Vassar College

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND-INSTITUTIONAL PORTION

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND - STUDENT AID

SUMMER STEM TEACHING EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES FROM LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTIONS

NSF POSE: PHASE II: AN OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM FOR BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENTS -THIS PROJECT CREATES AN OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM FOR BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENTS CENTERED AROUND JSPSYCH, AN ESTABLISHED AND HIGHLY-USED TOOL FOR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH. AN ECOSYSTEM FOR BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENTS WILL ALLOW RESEARCHERS TO MAKE THEIR METHODOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS OPEN-SOURCE PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE ADAPTED BY OTHER RESEARCHERS TO ANSWER NEW QUESTIONS. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE ALL KINDS OF RESEARCH ON HUMAN BEHAVIOR FASTER, MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE COLLABORATIVE, AND CHEAPER. THE ECOSYSTEM CREATED AROUND THIS SOFTWARE ALLOWS RESEARCHERS TO DEVELOP AND SHARE INNOVATIONS IN THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING SPACE. IT LOWERS THE BARRIERS TO ACCESS RESEARCH RESOURCES, ALLOWING RESEARCHERS TO RUN ONLINE EXPERIMENTS, FACILITATING THE USE OF HIGH-IMPACT APPROACHES LIKE CITIZEN SCIENCE, AND REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF REDUNDANT EFFORT THAT RESEARCHERS DO WHEN CREATING THESE EXPERIMENTS. FACILITATING RESEARCH THAT IS BUILT ON FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE RESEARCH WILL ACCELERATE THE PACE OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, MULTIPLYING THE BROADER IMPACTS OF THAT WORK. JSPSYCH IS ALREADY USED FOR RESEARCH THAT INFORMS SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND POLICIES, PRODUCT DESIGN, THERAPIES, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND MANY OTHER AREAS. ONLINE EXPERIMENTS ARE A POWERFUL TOOL FOR COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH IN BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS, HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION, LINGUISTICS, AND ALL BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO TRAIN DOZENS OF RESEARCHERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE CAPACITY THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO A BROADER RANGE OF PROJECTS. THIS PROJECT GROWS THE OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM THROUGH SEVERAL COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES. IT BRINGS TOGETHER EXPERTS AND TOOL DEVELOPERS WHO USE A VARIETY OF ONLINE EXPERIMENT METHODS TO COORDINATE AROUND A SHARED FRAMEWORK. FOR THIS SHARED FRAMEWORK, THE PROJECT CREATES POLICIES AND TOOLS THAT FACILITATE SHARED GOVERNANCE, ENSURING THAT THE ECOSYSTEM IS SUSTAINABLE. TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESEARCHERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOFTWARE, THE PROJECT BUILDS DEVELOPER-FOCUSED TOOLS, IMPROVES DOCUMENTATION, AND CONDUCTS BOTH LIVE AND REMOTE HACKATHONS FOR TRAINING. TO ENSURE THAT THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY THE COMMUNITY IS ROBUST AND SECURE, THE PROJECT DEVELOPS PLANS FOR SOFTWARE TESTING AND VERIFICATION BEFORE PUBLIC RELEASE. FINALLY, THE PROJECT INCLUDES ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PERMIT RESEARCHERS TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE DIRECTION OF THE PROJECT. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

SUSTAINING AND REVITALIZING RESEARCH FACILITIES: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM UPGRADE IN THE OLMSTED HALL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

VASSAR NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

CRI: CRD A RICHLY ANNOTATED RESOURCE FOR LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND LINGUISTICS RESEARCH

INSPIRE TRACK 1: IS EVOLVABILITY DRIVEN BY EMERGENT MODULARITY? BIOMIMETIC ROBOTS, GENE INSPIRED INFORMATION STRUCTURES, AND THE EVOLVABILITY OF INTE

SI2-SSI: THE LANGUAGE APPLICATION GRID: A FRAMEWORK FOR RAPID ADAPTATION AND REUSE

EQUIPMENT: MRI: TRACK 1 ACQUISITION OF A CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT VASSAR COLLEGE -AN AWARD IS MADE TO VASSAR COLLEGE TO ACQUIRE A CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE TO ENHANCE RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN THE NEW YORK MID-HUDSON VALLEY REGION, INCLUDING AT MARIST COLLEGE AND AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ. THIS MICROSCOPE WILL CREATE NEW STEM RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATES, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS, BY ENHANCING ONGOING AND FUTURE RESEARCH PROJECTS AND BY FACILITATING PROGRAMS ACROSS DISCIPLINES AIMED AT INCREASING STUDENT DIVERSITY IN STEM. MICROSCOPY-FOCUSED COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS, SUCH AS A ?SCIENCE CAFE? TO INFORMALLY PRESENT RESEARCH TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY, WILL HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH TO AN INCLUSIVE AUDIENCE. THE MICROSCOPE WILL ENHANCE AN ALREADY VIBRANT LIFE SCIENCES CONSORTIUM IN THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY, CREATING A REGIONAL RESOURCE THAT BUILDS COMMUNITY AND BRINGS TOGETHER NEIGHBORING INSTITUTIONS AND A DIVERSITY OF STUDENTS FOR CUTTING-EDGE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. THIS AWARD WILL FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM FACULTY RESEARCH, FACULTY-MENTORED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, AND ADVANCED-LEVEL TEACHING IN THE NEW YORK MID-HUDSON VALLEY REGION. THE BREADTH OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO IMAGE BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AT HIGH RESOLUTION AND IN 3-DIMENSIONS, FROM MOLECULES TO LIVING ORGANISMS. THE MICROSCOPE WILL BE A WIDELY-USED, MULTI-PURPOSE DEVICE THAT AUGMENTS THE CAPABILITIES OF NUMEROUS RESEARCHERS IN A DIVERSE RANGE OF DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING BIOCHEMISTRY, CELL BIOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. THE MICROSCOPE WILL ALSO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CLASSROOM, INCLUDING ?HANDS-ON? LABORATORY COURSES AT BOTH VASSAR COLLEGE AND MARIST COLLEGE. THROUGH UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND TRAINING, THIS AWARD PROVIDES A STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY PLATFORM FOR TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

THE ROLE OF THE MRNA-ENTRY-CHANNEL ARM OF EIF3 IN MRNA RECRUITMENT

INTEROP: SUSTAINABLE INTEROPERABILITY FOR LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY

VASCULAR HEMODYNAMICS AND MARKERS OF PRECLINICAL AND SUBCLINICAL VASCULAR BRAIN INJURY AND DEMENTIA - PROJECT SUMMARY THIS K01 PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND RESEARCH PLAN THAT WILL FACILITATE THE CANDIDATE'S TRANSITION TO AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR IN THE AREAS OF VASCULAR HEMODYNAMICS, VASCULAR BRAIN INJURY, AND DEMENTIA. THE CANDIDATE HAS A BACKGROUND IN CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY, INCLUDING TRAINING IN QUANTITATIVE METHODS AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF VASCULAR HEMODYNAMICS DATA FROM ARTERIAL TONOMETRY AND ULTRASOUND. THE GRANT WILL PROVIDE THE APPLICANT WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDED TRAINING IN NEUROVASCULAR AND BRAIN IMAGING (I.E., MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY), VASCULAR AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE DEMENTIA, BIOETHICS, AND GRANTSMANSHIP THROUGH A COMBINATION OF IMMERSIVE TRAINING, COURSEWORK, MENTORING, AND SELECTED READINGS. THE CANDIDATE HAS ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY MENTORS AND ADVISORS WHO HAVE AN OUTSTANDING RECORD OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RESEARCH EXPERTISE IN THE AREAS OF VASCULAR HEMODYNAMICS, TARGET ORGAN DAMAGE, VASCULAR BRAIN INJURY, AND DEMENTIA. ADDITIONALLY, THE MENTORING TEAM MEMBERS HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN MENTORING JUNIOR FACULTY TOWARD RESEARCH INDEPENDENCE. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FIELD AND COMPLEMENT THE CANDIDATE'S PLAN FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ACTIVITIES. THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WILL CAPITALIZE ON THE CANDIDATE'S EMERGING EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IN VASCULAR HEMODYNAMICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY WITH THE MENTORS' AND ADVISORS' EXPERTISE IN NEUROVASCULAR FUNCTION, PRECLINICAL DEMENTIA, AND SUBCLINICAL BRAIN INJURY. THE RESEARCH INCLUDES MULTIPLE SPECIFIC AIMS THAT WILL BE ACHIEVED OVER THE COURSE OF THE AWARD PERIOD. THE AIMS INCLUDE: (1) TO ASSESS RELATIONS OF MEASURES OF AORTIC STIFFNESS, PRESSURE PULSATILITY, AND MICROVASCULAR FUNCTION WITH PRECLINICAL SS-AMYLOID AND TAU BURDEN IN THE BRAIN IN FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY (FHS) THIRD GENERATION PARTICIPANTS; (2) TO ASSESS RELATIONS OF MEASURES OF AORTIC STIFFNESS AND PRESSURE PULSATILITY WITH LONGITUDINAL PROGRESSION OF SUBCLINICAL BRAIN VASCULAR INJURY IN FHS THIRD GENERATION PARTICIPANTS; AND (3) TO ASSESS RELATIONS OF MEASURES OF AORTIC STIFFNESS AND PRESSURE PULSATILITY WITH (A) MARKERS OF CEREBROVASCULAR REMODELING AND (B) PRECLINICAL SS-AMYLOID BURDEN IN THE BRAIN IN A PILOT SUBSET OF BLACK/AFRICAN-AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS IN THE JACKSON HEART STUDY. THIS WORK SEEKS TO ELUCIDATE NASCENT VASCULAR FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF VASCULAR BRAIN INJURY AND DEMENTIA, WHICH MAY REPRESENT NOVEL TARGETS FOR PREVENTION. ADDITIONALLY, THIS WORK SEEKS TO INCREASE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HEALTH DISPARITIES OF CARDIO- AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES.

RUI: CHARACTERIZING INNER DISKS IN THE ERA OF JWST AND ALMA

THE RESEARCH PROJECT INVESTIGATES THE EFFECTS OF OCEAN ALKALINITY ENHANCEMENT ON FORAMINIFERA, A TYPE OF MARINE CALCIFIERS. FORAMINIFERA ARE SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS THAT PRODUCE CALCIUM CARBONATE SHELLS AND PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE OCEAN'S CARBON CYCLE. OCEAN ALKALINITY ENHANCEMENT AIMS TO INCREASE THE OCEAN'S ABILITY TO ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE BY ENHANCING ITS BUFFERING CAPACITY. HOWEVER, THE IMPACT OF THE ADDITION OF ALKALINITY ON FORAMINIFERA IS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS USED IN OCEAN ALKALINITY ENHANCEMENT ON FORAMINIFERA, THE RESEARCHERS WILL GROW FORAMINIFERA IN CULTURE EXPERIMENTS AND USE ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNIQUES TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT ON CALCIFICATION (SHELL BUILDING). THEY WILL TEST THREE MATERIALS: CALCIUM CARBONATE, CALCIUM HYDROXIDE, AND OLIVINE. THE RESEARCH TEAM ANTICIPATES THAT ADDING CALCIUM-BEARING MINERALS WILL INCREASE FORAMINIFERAL CALCIFICATION, REDUCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OCEAN ALKALINITY ENHANCEMENT, WHEREAS ADDING M

CRUI: BIOMIMETIC EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS: THE ORIGIN OF VERTEBRAE VIA COMPUTATIONAL AND ROBOTIC SIMULATIONS OF FISH

BRC-BIO: INVESTIGATING ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL STRATEGIES AND DROUGHT TOLERANCE OF TEMPERATE LIANAS -THE CONCEPT OF GLOBAL CHANGE ENCOMPASSES NOT ONLY THE DIRECT ALTERATION OF THE EARTH?S CLIMATE AND ATMOSPHERE, BUT ALSO OTHER HUMAN-DRIVEN MECHANISMS WHICH ALTER THE BIOSPHERE. LAND TRANSFORMATION, OVEREXPLOITATION OF NATURAL POPULATIONS, AND EXOTIC SPECIES INVASIONS ARE DRIVING GLOBAL CHANGES THAT IMPACT BIODIVERSITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. WOODY VINES, KNOWN AS LIANAS, ARE STRUCTURAL PARASITES THAT USE THE STRUCTURE OF NEARBY TREES TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE SUNLIT CANOPY AND CAN CAUSE DAMAGE OR DEATH TO THE UNDERLYING TREES. UNDERSTANDING HOW THESE PLANTS ACCESS RESOURCES SUCH AS LIGHT AND WATER CAN INFORM STRATEGIES TO CONTROL THEIR SPREAD. THIS PROJECT WILL COMPARE PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, SUCH AS PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND HYDRAULICS, OF INVASIVE AND NATIVE WOODY VINES TO CHARACTERIZE TRAITS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT IN FORESTED AREAS. THIS RESEARCH WILL ENHANCE THE RESEARCH SKILLS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS VIA ITS INTEGRATION INTO A PLANT PHYSIOLOGY CLASS AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AT VASSAR COLLEGE, A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION. STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT WILL DO SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION OUTREACH TO LOCAL SCHOOLS, ALLOWING THE STUDENTS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONS AT THE K-12 LEVEL. RESEARCH SITES WILL INCLUDE IDENTIFIED URBAN FORESTS OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NY TO INFORM RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION PLANS IN LARGE CITY AND TOWN PARKS. THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE PRESENTATIONS TO LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS, AS WELL AS CITY PARKS AND PLANNING DEPARTMENTS, TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WITH INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL. GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS ARE UNDER PRESSURE FROM MANY FACTORS INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE, HABITAT LOSS AND FRAGMENTATION, AND BIOLOGICAL INVASION. AS NON-NATIVE PLANT SPECIES COMPETE WITH NATIVE SPECIES FOR RESOURCES, UNDERSTANDING THEIR PHYSIOLOGY CAN IMPROVE PREDICTIONS OF COMPETITION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSES TO INFORM CONSERVATION DECISIONS. INTRODUCED TEMPERATE LIANAS, SUCH AS AMPELOPSIS BREVIPEDUNCULATA (PORCELAIN BERRY) AND CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS (ASIATIC BITTERSWEET), HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS INVASIVE SPECIES OF CONCERN IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. SINCE THEY REQUIRE PROXIMITY TO TREES IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE CANOPY, LIANAS OFTEN GERMINATE IN THE LOWER LIGHT INTENSITIES OF THE FOREST UNDERSTORY AND MUST RESPOND QUICKLY TO AVAILABLE LIGHT TO MAXIMIZE GROWTH. UNDERSTORY LIGHT OCCURS IN PATCHES OF INTERMITTENT DURATION AND VARIED SIZE, SO MAINTAINING PHOTOSYNTHETIC ASSIMILATION RATES AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY DURING THESE SUNFLECKS IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE THREE-FOLD: 1) TO COMPARE PHOTOSYNTHETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPETING NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE LIANAS UNDER VARIED LIGHT CONDITIONS, 2) QUANTIFY THE GROWTH TRAITS, BIOMASS ALLOCATION, ANATOMY, AND HYDRAULICS OF THE STUDY SPECIES, AND 3) INVESTIGATE LIGHT ACQUISITION AND HYDRAULIC STRATEGIES OF THESE PLANTS UNDER WATER DEFICIT TO SIMULATE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS. COMPLEMENTARY MEASUREMENTS OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC ASSIMILATION, ALONGSIDE RAPID CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE AND STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE MEASUREMENTS, WILL ALLOW THE RESEARCHERS TO CHARACTERIZE SEVERAL TRAITS, INCLUDING MAXIMUM RATES OF ELECTRON TRANSPORT AND CARBON ASSIMILATION, CONDUCTANCE OF CO2 THROUGH THE STOMATA AND INTO THE LEAF, AND NON-PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING. STUDIES OF THE PLANTS? ANATOMY AND HYDRAULICS WILL IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT SPECIES? RESPONSES TO VARIABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

IDENTIFICATION OF NEURONAL ENSEMBLES MEDIATING FEAR GENERALIZATION IN THE INFRALIMBIC CORTEX - PROJECT SUMMARY POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) AFFLICTS 8% OF THE US POPULATION. ONE PROMINENT SYMPTOM OF PTSD IS THE OVER-GENERALIZATION OF TRAUMATIC MEMORIES. GENERALIZATION REFERS TO THE TRANSFER OF LEARNED RESPONDING TO STIMULI THAT ARE SIMILAR, BUT NOT IDENTICAL, TO THE ORIGINAL CONDITIONED STIMULUS (CS). DESPITE THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING GENERALIZATION, IN BOTH BASIC MEMORY PROCESSING AND PTSD, VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE NEURONAL SUBSTRATES. MEMORY IS THOUGHT TO BE ENCODED IN SPARSE, DISTRIBUTED GROUPS OF NEURONS KNOWN AS “NEURONAL ENSEMBLES.” OVER TIME, NEURONAL ENSEMBLES SUPPORTING MEMORY EXPRESSION ARE DYNAMIC. GENERALIZATION IS ALSO DYNAMIC, WITH A TENDENCY TO INCREASE OVER TIME, SUGGESTING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO. A MAJOR QUESTION IN NEUROSCIENCE IS HOW ENSEMBLE DYNAMICS MEDIATE CHANGES IN THE EXPRESSION OF GENERALIZATION OVER TIME. ONE BRAIN REGION SHOWN TO CONTRIBUTE TO GENERALIZATION IS THE INFRALIMBIC CORTEX (IL). DESPITE A KNOWN ROLE FOR THE IL IN GENERALIZATION, THE IDENTIFICATION OF IL NEURONAL ENSEMBLES MEDIATING GENERALIZATION PROCESSES OVER TIME IS UNKNOWN. ONE OBSTACLE IN THE WAY OF STUDYING NEURONAL ENSEMBLES IS THE INHERENT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY IN ENSEMBLE IDENTIFICATION AND MANIPULATION. NEW MOLECULAR TOOLS, SUCH AS ARCCREERT2 X EYFP TRANSGENIC MICE, FOR PERMANENTLY “TAGGING” ACTIVE CELLS (ARC/ARG3.1 EXPRESSION) DURING LEARNING FOR COMPARISON WITH CELLS ACTIVE DURING MEMORY RECALL, HAS ADVANCED THE FIELD. IN AIM 1, WE USE ARCCREERT2 X EYFP MICE TO TAG CELLS IN THE IL DURING LEARNING FOR COMPARISON WITH CELLS ACTIVATED DURING RECALL OF EITHER THE CS OR AFTER A NOVEL TONE (GENERALIZATION OR DISCRIMINATION) AT RECENT OR REMOTE RETENTION INTERVALS. WHILE “TAGGING” TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES A WINDOW INTO NEURONAL ENSEMBLE DYNAMICS, THE RESOLUTION OF THE APPROACH IS LIMITED. TO PROVIDE GREATER TEMPORAL RESOLUTION (SUBSECOND) FOR IDENTIFYING NEURONAL ENSEMBLES DYNAMICS, WE INCORPORATE IN VIVO CA2+ IMAGING TO VISUALIZE, MEASURE, AND COMPARE COORDINATED IL ENSEMBLE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH FEAR GENERALIZATION OVER TIME. IN AIM 2, A CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN GLOBAL IL ACTIVITY AND FEAR GENERALIZATION WILL BE ESTABLISHED USING CHEMOGENETICS TO BI-DIRECTIONAL MODULATE IL PYRAMIDAL NEURON EXCITATION. ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT (ARCCREERT2) CHEMOGENETICS WILL BE USED TO TEST WHETHER THE SYNTHETIC REACTIVATION OF A SMALL NUMBER OF NEURONS WHOSE ACTIVITY WAS PREVIOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH GENERALIZATION (I.E., A ”GENERALIZATION ENSEMBLE”) IS SUFFICIENT TO DRIVE GENERALIZATION EXPRESSION. I HAVE OUTLINED A RESEARCH PLAN WELL- SUITED FOR UNDERGRADUATE NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. NEARLY ALL PROPOSED TECHNIQUES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT IN MY LAB. IT IS ANTICIPATED THE DATA GENERATED BY THESE EXPERIMENTS WILL NOT ONLY STRENGTHEN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AT VASSAR BUT WILL LEAD TO A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF FEAR GENERALIZATION PROCESSES AT THE LEVEL OF NEURONAL ENSEMBLES, WITH THE HOPE OF INFORMING TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR PTSD.

CAREER: QUANTIFICATION OF ACOUSTIC SCATTERING FROM STOCHASTIC FRACTAL SURFACES

RI: SMALL: RUI: AUTOMATED REASONING ABOUT TIME -- METHODS AND ANALYSIS

RUI -- COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOMECHANICS: MODELING THE NON-LINEAR VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN OF SWIMMING ELASMOBRANCHS

RUI: UNDERSTANDING HEADGROUP-ACYLATED GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID BIOSYNTHESIS AND FUNCTION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A QUADRUPOLE TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION OF THE NOVEL SELF-CURING BIOADHESIVE OF MOTH-SPECIALIST SPIDERS

RUI: NUTRITION AND LIFE HISTORY TRANSITIONS

CC*IIE CAMPUS DESIGN: BUILDING A NEXT-GENERATION RESEARCH NETWORK FOR VASSAR COLLEGE

INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING OF DOPAMINE NEUROTRANSMISSION BY MATERNAL FRAGILE X PROTEIN.

CC*IIE IAM: ENHANCING VASSAR RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION THROUGH IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A 400 MHZ NMR SPECTROMETER FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

RUI: ACOUSTIC PHONONS IN NANOSTRUCTURES: SURFACE WAVES, THERMAL TRANSPORT, AND IMAGING

FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE OF SURFACE-BOUND TAU

RUI: BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF C. ELEGANS USING OPTICAL TECHNIQUES

SWALLOW FUNCTION AND RNA LOCALIZATION IN DROSOPHILA OOCYTES

REGULATION OF ARMADILLO DEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTION IN DROSOPHILA

RUI: ULTRAFAST ACOUSTICS AND HEAT TRANSPORT IN NANOSTRUCTURES, THIN FILMS, AND CRYSTALS

RI(RUI): MOTION PLANNING ALGORITHMS FOR SELF-RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS

RUI: ENHANCING ENANTIOSELECTIVITY IN LEWIS ACID CATALYSIS THROUGH MULTIPLE ASYMMETRIC INDUCTION

RUI: ULTRAFAST OPTICAL STUDIES OF NANOSCALE THERMAL TRANSPORT AND COHERENT ACOUSTIC PHONON PROPAGATION

RUI: UNDERSTANDING THE BIOSYNTHESIS AND FUNCTION OF HEADGROUP ACYLATED GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

AN ARCHIVE OF EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH

THE YALE EDITION OF THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON

MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN ION CHROMATOGRAPH-INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER (IC-ICP-MS) FOR RESEARCH AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

RUI: CRI: CI-ADDO-EN: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MASC: A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR AND BY THE PEOPLE

EAGER: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MINING SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE WITH THE LAPPS GRID

NANOMECHANICS OF BIOLOGICALLY-RELEVANT MICROTUBULE SYSTEMS

POLITICAL REPRESENTATION IN STATE COURTS

ACQUISITION OF A TABLETOP SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETER BY THE EARTH SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT VASSAR COLLEGE, A PUI -ACQUISITION OF A TABLETOP SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM) WITH AN ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETER (EDS) FOR RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH HAS BEEN GRANTED TO THE VASSAR COLLEGE EARTH SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES ARE POWERFUL INSTRUMENTS USED FOR IMAGING NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED MATERIALS BEYOND THE CAPABILITIES OF TRADITIONAL LIGHT MICROSCOPES. OUR DEPARTMENT WILL USE THE SEM-EDS TO SUPPORT NEW RESEARCH IN UNDERSTANDING PAST CLIMATE AND OCEAN CHANGE, IN THE EVOLUTION OF MOUNTAIN BELTS, AND PAST VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, PROVIDING RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATES AT EVERY STAGE OF THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. PI HAYNES WILL INVESTIGATE HOW MICROSCOPIC FOSSILS CALLED FORAMINIFERA RECORD OCEAN ACIDIFICATION EVENTS IN THE GEOLOGIC PAST. THESE SHELLS OF THESE CREATURES ARE UBIQUITOUS IN THE GEOLOGIC RECORD AND HELP TO GROUND-TRUTH THE IMPACTS OF LARGE WARMING EVENTS ON THE EARTH SYSTEM AND ITS ECOSYSTEMS. THIS SEM WILL FORM A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF PI HAYNES? RESEARCH TOOLKIT, SUPPORTING HER ESTABLISHMENT AS AN EARLY-CAREER SCIENTIST AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN HER LABORATORY. THE SEM-EDS WILL ALSO BE USED AT ALL LEVELS OF OUR CURRICULUM; FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE INSTRUMENT AVAILABLE TO THEM AS A TOOL TO BE USED FOR FINAL PROJECTS OF THEIR OWN DESIGN, PROVIDING PRIMARY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE. FINALLY, NEW PROGRAMMING WILL BE DESIGNED IN OUR DEPARTMENT?S GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM THAT WILL HELP CO-CREATE NEW EXHIBITS WITH SEM IMAGERY COLLECTED WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE AIM TO INCREASE THE IMPACT OF OUR LOCAL MUSEUM TO GENERATE INTEREST AND CONNECTION WITH EARTH SCIENCE TOPICS AND THE VASSAR COMMUNITY AT LARGE AS WELL AS MARGINALIZED MEMBERS OF THE POUGHKEEPSIE COMMUNITY. THIS AWARD WILL SUPPORT TWO SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT THESE EFFORTS IN LOCAL SCIENCE COMMUNICATION. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROGRAMMING WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE IMPACT OF OUR LOCAL MUSEUM AND CREATE A REGIONAL HUB FOR NATURAL HISTORY EDUCATION. A NEWLY ACQUIRED PHENOM-XL TABLETOP SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM) WITH AN ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETER (EDS) WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH IN THE VASSAR COLLEGE EARTH SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. IN PI HAYNES? LAB, THE SEM WILL BE USED TO ASSESS THE MINERAL STRUCTURE, PRESERVATION, AND MORPHOLOGY OF FOSSILS AND MICROFOSSILS, PRIMARILY FORAMINIFERA. USING SEDIMENTS COLLECTED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL OCEAN DISCOVERY PROGRAM?S RECENT EXPEDITION 378, PI HAYNES WILL INVESTIGATE THE RECORD OF CLIMATE AND OCEAN CHANGE RECORDED BY FORAMINIFERA MICROFOSSILS DURING RAPID WARMING EVENTS OF THE EOCENE EPOCH (45-57 MA). THE SEM WILL BE UTILIZED TO 1) ADDRESS PRIMARY QUESTIONS IN THE EVOLUTION OF FORAMINIFERA MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY, AND PHYSIOLOGY, AND 2) DIAGNOSE WHETHER AND TO WHAT DEGREE SHELL DIAGENESIS AND CONTAMINATION BIASES GEOCHEMICAL RECORDS OF PAST OCEAN ACIDIFICATION. IN CO-PI WALKER?S LAB, THE SEM-EDS SYSTEM WILL BE USED TO INVESTIGATE CLAY MINERAL FORMATION AND GEOCHEMISTRY. CO-PI MENKING?S RESEARCH AIMS RECONSTRUCT THE TERRESTRIAL PALEOCLIMATE HISTORY AS RECORDED BY LAKE SEDIMENTS, NOTABLY IN SEDIMENTS OF THE PLEISTOCENE LAKE ESTANCIA AND LAKES FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK, USING THIS INSTRUMENT TO INVESTIGATE CHANGES IN SEDIMENT COMPOSITION AS WELL AS DETERMINE DIATOM TAXONOMY, TWO IMPORTANT INDICATORS OF PAST ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. IN ADDITION, THE INVESTIGATORS WILL USE THE INSTRUMENT TO CHARACTERIZE MICROPLASTICS AND IN RECONSTRUCTING VOLCANIC ERUPTION HISTORIES VIA ZONING AND MICROBUBBLES IN MINERALS. THIS AWARD RECEIVED COFOUNDING FROM THE MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS (MGG) PROGRAM IN THE OCEAN SCIENCE DIVISION. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

RUI: TOPOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS OF GENERALIZED ALTERNATING KNOTS

FINITE AND INFINITE MODEL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

III: SMALL: COLLABORATIVE: NOVEL TECHNIQUES FOR UNDERSTANDING CONVERGENCE IN LARGE-SCALE MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ADVANCING BAYESIAN THINKING IN STEM -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY IMPROVING STATISTICS INSTRUCTION THROUGH A FOCUS ON INCREASING ACCESS TO BAYESIAN METHODS. DEALING WITH THE COMPLEXITY OF UNCERTAINTY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS. LIKE SCIENTISTS, STEM STUDENTS NEED TO DERIVE RIGOROUS CONCLUSIONS FROM DATA IN THEIR SCIENCE PRACTICE. THIS PROJECT IS BASED UPON THE PREMISE THAT WIDER INCLUSION OF BAYESIAN METHODS IN STEM CURRICULA CAN HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY. TO SUPPORT THE WIDER USE OF THESE METHODS, THE PROJECT PLANS TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF STEM EDUCATORS WHO CAN TRANSFORM THEIR COURSES BY INTRODUCING NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR BAYESIAN METHODS. THE PROJECT TEAM INTENDS TO DEVELOP AND OFFER A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR STEM INSTRUCTORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT FOCUSES ON THE USE AND TEACHING OF BAYESIAN METHODS. IN ADDITION, TEAMS OF INSTRUCTORS WILL BE MENTORED BY THE PROJECT TEAM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. THE PROJECT WILL DISSEMINATE THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND PROJECT RESULTS TO THE SCIENCE EDUCATION COMMUNITY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS, AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS. THIS GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MAKE BAYESIAN METHODS AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL THROUGH A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CURRICULAR INSTRUCTOR CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAM FOR DIFFERENT STEM FIELDS. THROUGH RECRUITMENT OF A DIVERSE BODY OF STEM INSTRUCTORS, THE PROJECT WILL: 1) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO UNDERSTAND BAYESIAN METHODS; 2) ENHANCE THE CAPACITY OF STEM INSTRUCTORS IN BAYESIAN METHODS THROUGH TRAINING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING; 3) DEVELOP AND ENRICH TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS THAT SHOWCASE THE USE OF BAYESIAN METHODS IN STEM FIELDS. TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES, THE THREE COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE, VASSAR COLLEGE, AND DUKE UNIVERSITY, WILL OFFER A WEEK-LONG INSTRUCTOR SUMMER TRAINING BOOT CAMP. BY THE END OF THE BOOT CAMP, IT IS EXPECTED THAT INSTRUCTOR PARTICIPANTS WILL BE COMFORTABLE USING BAYESIAN METHODS IN ANSWERING SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS, USING APPROPRIATE SOFTWARE FOR TEACHING BAYESIAN METHODS, AND DESIGNING CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENTS THAT SUPPORT THE LEARNING OF BAYESIAN METHODS. SELECTED INSTRUCTORS FROM THE BOOT CAMP WILL BE MENTORED BY THE PROJECT TEAM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BAYESIAN TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS, SPECIFICALLY USING SCIENTIFIC DATA FROM THEIR FIELDS. USING SURVEYS AND LEARNING ASSESSMENTS, THE PROJECT WILL ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SUMMER BOOT CAMP. THE NSF IUSE: EHR PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH THE ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CREATION, EXPLORATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROMISING PRACTICES AND TOOLS. THIS PROJECT IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE NSF IUSE:HSI PROGRAM, WHICH HAS THE GOALS OF ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION, AND INCREASING THE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND GRADUATION RATES OF STUDENTS PURSUING ASSOCIATE?S OR BACCALAUREATE DEGREES IN STEM. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

TWC SBE: MEDIUM: COLLABORATIVE: DOLLARS FOR HERTZ: MAKING TRUSTWORTHY SPECTRUM SHARING TECHNICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE

MRI: UPGRADE OF POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION INSTRUMENTATION AT VASSAR COLLEGE

CONDUCT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE IDENTIFICATION AND STABILIZATION OF HISTORIC DUMPS

RUI: CULTURAL INFLUENCES IN WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

CONFERENCE: EXPLORATORY TENSEGRITY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ICT INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE BEIJING, SHANGHAI-SUZHOU, AND SHENZHEN-DONGGUAN CITY REGIONS IN CHINA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF GULF OIL SPILL ON MOBILITY OF TOXIC METALS AND MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES IN ALABAMA COASTAL WETLANDS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WINTER CLIMATE CHANGE IN A NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST

DIGITIZATION PEN: PARTNERSHIP TO THE NEW ENGLAND VASCULAR PLANT NETWORK (NEVP) FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING ALLIANCE (EMMA)

PROJECT WILL TRAIN 20 STUDENTS FROM VASSAR DUTCHESS COMMUNITY AND MARIST COLLEGES IN THE USE OF NEW VOTING MACHINES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: STAR-PLANET INTERACTIONS AROUND LOW-MASS STARS

EAGER: A MEASURE THEORY SEMANTICS OF PROBABILITY THEORY

VASSAR COLLEGE REPATRIATION CEREMONY FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTORS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EAGER: PATHWAYS AND PATTERNS OF LITTER CHEMISTRY DURING DECOMPOSITION

DUTCHESS COUNTY COLLEGE ACTION NETWORK

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

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON CONDUCTING LANGUAGE RESEARCH ONLINE: ENHANCING THE RESILIENCE OF THE LANGUAGE SCIENCES IN A TIME OF SOCIAL DISTANCING

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF PROPOSED PROJECTVASSAR COLLEGE, IN COLLABORATION WITH TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MOHICAN NATION-STOCKBRIDGE MUNSEE BAND ANDSAGINAW CHIPPEWA INDIAN TRIBE OF MICHIGAN, WILL UNDERTAKE A REBURIAL OF HUMAN REMAINS REPRESENTING, AT MINIMUM,FIVE NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTORS FROM UNKNOWN GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS LISTED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON AUGUST 23,2023.SUMMARY OF PROJECT ACTIVITIESTHE REBURIAL TOOK PLACE AT VASSAR COLLEGE ON MAY 2, 2024. THE STOCKBRIDGE MUNSEE COMMUNITYS TRIBAL HISTORICPRESERVATION MANAGER BUNDLED THE ANCESTORS, WHO WILL THEN BE TRANSPORTED TO THE REBURIAL SITE. A PLAQUE WILL BEPLACED ON A BOULDER THAT WILL CAP THE GRAVE.PERFORMANCE GOALSSUCCESS WILL BE MEASURED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO COMPLETION OF THE PLANNED ACTIVITIES. THE ANCESTRAL REMAINSWILL HAVE BEEN REINTERRED BY THE TRIBAL PARTNERS AFTER VASSAR PREPARED THE SITE AS SPECIFIED BY THE TRIBALPARTNERS. THESE ACTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO TAKE PLACE IN MAY, AND THE PLAQUE AND BOULDER WILL COMMEMORATE THEREPATRIATION.WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECTTHE BENEFICIARIES OF THIS PROJECT ARE ALL NATIVE AMERICANS (REPRESENTED HERE BY TWO TRIBES), THE VASSARCOMMUNITY, AND OUR NATION AS A WHOLE.FUNDING

INFANT CRYING: BIOLOGICAL BASES, DEVELOPMENTAL CONSEQUENCES, AND CLINICAL ISSUES

PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE FOR THE VASSAR COLLEGE COSTUME COLLECTION

CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AT ROVA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE GEOGRAPHY OF STRESS IN THE WOODFROG: USING DISTRIBUTIONAL MODELS TO PREDICT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION HEALTH AN