2008 Woodie Awards
Mercy College Awarded Research Grant
Cathy Ianno
Issue date: 3/15/06 Section: News
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Mercy College Professor Dr. Natalie Bronstein a research grant valued at nearly $175,000. The new grant establishes Bronstein as an independent researcher at Mercy and creates a culture that will enable students to conduct research and learn transferable skills.
"I will be doing heart development research using a chicken embryo model," said Bronstein.
All work will be conducted at Mercy's Bronx campus, in a lab equipped under a 2003 Department of Defense grant awarded to Bronstein. The program costs $30,000 a year to maintain.
This two-year grant is the first federally funded research grant awarded to the college in many years. Bronstein described the broader impacts by stating.
"Apart from focusing on the role of gene splicing in vertebrate heart development, the project will broaden the participation of individuals from underrepresented groups in the areas of the biological science supported by NSF's Directorate for Biological Sciences. This will help students pursue advanced degrees, which was a major motivating factor for me when applying for the grant."
Mercy's Director of Sponsored Programs Patty Borteck added,
"Students pursuing advanced science degrees need broad research experience. Bronstein will now provide a diverse group of undergraduate students with that experience and expose them to the advanced molecular biology, biochemical, and analytical techniques. Moreover, these techniques she develops will be introduced into her upper level classes, so that other students not actively engaged in the research project will be exposed to these state of the art methods."
"Before the grant runs out I will have to write a research paper that will be submitted for peer review and hopefully will get published in a good journal dealing with developmental biology. The goal of this grant NSF-Rig (National Science Foundation - Research Initiative Grant) is to develop me as an independent researcher," said Bronstein.
"I will be doing heart development research using a chicken embryo model," said Bronstein.
All work will be conducted at Mercy's Bronx campus, in a lab equipped under a 2003 Department of Defense grant awarded to Bronstein. The program costs $30,000 a year to maintain.
This two-year grant is the first federally funded research grant awarded to the college in many years. Bronstein described the broader impacts by stating.
"Apart from focusing on the role of gene splicing in vertebrate heart development, the project will broaden the participation of individuals from underrepresented groups in the areas of the biological science supported by NSF's Directorate for Biological Sciences. This will help students pursue advanced degrees, which was a major motivating factor for me when applying for the grant."
Mercy's Director of Sponsored Programs Patty Borteck added,
"Students pursuing advanced science degrees need broad research experience. Bronstein will now provide a diverse group of undergraduate students with that experience and expose them to the advanced molecular biology, biochemical, and analytical techniques. Moreover, these techniques she develops will be introduced into her upper level classes, so that other students not actively engaged in the research project will be exposed to these state of the art methods."
"Before the grant runs out I will have to write a research paper that will be submitted for peer review and hopefully will get published in a good journal dealing with developmental biology. The goal of this grant NSF-Rig (National Science Foundation - Research Initiative Grant) is to develop me as an independent researcher," said Bronstein.
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