Evolution of the photopigments in the largest and most complex terrestrial animal eyes

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Seth M. Bybee, Department of Biology, December 2017 Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The proposal had three main aims: 1). Produce a phylogenetic estimate of aeshnid dragonfly evolution from transcriptomes. 2). Use the phylogeny from Aim I and the photopigments isolated from the transcriptome data to examine the […]

Fairy-Tale Teleography and Visualizations (FTTV)

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Jill Terry Rudy, English and Jarom McDonald, Office of Digital Humanities (through March 2016 Evaluation of Academic Objectives This project has leveraged data processing and visualization methods that are becoming significant paradigms in digital humanities scholarship; specifically, we have repositioned the existing teleography of fairy tales on television from Channeling Wonder into a data corpus […]

2016 MENTORING ENVIRONMENT GRANT: FINAL REPORT

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Dr. Stacy Taniguchi, Dr. Peter Ward, and Dr. Mark Widmer, Department of Experience Design and Management HISTORY In January 2016, Stacy Taniguchi, Ph.D., Peter Ward, Ph.D., and Mark Widmer, Ph.D. from the Department of Recreation Management (RECM), received one of two Mentoring Environment Grants (MEGs) awarded to the Department by Brigham Young University’s (BYU) Office […]

Project Final Evaluation: Parent Training in Southeast Europe: Strengthening Families of Children with Autism in Macedonia

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Blake D. Hansen, Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education Objectives Met The purpose of this project was to evaluate program to education parents of children with autism in the Republic of Macedonia, located in Southeastern Europe. Macedonia has many factors that made it an important research site. Poverty rates, ethnic conflict, and access to […]

The Role of Inflammation in the Progression of Osteoarthritis

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I received funding for this MEG in January of 2015. This was a remarkably fruitful MEG for my lab. The work completed through this grant proposal led to some ground breaking data that translated into two patent applications (Topical/Transdermal application of wogonin for promoting chondrocyte autophagy, leading to reversal of damage associated with osteoarthritis as […]

Frequency of Pathogenic Staphylococcus Aureus in Commercial Meat Samples and Examination of new ways to Eliminate Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilms)

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Berges 2015 Final MEG Report Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Here are the original aims of the grant proposal, along with a brief progress report: A. Determine prevalence of S. aureus and MRSA in local raw meat samples. We have a manuscript on this aim, it is currently […]

The effect of Nr4a3 on functional Beta Cell Mass

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Jeffery S. Tessem, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science Evaluation of academic objectives The academic objectives of this Mentoring Environment Grant (MEG) were to 1) train undergraduate students in the scientific process to prepare them in careers as physicians and scientists, and 2) to determine if the in vitro phenotypes observed in Nr4a3 deficient beta cell […]