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Making the Leap From RUI to Graduate Research Fellowship

In 2013, Emina Stojkovic, Associate Professor at Northeastern Illinois University was awarded a Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) grant from MCB to study light-responsive proteins in the development of myxobacteria. The RUI award mechanism is designed to support faculty at predominately undergraduate institutions conducting research that engages them in their professional field, builds capacity for research at their home institution, and supports the integration of research and undergraduate education.

We are excited to report that Dr. Stojkovic’s research, mentoring, and advising activities at the undergraduate level have resulted in four students being awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships to support their graduate studies. Two of the students, Angela Varela and Anna Baker, were undergraduate researchers trained in Stojkovic’s laboratory by working on the RUI project. The other two students, Daniel Westcott and Christopher Craddock were trained in research groups that collaborated with Stojkovic on interdisciplinary projects.  The students share more about their research interests in this press release provided by Northeastern Illinois University. In response to this news Dr. Stojkovic states, “The impact that NSF has had on our alumni and the students who are on their way to graduate from our department is tremendous. I am honored and grateful to serve in the role of a mentor and primary investigator.”

Share Your Science Via Our Blog

The Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) supports fundamental research and related activities designed to promote understanding of complex living systems at the molecular, sub-cellular, and cellular levels. MCB invites you to submit your research to be featured on our blog in order to inform our stakeholders of the outstanding research we fund, and to better foster a sense of community among MCB principal investigators.

We hope to share a broad sampling of this research and its outcomes on our blog. If you are a) an MCB funded researcher and b) have recently published research that you would like to share, please fill out this form to have your research featured.

 This section of the blog will present highlights from the published research projects of MCB-funded principal investigators. By submitting this information, you acknowledge and agree that NSF MCB reserves the right to use and edit the submitted content in the preparation of an original blog post suitable for the MCB blog’s readership. MCB PIs who are interested in having their work considered for this section of the blog are invited to submit their information via this form with details of the publication on which a blog post would be based.  The Division continues to support a broad range of projects in the molecular and cellular biosciences, and highlighted projects should not be taken as examples of areas of special emphasis for support.