
Srinivas Garlapati
MCBRC Laison University of Louisiana at Monroe Antigenic variation in the protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia Pilot Project garlapati@ulm.edu

Mary Caldorera-Moore
Louisiana Tech University Multifunctional Living Stem Cell-Laden Hydrogel Networks for Directed Tissue Regeneration

Nektarios Barabutis
University of Louisiana at Monroe Protective role of Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone Antagonists in Endothelial Barrier Dysfunction

Vladimir Kolesnichenko
Xavier University of Louisiana Full Project Nano particulate magnetic imaging Agents for Cancer Diagnostic

Omer Soysal
Southeastern Louisiana University Full Project MindPrint: Exploring uniqueness of individuals' brain signals

Dr. Stassi DiMaggio
Xavier University of Louisiana Development of a Targeted Photorelease Drug Delivery System Full Project scdimagg@xula.edu

JUSTIN ANDERSON
South Eastern Louisiana University Effects of environmental contaminants on mosquito development & virus replication Startup Project justin.anderson-3@selu.edu

James Cho
South Eastern Louisiana University The Development of the 'Fight Bacteria with Bacteria (F2B)' Methodology: Using Current Pathogenic Bacteria Models to Uncover a Probable Core Mechanism for Treating Newly Emerging Pathogenic Bacteria Pilot Project james.cho@selu.edu

Dr. TAMJIDUL HOQUE MD
University of New Orleans Exploring Toggle Proteins: Bridging Ordered and Disordered States with Explanatory Insight Pilot Project thoque@uno.edu

Kabir Ahmad
University of Louisiana at Monroe Harnessing Microbial Symbiosis to Biofortify Iron in Garden Pea for Combating Human Anemia Startup Project kabir@ulm.edu

Christopher Bolden
Xavier University of Louisiana Evaluating the role of reactive astrocytes in glioblastoma metastasis utilizing a modular 3-D in vitro platform Startup Project cbolden6@xula.edu

Alynn Schoeffler
Loyola University New Orleans Molecular specificity determinants in erythromycin resistance methyltransferases Full Project ajschoef@loyno.edu

Md Ekhtear Hossain
Southern University and A&M College at Baton Rouge Role of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S1) Protein on LOX-1 Receptor Expression in Macrophages Pilot Project md.hossain@subr.edu

Dr. Kimberlee Mix
MCBRC Laison Loyola University New Orleans Regulation of orphan receptor NR4A2: adopting a novel target for osteoarthritis Full Project kmix@loyno.edu

Marisa Connell
Louisiana State University, Shreveport Identifying the mechanisms by which Kin17 promotes EMT Full Project mconnel2@lsus.edu

Michael Wells
Louisiana Tech University The nanoparticulate elixir of microbial alchemists: Assessing the antibiotic efficacy and anticancer potency of microbially generated gold and selenium nanoparticles Pilot Project mwells@latech.edu