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 2014

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Enhancing Therapeutic Potential of Anticancer Drugs using Phycocyanin, Appu Rathinavelu, Sivansen Dhandayuthapani, and Olatunde Raji

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Formulation And Diffusion Of Epinephrine's Prodrug For Anaphylaxis Treatment, Mutasem Rawas-Qalaji, Arghavan Kariman, Michael Condon, Annette Losada, Belacryst Mandez, and Alhussain Aodah

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Revealing the secret of photosynthetic proteins by making synthetic model systems, Reza Razeghifard, Dimitrios Giarikos, and Mega Margupuram

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Generating New Strains of Algae for Biofuel Production under Extreme Conditions, Reza Razeghifard, Dimitrios Giarikos, and Bansi Salva

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Tissue analysis and shell sclerochronology of oil impacted molluscs, Deanne Roopnarine and Timothy Chung

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Particulate matter as a driver of antibiotic resistance, Robert Smith, Song Gao, Divya Pandya, and Arti Patel

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Engineering a trojan horse: using engineered bacteria to kill roundworms, Robert Phillip Smith, Christopher Blanar, Evan Haskell, Dakota Rosal, and Patrick Doty

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DNA Analysis of Surfactant Associated Bacteria in the Sea Surface Microlayer, Alexander Soloviev, Mahmood Shivji, Aurelien Tartar, and Bryan Hamilton

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Functional Recovery After Hemilabyrinthectomy in Goldfish, Richard Spieler, Jaime Tartar, Brian Moe, and Hunter Noren

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Cognitive processes in anxiety and depression in an ethnically diverse sample, Lourdes Suarez-Morales Suarez-Morales, Stacey McGregor, and Silviana Guerra

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A Novel Approach To Test Multisensory Emotion Processing After Sleep Loss, Jaime Tartar, Ana Fins, Aurelien Tartar, and Christina Gobin

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Assessment of Stress, Burnout, and Resilience in Correctional Officers, Vincent B. Van Hasselt, Ryan Black, and Vera Lopez

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Nups: Understanding What Is Bugging Patients, Paula Waziry, Nancy Klimas, and Dylan Dimesh

Submissions from 2013

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Neurocognitive Sequelae of HIV Infection in the Older Hispanic Adult, Amarilis Acevedo, Raymond Ownby Ownby, and Annelly Bure

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Examining the Mechanisms Involved in Stress Induced Working Memory Impairments, Jonathan B. Banks and Brittney Tamayo

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Using Intentional Play Based Experiences to Enhance Development, Lorraine Breffni, Nurit Sheinberg, David Reitman, and Roni Leiderman

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Regulation Of Intracellular Trafficking In Skeletal Muscle Of Type 2 Diabetics, Grady Campbell and Blanca Cuervo

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Exercise Adherence and Virtual Reality Gaming for Older Adults at Risk for Falls, Rick Davenport

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Impact of Child Testimony on Adult Attachment and Quality of Relationships, Jan Faust, Timothy Arcaro, Courtney Craig, Kelly Doyle, Rebecca Heidelberg, and Heather Kacos

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Injured Children Due to Urban Violence: Psychological and Familial Impact, Jan Faust, William Bracker, Sarah Nelson, Emily Claus, and Rebecca Heidelberg

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A Comparative Study of Air Quality between South Florida and Southern California, Song Gao, Katerina Tsakiri, Hung Pham, and Enrique Serrano

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Demographic Monitoring of the Threatened Staghorn Coral, Acropora cervicornis, David S. Gilliam, Elizabeth A. Larson, and Nicole D'Antonio

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Molecular Mechanism of DNA Repair Deficiency in Breast Cancer, Stephen G. Grant, Jean J. Latimer, Yashira Pabon-Padin, and Jeane Majekwana Vongai

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Paleoceanographic Productivity Reconstruction Using Marine Mammal Bone Collagen, Amy C. Hirons and Jonathan H. Gomez

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Connectivity of Reef Fish Between Mangroves and Coral Reefs in Broward County, FL, Amy C. Hirons, David W. Kerstetter, and Jennifer M. Savaro

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In Vitro Evaluation of an Injectable Tissue-Engineered Nanocomposite Scaffold, Umadevi Kandalam, Michelle A. Clark, Hossein Omidian, and Maria A. Duarte

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Status of the North American River Otter in Big Cypress National Preserve, Edward O. Keith and Catherine Hamilton

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Parasite Fauna and Parasite Release Potential of Atlantic Invasive Lionfishes, David W. Kerstetter, Christopher Blanar, and Kayelyn Simmons

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Age and Growth of Coastal Pelagic Tunas, David W. Kerstetter, Patrick Hardigan, and Jessica Adams

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Trophic Relationships within the Seabird Community of Southeast Florida, David W. Kerstetter, Amy C. Hirons, and Michael Young

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Breast Epithelial Stem Cell Number and Potency in African American Women, Jean J. Latimer, Stephen G. Grant, Joseph LaDuke, and Elisheva Weitz

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Development and Assessment of Scenario Based Cyber Security Skills Index CSSI, Yair Levy and Joshua D. Stalker

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Developing Diagnostics for Oil Exposure in Marine Sponges, Jose Lopez, Song Gao, and Emily Smith

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Ecology of the "Living Fossil" Holopus rangii (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), Charles G. Messing and Kaitlyn Brucker

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Understanding the Reaction Mechanism of the Drug Metabolizing P450 Enzyme, Reza Razeghifard

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Past Sea Level & Climate Change during a Critical Time Period from Broward County, Bernhard Riegl and Anastasios Stathakopoulos

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Crystal Engineering Strategy For Prevention Of Hepatotoxicity, Syed Rizvi

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A CBPR Approach To Capacity Building Among Latino Migrant Workers To Prevent HIV, Jesus Sanchez, Maria Isabel Fernandez, Jessica Cima, Claudia Millar, and Jeanette Niurka Rodriguez

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Sexual Identity Development and Well-Being in Same Sex Attracted Older Adults, Barry Schneider, Timothy Moragne, and Maya Pignatore

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Assessing Male Batterers - Development Of The Power And Control Inventory, David Shapiro, Tara Jungersen, Rachel Powers, and Cynthia Ivy

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Bullying in Early Childhood, Nurit Sheinberg, Thomas Kennedy, Lorraine Beffni, Meline Kevorkian, and Siddika Mulchan

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Attention Bias in Dental Anxiety: An Examination and Experimental Manipulation, Jedidiah Siev, Shaina Fieldstone, and Lizania Montero

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Thinking of Changing your Alcohol and Tobacco Use? There's an App for That!, Linda Carter Sobell, Steve Bronsberg, Jennie Q. Lou, Steven B. Zucker, Darius Fathi, and Samantha Domingo

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Development of Radioligands for ACE-2 and the (Pro)Renin Receptor (P)RR, Robert Speth, Andrea Linares, and Catalina Breton

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Sleep Gene Polymorphisms and Psychological Health: A Translational Approach, Jaime L. Tartar, Aurelien Tartar, Ana I. Fins, and Tatiana Viena

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Evolution Of Eusociality In Southern Hemisphere Marine Amphipod Crustacea, James D. Thomas and Brittnee Barris

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Interaction between Simvastatin and Oncolytic VSV: Role of Lipid Rafts, Paula A. Waziry, Luigi X. Cubeddu, Ana M. Castejon, and Dylan Dinesh

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Evaluation Of A Holistic Program For Military Service Members And Their Families, Angela Yehl, Elda Veloso, James Pann, Marcelo Castro, Stephen Messer, Jacob Connolly, and Blake Benson

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Central Mechanisms of Angiotensin II in Hypertensive Rat Astrocytes, Vudhya G. Yugandhar, Michelle A. Clark, Umadevi Kandalam, Nancy Sarmiento, and Melissa Santibanez

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The Effect of Sudden Onset Glare on Motion Detection and Shape Discrimination, Bin Zhang, Hua Bi, and Edgar Ekure

Submissions from 2012

A Study Of New Metal-Organic Frameworks As Gas Storage And Drug Delivery Media, Donald Baird, Reena Parikh, James Brandes, and Hugues Touze

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Quaternary Landscape Development, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, Paul Baldauf, Eric Householder, and Todd Van Iderstine

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Molecular Effects of Angiotensin II on Astrocytes Isolated from Hypertensive Rats, Michelle Clark, Umadevi Kandalam, Larisa Odessky, and Hieu Tran

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Interventional Study Of Text Messaging To Improve Medication Adherence In T2DM, Kevin Clauson, Jane McLaughlin-Middlekauff, Alexandra Perez Rivera, Goar Alcarez, Naushira Pandya, and Sydney Kchao

The Influence of Rapid Sequential Reading on Generating Inferences, W. Matthew Collins, Anil Sawh, and Belkis Rivas

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Discovery and Description of Two Benthic Communities - Poritidae and Pennatulidae, Joshua Feingold and Angelica Garcia

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Microbial Roles in Rapid Tissue Loss Disease of Acropora cervicornis Coral, David S. Gilliam, Jose V. Lopez, Aurelien Tartar, and Charles J. Walton

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Early Detection of Aging Related Alterations in Endogenous Brain Fluctuations, Evan Haskell, Siddharth Pandya, Naushira Pandya, and Rajeswari Murugan

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Cultural-Linguistic Adaptation Of A Health Literacy Intervention For Hispanics, Robin Jacobs, Raymond Ownby, Joshus Caballero, and Cristina Avila

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Human Trafficking Prevention Through Faculty Professional Development, Brianna Kent, Rose Colon, and Sandrine Gaillard-Kenny

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Off-Label Antidepressant Use In Treatment Of Insomnia, Leanne Lai, Hui Fang Huang Angie Su, and Mooi Heong Tan

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Empowering Teachers: Differentiated Teaching for Positive Outcomes, Rhoda Levine, Kristen Cunningham, Erica Friedland, Nadine Barnes, Lisa Chancey, Barbara Packer-Milti, Eugene Cash, and Lisa Duog

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Ideology and Moral Disgust: Their Influence on Water Reuse, John Lewis

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Molecular Monitoring of Microbial Symbiont Changes in a Marine Sponge Over Time, Jose Lopez, Jay Fleisher, and Dawn Formica

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Evaluation of a Novel Procedure to Increase Compliance in Young Children with ASD, Charles Mace, Tara Sheehan, Heather O'Brien, and Yulema Cruz

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Parental And Peer Influences On Psychosocial Adjustment In Emerging Adulthood, Madhavi Menon and Elizabeth Castillo

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Comparison of Dental Treatments to Impact the Quality of Life of Children, Peter Murray, Kenneth N. Namerow, Melissa Marchesan, Sergio Kuttler, Rebecca MacLaughlin, Christine Manguno, Matt Miller, Juan Francisco Espanol, and Kiran Sreekantaiah

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Prevalence and Correlates of Posttraumatic Growth in Pediatric Burn Survivors, Barry Nierenberg, Deborah A. Mulligan, Micah Brosbe, Katie Hoefling, Latisha Gathers, Becca Wallace, Sarah Nelson, and Gillian Mayerson

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One-Step Or Two-Step Excavation Of Deep Caries Lesion? Randomized Clinical Trial, Luana Oliveira, Steven Haas, Audrey Levitt Galka, Hal Lippman, Amir Far, and Gladston Silva

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Smart Polymers to Reduce Alcohol Absorption into Systemic Circulation, Hossein Omidian, Umadevi Kandalam, and David Mastropietro

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The Effectiveness of Diagnosis and Treatment of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Yasmin Qureshi, Nathalie Garbani, Heather McCarthy, Jay Fleisher, Lindsay Lacorte, and Wendy Song

Evidence for Catastrophic Sealevel Rise in Broward County, Bernhard Riegl and Anastasios Stathakopoulos

Acute Morphine After Fear Learning: Implications for Sex-Specific PTSD Treatment, Edwin Santini, Dinah L. Ramos-Ortolzaz, and Annelyn Torres-Reveron

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Use Of An IPad Application To Teach Communication Skills To Children With Autism, Nurit Sheinberg, Manny Gonzalez-Abreu, Maribel Del Rio-Roberts, Charles Mace, Mathew Zaffos, Marisa Michetti, Trina Morgan, Jamie Rubin, and Heather Dern

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Evaluating the Benefits of Text Message Reminders on HIV Medication Adherence, Elizabeth Sherman, Kevin Clausen, and Klumi Ayala

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Religion, Medicine And Healing In The Volta Region Of Ghana, Eileen Smith-Cavros, Joyce Avotri-Wuaku, Irina Vicnansky, and Marcel Zikofsky

Differential Desensitization of Salt Appetite and Thirst by Brain Angiotensin, Robert Speth, Jamala Swindle, and Luz Gonzalez

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American Heart Association 2011 CPR Retention: PT, OD Students And Public Safety, Debra Stern, Leah Nof, Kevin Nugent, and Eva Duchnowski

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A Collaborative, Multi-Disciplinary Model To Improve P-12 Learning, Mercedes ter Maat, Angela Waguespack, Marliese Hogan, Jan Yates, Ahysa Boutron, Amrita Singh, Steven Arcidiacono, and Maria Espinosa

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Parent Awareness: Childhood Obesity in Autism and the Role of Physical Therapy, Melissa Tovin Tovin, Martha M. Wichert, Nancy Lieberman, and Marlene Sotelo

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Simulated Patient Assessment Research, And Collaboration (SPARC), Sarah Valley-Gray, Heidi Lane, Ralph Eugene Cash, Barry Nierenberg, Stephanie Camejo, Megan Cannon, Bianca Basil, Courtney Cantrell, Cristina Calderon, and Hilary Cagle

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Assessment, Monitoring and Mapping of Coral Reefs in Veracruz, Mexico, Brian Walker, David S. Gilliam, Elizabeth Larson, and Mauricio Lopez Padierna

Submissions from 2011

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Can Types of TMD Be Distinguished By Surface Electromyography and Bite Force?, Paul Bradley, Neil I. Spielholz, and Ming-Shun Samuel Cheng

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A Prekindergarten Peer-Mediated Intervention for Children with Autism, Lorraine Breffni, Manny Gonzalez-Abreu Gonzalez-Abreu, David Reitman, Nancy Lieberman, and Miriam Ade

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Functional Assessment Using Telemetry Accelerometers and Mobile Device, Jennifer Canbek, Mary Blackinton, Ming-Shun Samuel Cheng, Cheryl Hill, and Kristi Brevick

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Convergence In Children And Adolescents Diagnosed With Autism, Rachel A. Stacey Coulter, Annette Bade, Sandee Dunbar, Nicole Quint, and Alexandra Boldis

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Distribution and Abundance of Fungiid Corals in the Gulf of California, Joshua Feingold

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Neural And Cognitive Inhibition In Bilinguals, Mercedes Fernandez, Daniela Padron, and Alicia Harnisch

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Latino Parental Acceptability Towards The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine, Ana Fins, Mindy Ma, Diana Formoso, Linda Kondilis, Giovanna Rivano, and Christina Suarez

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Uncovering Chemical Components of Atmospheric Aerosols in South Florida, Song Gao, Dimitrios Giarikos, Crystal Stacy Ming, and Michael Wiernicki

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The Transport Of Mangrove-Based Energy To Offshore Communities By Migrating Fish, Amy Hirons and Kelly Parks

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Alginate/Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposite Scaffolds For Bone Tissue Engineering, Umadevi Kandalam, Eric Stelnicki, Hossein Omidian, Amy Johanna Bouvier, and Silvia Beatriz Casas

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Status of the Amazonian Manatee (Manatus inunguis) in Eastern, Ecuador, Edward Keith

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To Remove The Hook Or Not: Degradation Rates Of Fishing Hooks, David Kerstetter and Robin Sherman

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Reproduction And Spread Of Cliona Delitrix Excavating Sponge On Coral Reefs, Jose Lopez, Jay Fleisher, and Andia Chaves-Fonnegra

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High Efficiency (454) DNA Sequencing Of A Sponge Meta-Transcriptome For Symbiosis, Jose Lopez and Emily Schmitt

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Protective Factors Against STD/HIV Risks Among Hispanic/Latino Adolescents, Mindy Ma, Jeffrey Kibler, Vera Lopez, and Andrea Bernal

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Man and His Best Friend: Is One More Therapeutic Than The Other?, Bindu Mayi, Christian DeLucia, Joshua Kretchmar, Jennifer Guyant, Ashley Terry, Hillary Gorski, Daniela Stivelman, and Sarah West

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Land-Based Culture for the Restoration of Threatened Staghorn Coral, Alison Moulding, D. Abigail Renegar, Keri O'Neil, and Adam St. Gelais

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NSUs Stem Cell Delivery Approaches For Regenerative Treatment, Peter Murray, Kenneth Namerow, Sergio Kuttler, Christine Manguno, Rebecca Krygsman, Cameron Howard, Stephen Mangan, Jeffery Hanzon, and Mark Limosani