Turhan
Canli,
Department of Psychology, SBU
& Nelly Alia-Klein,
Medical Department, BNL
Joanna
Fowler, Department of Chemistry, BNL
Mark Wagshul, Department of Radiology, SBU
Gene-Jack Wang, Medical Department, BNL
"The
Neurogentics of Impulsivity: Individual Differences within the Dopamine
Transports (DAT) Gene aseesed with PET and fMRI."
This proposal focuses on the emerging filed of genomic imaging, an integration of molecular genetics and neuroimaging, to study the common variations within genetic nucleotide sequences (polymorphisms) that are associated with individual differences in behavior.
Michael
Gurvitch, Department of Physics and Astronomy, SBU
&
Ivan Bozovic, Department of Materials Science, BNL
Serge Lury, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SBU
"Controlling
Metal-Insulator Phase Transition with Electric Field: A Way to Faster
Transistors and Optical Modulators."
The
goal of this proposal is to fabricate and characterize ultra-thin high quality
films in BNL’s Molecular Beam Epitaxy system, and look for the field effect on
metal-insulator phase transition (MIT) at Stony Brook. The proposal is highly
motivated by the recent theoretical findings that indicate that the speed of
switching in a field-controlled phase transition device is at least an order of
magnitude higher than in field-effect transistor of similar geometry.
Andreas
Mayr,
Chemistry Department, SBU
& John Miller, Chemistry Department, BNL
Benjamin Ocko, Physics Department, BNL
"Synthesis
of Moleculaes for Applications in Molecular Electronics and the Study of Their
Electron Transfer and Surface Self-Assembly Properties."
This proposal aims to establish new collaborations between SBU and BNL by preparing several specially designed series of “molecular wires” with systematically varied molecular constituents to be used in the development of extremely powerful neuromorphic memories.
Emilio
Mendez,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, SBU
& James Misewich, Department of Materials Science, BNL
"Electronic
Transport in Carbon Nanotubes."
The goal of this proposal is
to study the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes; with the objective to
fabricate metallic and semiconducting devices based on carbon nanotubes and to
study their electronic properties, placing an emphasis on the fluctuations of
the current, which ultimately limit the performance of electronic devices.
Srinivas Pentyala, Department of Anesthesiology, SBU
& John Glass, Medical Department, BNL
"Biological
Validation and Characterization of Consensus Glial-cell Derived Neurotropic
Factor (GDNF) Peptides."
The primary objective of this proposal is to confirm algorithmic predictions that Glial-cell Derived Neurotropic Factor (GDNF) is a neuropeptide precursor protein. The GDNF-derived neuropeptides will be biologically characterized to the point that they can be evaluated in models of Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
