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Research Funding

The list below shows how research is funded in the Biology Department at Andrews University.

2006

Andrews University and Walla Walla College in collaboration with the University of Arizona were awarded $300,000 over three years from the National Science Foundation to fund a study involving the prediction of animal behavior, specifically that of Glaucous-winged Gulls, on Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State. This project is led by two professors from Andrews University, James Hayward (Professor of Biology), and Shandelle Henson (Professor of Mathematics), along with Joe Galusha of Walla Walla College and Jim Cushing from the University of Arizona.

2004

Tom Goodwin, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant--$4500 to study taphonomy of small-animal fossils in the Eocene Bridger Formation (includes $1500 to support a graduate student in research).
Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $4,275 to study Immunocapture of HCN synthase DNA from field rhizosphere soil.

2003

John Stout and a team of co-investigators from Biology (Gordon Atkins), Mathematics (Shandelle Henson), and Behavioral Sciences (Duane McBride), $490,000 to implement a new interdisciplinary program in behavioral neurosciences and includes funding for new courses, labs, research opportunities and an additional behavioral neuroscientist (Karl Bailey).
Jim Hayward (Biology) and Shandelle Henson (Mathematics), National Science Foundation, Division of Mathematical Sciences, $304,000 for a study that develops and tests mathematical models for the prediction of habitat occupancies by marine birds and mammals.
Dennis Woodland, Edward Lowe Foundation, $35,000 to coordinate a four member team in a plant biodiversity survey of an important habitat region in Cass County, Michigan.
Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $2,375 to study improving survival of weed deleterious rhizobacteria in granular formulations.
Rob Zdor, United States Department of Agriculture CSREES program area 51.8, $65,661 to study the Molecular Basis for Rhizosphere Hydrogen Cyanide Production by Weed Deleterious Rhizobacteria.

2002

Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $3,150 to study the Development of FISH probes for weed cyanogenic delterious rhizobacteria. David Steen, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $3,500 to study Somatic Embryogenesis in Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti).

2001

Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $3,250 to study the molecular basis of cyanide production in deleterious rhizobacteria.

2000

Tom Goodwin, Geoscience Research Institute--$1500 to help complete a theoretical study of the frequency of ancestors in the fossil record.
Tom Goodwin, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant--$4500 to study dental microwear as an indicator of habitat change in the Porcupine Cave fossil sequence (includes $1500 to support an undergraduate researcher).
David Steen, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $4,400 to study Thidiazuron induced somatic embryogenesis in zygotic embryo explants of Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) (includes $1500 to support an undergraduate researcher).
Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $2,250 to study a comparsion between culture and direct cell count methods in the enumeration of two deleterious rhizobacteria in the rhizospheres of corn and velvetleaf.

1999

Tom Goodwin, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant--$3,000 to continue study small mammal response to climate change at high elevations in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $3,000 to study immunological detection of deleterious rhizobacteria on velvetleaf roots.

1998

Gordon Atkins and John Stout, National Science Foundation, $300,000 for Integrative Biology and Neuroscience.
Tom Goodwin, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant--$2,400 to study taphonomy of a mass mortality deposit of turtles in the Bridger Formation.
Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $1,700 to study the effect of bacterial physiological state and formulation on survival in soil and the ability to reduce velvetleaf growth.

1997

Tom Goodwin, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant--$2,500 to study fossil ground squirrels from a high-elevation cave site in Colorado.
David Steen, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant - $3000 to study Somatic Embryogenesis in Abutilon theophrasti: optimized protocols for induction and maintenance of embryo populations.
John Stout, MacGregor Foundation, $75,000 for Undergraduate Research.
Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $2,355 to study the use of green fluorescent protein to tag cyanogenic bacteria.

1996

Tom Goodwin, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant--$3,000 to study microvertebrates from a widespread turtle-bearing unit of the Bridger Formation.
Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $1,600 to study the survival in soil of a cyanogenic bacterial strain engineered to utilize salicylate.

1995

Tom Goodwin, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant--$3,000 to study selected Pliocene and Pleistocene ground squirrels.
Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $1,000 to study Velvetleaf root colonization & rhizosphere HCN production by two Rhizobacterial isolates.

1994

Tom Goodwin, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant--$3,000 to study morphological variation in modern ground squirrels.
Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $1,800 to study the development of a velvetleaf cell suspension culture system for detecting plant deleterious bacteria.

1993

John Stout, Wuchenich Foundation, $30,000 for Innovations in Undergraduate Biology Education.
John Stout and Gordon Atkins, National Science Foundation, $245,000 for Sensory Neuroscience.
Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $2,100 to study DNA analysis of bacteria from plant roots: understanding intraspecies variation.

1992

David Steen, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, - $2000.00 to study Somatic Embryogenesis in horticulturally important varieties of Pelargonium sp. (Geranium).
Rob Zdor, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $2,800 to study The isolation and characterization of rhizobacteria deleterious to velvetleaf.

1991

David Steen, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant, $2375.00 to study Comparison of the regenerative potential of protoplasts derived from subapical cortical tissues of a variety of Pisum sativum cultivars.

1990

David Steen, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant - $2650.00 awarded for Culture and characterization of cells regenerated from protoplasts isolated from the cortex of etiolated (Dark grown) sub-apical pea stem sections.

1989

Gordon Atkins and John Stout, National Science Foundation, $80,000 for Instrumentation for Laboratory Sciences.
Tom Goodwin, Panorama Society, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History--$300 to study fossil prairie dogs.
David Steen, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant - $2400.00 awarded to compare the morphological and physiological parameters of protoplasts derived from dark-grown and normal Pisum tissues.
John Stout, National Science Foundation, $200,000 for Cell Recognition and Response.

1988

Tom Goodwin, Panorama Society (see above)--$350 to study small mammal faunas from the Mojave Desert.

1987

David Steen, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant - $2188.00 to develop a protocol for isolation and propagation of protoplasts from Pisum sativum stem cortex.

1985

John Stout, National Science Foundation, $135,000 for Cell Recognition and Response.

1984

Tom Goodwin, Geoscience Research Institute, Loma Linda University--$800 to study fossil sciurid rodents from Kokoweef Cave in the Mojave Desert.
David Steen, Andrews University Faculty Research Grant - $2400.00 to study cell wall regeneration studies in protoplasts of Pisum: Microtubule localization using electron microscopy and indirect immunofluorescence.

1982

Bill Chobotar and Harry D. Danforth, $26,000 to study in vitro culture and immunology of Coccidia by use of monoclonal (Hybidoma) antibodies from Andrews University and the Animal Parasitology Insititute, Beltsville, MD.
John Stout, National Science Foundation, $52,431 for Cell Recognition and Response.

1973

John Stout, U.S. Airforce, $165,000 for Seagull Dispersal.

1973

John Stout, National Institutes of Health, $183,384 for Communication during Behavior.