Enhanced Collaborative Research Facilities for Chemistry, Biology, and Psychology at Stetson University

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该提案寻求资金翻新该机构的圣人大厅的自然科学研究设施。该项目将为化学系和生物系提供3370平方英尺的翻新研究空间。该设施将为化学、合成化学、计算化学、水生生物学和行为神经科学提供翻新的实验室。该机构是一所小型私立大学，有2222名本科生。每个自然科学专业的学生都必须完成一个跨越几个学期的研究项目，这是他或她学位要求的一部分。额外的学生研究由斯泰森本科研究经验（SURE）资助，并且SURE受助者必须在专业会议和斯泰森自己的校园范围的年度研究研讨会上展示他们的研究。改造后的实验室计划进行的研究课题包括：有机噻吩与铜中心的结合，目的是更好地了解与燃料脱硫相关的铜-噻吩相互作用；烯烃与铜中心的结合，目的是了解乙烯与植物酶ETR1结合的化学过程；姜黄素及其在生物系统中抑制氧化应激的作用基于甲基丙烯酸2-羟乙酯（HEMA）和丙烯酸2-羟乙酯（HEA）共聚的给药水凝胶；味觉输入行为反应的神经控制、大鼠味觉系统的神经生理学、鲶鱼生物学对佛罗里达生态系统和淡水生态的影响。除了为教职员工的研究提供基础设施外，这次翻新还将为斯泰森大学的学生和附近一所州立学院的学生提供更多的研究机会，这些学生希望花一个夏天的时间从事研究项目。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The proposal seeks funding to renovate a natural science research facility in the institution's Sage Hall. The project will result in 3370 sf of renovated research space serving the Chemistry and Biology Departments. The facility will provided renovated laboratories for Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Aquatic Biology, and Behavioral Neuroscience. The institution is a small, private university serving 2,222 undergraduate students. Every natural sciences major must complete a research project that spans several semesters as a part of his or her degree requirements. Additional student research is supported by Stetson Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) grants, and SURE grantees must present their research at both professional conferences and Stetson's own campus-wide annual research symposium. Research topics planned for the renovated labs include: the binding of organic thiophenes to copper centers with a goal of gaining a better understanding of the copper-thiophene interactions relevant to the desulfurization of fuels; the binding of alkenes to copper centers with a goal of understanding the chemistry of ethylene binding to the plant enzyme ETR1; curcumin and its role in inhibiting oxidative stress in biosystems; drug delivery hydrogels based upon copolymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA); the neural control of behavioral responses to taste input, the neurophysiology of the rat gustatory system, the influence of catfish biology on the impact of invasive loricariid catfish on a Florida ecosystem, and freshwater ecology.In addition to providing infrastructure for research by faculty members, the renovation will result in an increase in research opportunities for students from Stetson and for students from a nearby State College who wish to spend a summer working on a research project.