Seed Grant Program
Fall 2025 CVG Seed Grant Awards
The Center for Vertebrate Genomics is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Seed Grant Awards. The PIs and collaborators of these outstanding proposals span 4 colleges (CALS, ENG, CVM, CAS) and 7 different departments (An Sci, Clin Sci, BMS, MI, MBG, Bio Eng, MA Eng). We are really proud to support this outstanding cohort of collaborative and innovative colleagues! Thanks to all who applied, and to the excellent review committee for their valuable time, effort, and insight. Congratulations to this year's recipients:
- Drs. Ellie Duan (An Sci) and Soon Hon Cheong (Clin Sci) received $25,000 for “Functional Role of Maternal Factors MOF and H4k16ac In Bovine Embryonic Genome Activation.”
- Dr. Andrew White (Biomed Sci), collaborator: Dr. Melissa Reeves (University of Utah) received $25,000 for “Defining the mutational landscape and role of TNF signaling in response to carcinogen exposure and resistance in the spiny mouse.”
- Dr. Luis Schang (MI), collaborator: Dr. Wiliam Lai (MBG) received $25,000 for “Epigenetic regulation of viral latency.”
- Dr. Marjolein van der Meulen (Bio Eng, MA Eng), collaborator: Dr. Ben Cosgrove (Bio Eng) received $20,000 for “Contribution of Cellular Senescence toward Differences in Joint Damage between Osteoarthritis and Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis.”