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Kentucky, Montana Share $6 Million Grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $6 million contribute to developing ecological education courses and
water-quality grant to support an advanced “cyberinfrastruc- offer condensed versions ofthe data to public interest groups
ture” project that includes a combination ofhardware, soft- via the Web. A special effort will be made to enhance histori-
ware, networking, data storage, computational modeling and cally underserved and underrepresented students in science
human resources. and engineering, such as economically disadvantaged students
The data gathered at Kentucky Lake and Flathead Lake will from eastern Kentucky and students from Montana’s seven
offer guidance on trends in key climate factors such as temper- Native American tribal colleges.
ature, precipitation and snow dynamics; the impact ofhuman The collaborative project, led by Barbara Kucera, deputy di-
demography and land use; and the resilience ofKentucky and rector of the UK Center for Computational Sciences, and
Mdontana lakes and streams to environmental change, among Richard Hauer, profegolépflimnology aijthe Ulgverity of
o er questions. Montana, is compose o acu ty researc ers an stu ents at
The computer network system will help ecological re- UK, University ofLouisville, Murray State University Eastern
searchers in both states enhance graduate and undergraduate Kentucky University University ofMontana and Montana
education curricula and research experiences. The system will State University
Colleges Collaborate not get up immediately Ofthree-dozen videos, two-thirds I
O E _ R h showed an athlete s immediate forearm reaction to an impact ln-
fl qulné E$EarC volving the head, particularly in football and mixed martial arts.
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lernee Mteleprh rhelphn $— enrl lllrnherh eh Knrpht eherr enrl resembles tlre een garde” position in competitive sword riglrtlng. lt
professor ofveterlnary science at the Gluck Center and director of also can appear to be 3 defensive boxing Pose
UK e Erlrrine lnirieriye» perr plthe Cpllepe plAprirrrlrrrre» enrl erlre elsservanen ertlre feneing response ran help coaches and
linre Ll“# ‘*”l“““‘ P"’f°”"‘ lll 'he d°P‘*“““°“‘ "f"’““P“‘°‘ SCP trainers make immediate and future return-to-play decisions,” Lif
ence, part ofthe UK College of Engineering, were awarded a Shi (1 Se Sv
grant tomling more than $1 million over three years. Y
The award from the National Science Foundation is in support , , I
ertlrelr work in developing rr,mptrter.lsasetl analytical methods te Potential H untmgton s
study gene expression in horses. This is viewed as an impormnt ~
  step mam remnng ne resesr n Wltitlr sl esei n ined ne Treatment Shews Premise
Pl'lm*ll'Y DNA base Sequence efthe h°l'$€ g€ll°m€— Groundbreaking research performed at the UK College of Med-
Other collaborators on this grant are Arne Bathke, associate {cme Shows eigmggam Promise ge 3 Potential new H-emmem {Ol-
prpfeeeer ef etttietiee Arny $tr¤rnherg» prefeeeer end ehtir ef I-Iuntington's disease, a degenerative neurological disease for
the deptrtrnent ef etttietiee end Jene Prine deptrtrnent ehtir which there is eurrendy no effective diseasermodifying treatment
ef eernprrter eeienee tt the Uniyereity ¤r"N¤rth Ctrelint tt The research was performed in the laboratory of Don M. Gash,
Chapel Hills alumni professor and chairman ortlre Department ofAnatomy
and Neurobiology working closely with Dr. Zhiming Zhang, UK
Researchers   associate professor ofanatomy and neurobiology Zhang has devel-
F t I _ R oped a strong program ln experimental neurosurgery focused on
a$ njury ESPOHSE site-speciflc delivery oftherapeutic drugs into the brain.
In this study his methodology was used to deliver a drug con-
A UK research team has identifled an immediate and robust Signing ope geneeilemmg RNA (Small interfering RNA, or
forearm response that occurs when moderate forces have been ap- siRNA) direedv to me Central nervous Svstem (CNS) in an eXPel_i_
plierl rp rhe heerl Whieh rrrey help epeehee enrl enllprrirle rerrrrn· mental model. This technology known as RNA interferenee or
rppley rlerrerpne The reeeerrhere lerl lylpnerlren lrfehrre en RNAi, vverles te decrease a tene protein produced by tire mntant
assistant professor in the UK Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Re- hummgtm gene which Causes Hummgeonas diseeeev
search Center, discuss the °“fencing response” as an almost instan- I
taneous physical reaction to a moderate-force brain injury in a .
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paper publlshed byMrdzrznr and Srzmrr m Spam mdExrm:r, a about research at UK
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