Faculty GrantsResearch GrantsARTEMIS | $340,000 (Subaward in collaboration with LSUHS and Grambling State University)
Rockefeller Foundation 2021 Influence of External Environment on Osteogenic Differentation | $12,500 Louisiana Space Consortium 2020 Comparing Treatment of Adipose Stem Cells for the Differentiation of Clinically Relevant Cells | $50,000 Louisiana Biomedical Research Network 2019-2020 Influences of Biomaterials in Directing Stem Cell Fate | $30,500 Louisiana Space Consortium 2017 Imaging System Upgrade for BioTek Cytation 5 Plate Reader | $56,000 Louisiana Biomedical Research Network 2017 Optimization of Cardiac Muscle Generation for Replacement of Damaged or Weakened Tissue | $25,000 LSU Health Shreveport 2016-2017 The Role of Mediator in Maintaining and Differentiating Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells | $350,000 Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (NIH INBRE) 2015-2019 Fluorescence Imaging for Undergraduate Cell and Molecular Biology | $66,000 Louisiana Board of Regents Enhancement Grant 2015-2016 Optimization of Cardiac Muscle Generation for Replacement of Damaged or Weakened Tissue | $25,000 LSU Health Shreveport 2015-2016 The Role of Mediator in Maintaining and Differentiating Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells | $19,000 Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (NIH INBRE) 2014 The Role of Mediator in Regulating the Cell State of Mesenchymal Stem Cells | $10,000 Louisiana Board of Regents Pilot Fun 2014-2015 Other GrantsCOMPASS Outreach: Art & Science for Virtual Learners | $1,000
American Society for Cell Biology Visual Health Education: Nutrition. A collaboration between Louisiana Tech University and Lincoln Health Foundation | $5,000 Lincoln Health Foundation 2019-2020 Art & Science Collaboration for Medical Illustration | $5,000 Louisiana Tech University Lagniappe Ladies Award 2016 Faculty AwardsUniversity of Louisiana For our Futures Conference Outstanding Faculty Award | 2021
College of Applied & Natural Sciences Nominee for Foundation Professorship Award | 2020 Recipient of Louisiana Tech University Virgil Orr Junior Faculty Award | 2018 College of Applied & Natural Sciences Nominee for University Virgil Orr Award | 2018 Best Oral Presentation Award| 2018 Louisiana Biomedical Research Network Annual Meeting College of Applied & Natural Sciences Nominee for University Virgil Orr Award | 2017 Scholarly Activity Award | 2017 Louisiana Tech University College of Applied and Natural Sciences College of Applied & Natural Sciences Nominee for University Virgil Orr Award | 2016 Research Award | 2016 Louisiana Tech University College of Applied and Natural Sciences Teaching Award for 300 Level and Above Courses | 2015 Louisiana Tech University College of Applied and Natural Sciences |
Student GrantsThe Role of the Notch Signaling Pathway in Human Adipose Stem Cells| $8,000
Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) Graduate Student Research Assistantship 2022-2023 Sydney Mashaw The Influence of Microgravity on Notch Signaling and Adult Stem Cell Osteogenesis| $4,700 Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) Undergraduate Research Assistantship 2020-2021 Lucas Norris MED12 Regulates Transcription during Adipogenesis of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells | $1000 Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research 2021 Caroline Rinderle The Role of Notch Signaling in Osteogenic Differentiation| $8,000 Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) Graduate Student Research Assistantship 2019-2020 John Bradley Cart Notch and Mediator Interact to Direct hASC Self-Renewal | $8,000 Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) Graduate Student Research Assistantship 2019-2020 Jaylen Mumphrey The Role of MED12 in Adipogenesis in Human Adipose Stem Cells | $933 Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research 2020 Onyekachi Idigo Investigating the Role of MED12, Notch1, and Notch3 in hASCs and their Integrated use in Public Educational Materials | $8,000 Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) Graduate Student Research Assistantship 2019-2020 Rebecca Hodnett The Role of Notch Signaling in Adult Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Myogenic Differentiation | $6,000 Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) Undergraduate Research Assistantship 2019-2020 John Bradley Cart Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells on Biomimetic Hydrogels to Induce Myogenesis | $6,000 Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) Undergraduate Research Assistantship 2018-2019 India Pursell Optimization and Characterization of the Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Tailorable Hydrogel Scaffolds | $6,000 Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) Undergraduate Research Assistantship 2017-2018 Rachel Eddy Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells into Cardiomyocytes for Tissue Engineering| $5,000 Louisiana Board of Regents Support for Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Grant 2017 India Pursell Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells into Cardiomyocytes for Cardiac Tissue Engineering | $8,000 Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) Graduate Research Assistantship 2016-2017 Anna Whitehead Microtopographical Effects on the Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells into Cardiomyocytes | $6,000 Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) Undergraduate Research Assistantship 2015-2016 Anna Whitehead The Role of Notch Signaling in Mesenchymal Stem Cells | $5,000 Louisiana Board of Regents Support for Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Grant 2015-2016 Demi Sandel Cardiomyocyte Generation for Cardiac Tissue Repair | $4,500 Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) Undergraduate Research Assistantship 2014-2015 Camtrang Tran Student AwardsLouisiana Biomedical Research Network Bioinformatics Meeting| 2022
Michael Foster - 2nd place undergraduate poster presentation Louisiana Biomedical Research Network Annual Meeting| 2021 Emily Meaney & Jamie Sparkman - 3rd place undergraduate poster presentation Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting| 2020 Haley Barnett - 1st place graduate oral presentation John Cart - 1st place undergradaute oral presentation Caroline Rinderle - 2nd place undergraduate poster presentation Louisiana Tech CBERS Awards| 2020 Undergraduate Student Award: Foram Patel Undergraduate Student Award: John Bradley Cart Graduate Student Award: Mengcheng Liu Louisiana Tech University Undergraduate Research Symposium| 2019 Avery Bryan & John Bradley Cart - 1st place poster Conner Hartupee & Connor Bennett - 3rd place poster Hannah Logan - 4th place poster India Pursell- 4th place undergraduate oral Louisiana Academy of Sciences| 2019 Hannah Logan - 1st place undergraduate poster presentation Mengcheng Liu - 1st place graduate oral presentation Louisiana Tech CBERS Awards| 2019 Undergraduate Student Awards: India Pursell Louisiana Biomedical Research Network Annual Meeting| 2019 India Pursell - 2nd place undergraduate poster presentation Justin & Jeanette Graduate Student Scholarship| 2018 Joseph Straub Louisiana Tech CBERS Awards| 2018 Graduate Student Awards: Haley Barnett & Joseph Straub Undergraduate Student Awards: Avery Bryan, Hannah Logan, & India Pursell Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting| 2018 Joseph Straub - 1st place graduate poster presentation Haley Barnett - 1st place graduate oral presentation India Pursell - 1st place undergraduate poster presentation Rachel Eddy - 1st place undergraduate oral presentation Louisiana Biomedical Research Network Annual Meeting| 2018 Joseph Straub - 1st place graduate poster presentation India Pursell - 1st place undergraduate poster presentation Matt Busby - 2nd place undergraduate poster presentation Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting| 2017 Anna Whitehead - 1st place graduate oral presentation Justin Philobos, India Pursell, Rachel Eddy - 1st place undergraduate poster presentation Louisiana Tech University Research Symposium| 2017 Anna Whitehead - 1st place graduate oral presentation Joseph Straub - 3rd place graduate oral presentation Justin Philobos, India Pursell, Rachel Eddy - 2nd place undergraduate poster presentation Marcus Kety, Jacob Cambre, Natalee Dinkins - 3rd place undergraduate poster presentation Louisiana Biomedical Research Network Annual Meeting| 2017 Anna Whitehead - 1st place graduate poster presentation Demi Sandel - 3rd place undergraduate poster presentation Louisiana Tech College of Applied and Natural Sciences Featured Students | 2016 Erik Beadle - MSNT Graduate Student Anna Whitehead - Biological Sciences Undergraduate Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting | 2016 Erik Beadle - 1st place graduate oral presentation Anna Whitehead - 1st place undergraduate poster presentation Louisiana Tech University Research Symposium | 2016 Erik Beadle - 1st place graduate oral presentation Ngozi Ogbonnaya - 3rd place graduate oral presentation Anna Whitehead - 1st place undergraduate poster presentation Louisiana Tech College of Applied and Natural Sciences Featured Students | 2015 Ngozi Ogbonnaya- MSNT Graduate Student Demi Sandel- Biological Sciences Undergraduate |