitney Lehmann and Elizabeth Brennan

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Effect of EnChroma Lens on Spectral Sensitivity of the Retina in CVD, David Loshin, Hua Bi, Jill Wallace-Ross, and Prajakta Joshi

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Dietary Fructose as a Risk Factor for Gulf War Illness: Exercise Challenge, Jacqueline Freire Machi, Mariana Morris, Mary Ann Fletcher, Nancy Klimas, Luis M. Salgueiro, Rodrigo Schmidt, and Christopher Elkins

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Rescue of aPKC: A New Approach for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Anastasia Mashukova

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Cancer Immunotherapies For Infection-Induced Malignancies In Hispanic Populations, Shannon Murray, Malav Trivedi, Julia Zuze, Kimberley Kusser, Emily Blake, Renee Potens, Andreas Lundqvist, Dana Holger, and Saina Gowani

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Effect of CFS/ME on epigenetic regulation in different immune cell types, Lubov Nathanson, Vladimir Beljanski, Malav Trivedi, Kimberley Kusser, and Melanie Perez

Angiotensin II and Dopamine 4 Receptor Interaction in Neurons from ADHD Rats, Ann Tenneil O'Connor, Michelle Clark, Malav Trivedi, Richard Deth, James Munoz, Dana Holger, and Saina Gowani

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Impact of Swallow Physiology on Dietary Diversity in Children, Jennifer Pusins and Roseanne Lesack

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Testing Novel Treatment Strategies For Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Appu Rathinavelu, Alicia Fernandez, Paramjot Kaur, Samuel Cheng, Thanigaivelan Kanagasabai, Ali Alaseem, Khalid Alhazzani, Saomya Kaul, and Nichole Mathew

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Optimization Of Epinephrine Sublingual Tablet For Pediatric Administration, Mutasem Rawas-Qalaji, Osama Rachid, and Yana Vorontsova

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Metabolic Abnormalities, Antioxidant Capacity And Toxic Exposures In ME/CFS, Irina Rozenfeld, Violetta Renesca, Nancy Klimas, Maria Vera Nunez, Ana Maria Castejon, and Christiana Okwaraji

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Stem Cell Modeling to Improve Neural Regeneration in Endodontic Procedures, Taner Cem Sayin, Benjamin Josey, Adil Duru, Outi Hovatta, and Melania Elsner

Faculty Identity Construction: The Transition from PhD to the Professoriate, Molly Scanlon, Juliette Kitchens, Claire Lutkewitte, and Jessica Organ

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Using Periodic Spatial Disturbance to Manipulate Cooperation in Bacteria, Robert Smith, Omar Eldakar, Rebecca Quinn, and Laura Enzinna

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Usable Remote Monitoring Technologies: Informal Caregivers’ Perspectives, Martha Snyder, Laurie Dringus, Ronald Chenail, and Elizabeth Oviawe

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Eradicating Zika with Novel Insecticides Against Vector Mosquitoes, Aurelien Tartar, Robert Smith, and Paula Leoro-Garzon

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Redox-based Epigenetic Changes Contribute to Defining Neuronal Stem Cell Fate, Malav Trivedi, James Munoz, Timothy Carroll, Nida Ahmed, and Jamie Carbon

Dual Functional Antiresorptive and Pro-Regenerative Drug for Bone Lytic Diseases, Saynur Vardar-Sengul, Toshihisa Kawai, Kenta Yamamoto, Sausha Toghranegar, and Alexandra Saab

3D Stochastic Matrices, Fuzhen Zhang

Submissions from 2017

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Effects of Soft Information in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending, Hyungkee Baek, David Cho, Sumitra Mukherjee, and Robert Jordan

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Autophagy-Mediated Responses to Inflammation, Vladimir Beljanski, Lubov Nathanson, and Nirja Patel

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The Firefighter Assessment Of Stress Test (FFAST), Ryan Black, Vincent Van Hasselt, Sarah Henderson, Kristin Klimley, and Estafania Masias

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Novel Cell Death Mechanisms in Autism, Ana Maria Castejon, Reza Razeghifard, Malav Trivedi, Luigi Cubeddu, Jordan Spaw, and Priyanka Yalamanchili

Angiotensin II-mediated Signaling in Astrocytes: Role of Beta-arrestins, Michelle A. Clark, Anastasios Lymperopoulos, and Shmuel Negussie

Effects of Oxidative Stress on Microtubules and its Role in Tauopathic Disease, Travis Craddock and Mary Jeffrey

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Assessing the Efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Older Adults, Christian DeLucia, Olivia Larson, Morgan Levy, and Ashley Stripling

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Aquaculture of Giant Clams Tridacna Squamosa: the role of the symbiont, Joana Figueiredo and David Lawson

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Identification of Bacterial Type III Secretion System Inhibitors Produced by Soil Bacteria, Julie Torruellas Garcia and Poorandai Shivbaran

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Multi-Decadal Assessment of Heavy Metals in Subsistence-Harvested Alaska Pinniped, Dimitrios Giarikos, Amy Hirons, Pilar Ferdinando, Chitra Gotluru, and Tanya Juneja

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Biomarkers of Persistent Effects of Cumulative Exposure in Gulf War Veterans, Stephen G. Grant, Nancy Klimas, Jean Latimer, Stefanie Sveiven, and Louiza Saint-Hillien

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South American Fur Seals (Arctocephalus australis) as Archivist of ENSO Effects, Amy Hirons, Mick Edwards, Ross Dwyer, Brice Shrenkel, and Bairon A. Madrigal