Current and Past Funding

Current

• “Horizontal gene transfer and between phyla relationships”,
  PI: J. Peter Gogarten, CoPIs: Kenneth Noll (UConn), Thane Papke (UConn), Jinling Huang (ECU), Ying Xu (UGA)
  NSF AToL,
  1/1/2009- 12/31/2013,
  Total award Amount: $2,500,000.-
• "Exploration of sequence space and the evolution of the genetic code"
  NASA Exobiology Program
  Total Award Amount: $ 260,507
  Period of Award : 05/01/07 - 04/30/10
• “Genome-based Investigations into the Nature of the Common Ancestor of the Thermotogales”
  PI: Kenneth Noll, CoPI: J. P. Gogarten,
  NASA Exobiology Program, September 1st, 2008 – August 31st, 2011,
  Total Award Amount: $597,936.-

Past:

• “Exploration of Novel Methods to Visualize Genome Evolution”
  NASA AISR Program
  1/1/05-12/31/08
  $368,477.-
  
• Horizontal Gene Transfer Into and Among the Thermotogales: Occurrence and Functional Implications"
  PI: Ken Noll, JPG is CoPI
  NASA Exobiology Program,
  09/01/05- 08/31/08,
  Total Award Amount: $ 453,557
• "Reassessing Microbial Evolution in Light of Horizontal Gene Transfer"
  NSF Microbial Genetics Program, DEB
  3/1/2003 - 2/28/2007
  Total Award Amount: $201,128.-;
• "REU Supplement to Reassessing Microbial Evolution in Light of Horizontal Gene Transfer"
  NSF Microbial Genetics Program, DEB
  03/01/04- 02/28/07
  Total Award Amount:$10,000.-
• "Horizontal Gene Transfer in Thermophilic Bacteria: Occurrence and Functional Implications",
  NASA - Exobiology Program, Ken Noll, co-investigator, 6/1/02 - 12/31/05, $251,000 direct costs.
• “Use of Simulated Sequence Evolution in an Iterative Parametric Bootstrap Algorithm to Asscertain Long Branch Attraction Artifacts”
  NASA Exobiology Program, 6/1/01 - 5/31/05, $135,700.-;  
• Co-Investigator for the Astrobiology Center at Arizona State University
  "Exploring the Living Universe: Origin Evolution and Distribution of Life in the Solar System".
  Project title "Search for Evidence for Lateral Gene Transfer in Photosynthetic Systems".
  Funding for 9/1/1998-6/31/2003, ca. $25,000.-/year
• "Use of Intein Homing to Evolve Endonucleases with New Specificity",
  University of Connecticut Research Foundation, 1/1/02-12/31/02, $20,000.-
• "Deciphering the Molecular Record of Early Evolution",
  NASA Exobiology Program, 6/1/98 - 6/31/02, $150,000.-
• “Use of Simulated Sequence Evolution to Ascertain Long Branch Attraction Artifacts.”
  University of Connecticut Research Foundation , $10,183.-, 1/1/99-12/31/00
• "Characterization of a small gene family encoding subunit B of the V-ATPase in Arabidopsis thaliana."
  University of Connecticut Research Foundation , $ 12,564.-, 4/1/98-3/31/01
• "The Early Evolution of Pro- and Eukaryotes",
  NASA Exobiology Program, $90,000.-, 4/1/95 - 10/30/98
• "Characterization of V-ATPase Isoforms in Carrots (Daucus carota)",
  University of Connecticut Research Foundation , $ 10,984.-, 9/1/94-8/31/98
• H⁺-ATPase Subunits as Evolutionary Markers",
  National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology Program, 10/91 -2/95, $210,000.00 (incl. 56% overhead)
• "The Role of the Cell Wall Bound Invertase in Photosynthate Partitioning",
  United States Dept. of Agriculture, NRICGP, $100,000.-(total incl. 14% overhead) 9/1992-8/1995
• "The cell wall bound invertase in plants", PIs J.Peter Gogarten, Duncan Talbot, Michael Lynes,
  University of Connecticut Research Foundation, $34,944.00, 7/90 - 6/92
• "Molecular evolution of proton pumping ATPases",
  University of Connecticut Research Foundation, $9,000.00, 1/90 - 6/92
• "H⁺-ATPase Subunits as Evolutionary Markers",
  University of Connecticut Research Foundation, $19,300.00 1/89-12/90
• Fellowship from the German Science Foundation, 7/1987-6/1989

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