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Student Poster PresentationKillgore Research Center, Research Enhancement and Student Research Grants

Each fall semester the Killgore Research Committee requests proposals for Killgore Research, Research Enhancement and Student Research grants. Generally, faculty awards are made in the amount of $5,000 or less. Student grants are limited to $1,000.

Killgore Research Center (KRC) grants are restricted to proposals that impact the Panhandle of Texas directly and, secondarily, the state. Proposals should primarily be in the following areas: agriculture, rural health, rural education K-16 (math and science), businesses for small communities, environmental science, and energy. Grant may not be used to support recipient's dissertation.

Research Enhancement grants are available for all disciplines and are geared toward the discovery of new knowledge leading to publication, performance or exhibition appropriate to the applicant's discipline. Including students in the project is encouraged. Grant may not be used to support recipient's dissertation.

Student Research grants are open to all disciplines and are meant to educate the recipient in the philosophies, techniques and tools of research through the discovery of new knowledge leading to publication, performance or exhibition appropriate to the applicant's discipline. Funding may be used to support the recipient's thesis or dissertation research.

The Killgore Research Committee has announced the awardees for the 2011-2012 internal research grant program. Out of 17 faculty applications and 16 student applications, there were 8 faculty awards and 11 student awards.

Faculty Awards

Lance Baker and John Pipkin – "The Effect of Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Blood Fatty Acid Profiles in the Horse"
Cathy Clewett – "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Moisture, Fat, and Protein in Meat Products"
Maxine DeButte-Smith – "Effect of Ovariectomy on Behavioral and Histological Consequences of 2VO in Young Female Rats"
Richard Kazmaier – "Nutritional Ecology of the Texas State Bison Herd"
David Khan – "A Comparative Study of Liposomal-Based Chemotherapeutics Containing either Distearoyl-phosphatidyl Choline or Dipalmitoylphosphatidyl Choline"
Julie Lockman – "Evaluation of the Polycyclic Cage Amine NGP1-01 as a Neuroprotective Agent against Iron Toxicity"
David Lust and Kate Brooks – "Confined Cow-Calf Production Systems as an Alternative to Grazing During Extreme Drought"
Rocky Ward – "Development of DNA Barcodes for the Identification of Unionid Mussel Species"

Student Awards

Jeffrey Ryan Archer – "Subsidized Civics: Citizenship, Entertainment and Addiction in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest"
Greg Busby – "The Effects of Seasonality of Fire on Spider Diversity and Abundance on a Sandsage Prairie Area in the Texas Panhandle"
Emily Crohare – "Effect of HMB Supplementation on Immune Function and DOMS Severity in Sprinting Athletes"
David Footle – "Survey Study of Camel-spider and Scorpion Species within Big Bend National Park, Texas"
Jared Fuller – "Molecular Detection of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) in Texas River Water"
Jorge Granados – "Pro-hormone Supplement in College Age Males. Everybody is Doing It: Do Benefits Truly Exist?"
Stephen Ingle – "Effects of Stretching on Wingate Power Training"
Monika R. Jones-Higgins – "Investigation of Brain Endothelial Characteristics Associated with Iron"
William Mimbs – "Evaluation of the Acute and Genetic Toxicity of P. Parvum Biotoxin and Herbicide Mixtures"
Billy Pope – "Population Genetics of River Cooters in the Southwest"
Brian Yates – "Influence of Atrazine and Cotton Herbicides on Prymnesium Parvum Bloom Dynamics"