RUI: Determination and Functional Analysis of the Cyanobacterial Lipid Droplet Proteome

Cyanobacteria are amongst the few bacterial species that form the internal structures known as lipid droplets, which are of interest to the biotechnology industry. These droplets could supply material for food, fuel and the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. These droplets increase in the cell when growth slows, but almost nothing is known about their associated proteins, how they are formed, or their phy...

Collaborative Research: Ocean Acidification and Coral Reefs: Scale Dependence and Adaptive Capacity

This project focuses on the most serious threat to marine ecosystems, Ocean Acidification (OA), and addresses the problem in the most diverse and beautiful ecosystem on the planet, coral reefs. The research utilizes Moorea, French Polynesia as a model system, and builds from the NSF investment in the Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research Site (LTER) to exploit physical and biological moni...

Collaborative Research: Ocean Acidification and Coral Reefs: Scale Dependence and Adaptive Capacity

This project focuses on the most serious threat to marine ecosystems, Ocean Acidification (OA), and addresses the problem in the most diverse and beautiful ecosystem on the planet, coral reefs. The research utilizes Moorea, French Polynesia as a model system, and builds from the NSF investment in the Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research Site (LTER) to exploit physical and biological moni...

CSU Alliance for Preparing Undergraduates through Mentoring towards PhDs

This project focuses on increasing the participation of highly qualified underrepresented minority students in mathematical sciences doctoral programs by providing a comprehensive training and research program at the undergraduate level. It develops a network of eight campuses of the California State System located in the Southern California area. These include Cal State Channel Islands, Dominquez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beac...

Elucidating the function of the Lipid-Binding Protein OBI-1 in Pristionchus pacificus Nematode Chemosensation

Pristionchus species are nematodes that associate with specific beetles and represent a poorly understood but highly prevalent type of nematode-insect interaction known as necromeny. The working model for how Pristionchus nematodes maintain specific insect interactions is by intercepting the intra-species communications of their host insects. Given the multitude of nematode associations w...

CAREER: Geodynamic Study of Earth's Mantle Asthenosphere and Core

Although plate tectonic theory was accepted in the geological community more than 40 yrs ago, many basic concepts of plate dynamics, such as the physical properties of the lithosphere, composition, temperature, physical dimensions, differences between oceanic and continental plates, and how plate motion is accommodated by the underlying asthenosphere is still unknown today. The physical nature of the lubrication beneath lithospheri...

CSUN VITA Clinic @ Volunteers of America of Los Angeles

CSUN VITA Clinic provides free tax preparation services, tax controversy consultation, and financial and tax education to low income families served by the Volunteers of American of Los Angeles.

Nano-projectile SIMS for evaluating molecular homogeneity in ultra-small domains

Development of ultra-small features in devices has made significant advancement in recent years, from 130 nm junctions in 2001 to the goal of developing 5 nm and sub 5nm for 2020 and beyond. In photolithography this has resulted in the number of features produced in a single exposure surpassing 1 trillion. The successful production of these features will depend on the local sensitivity of the resist. This is affecte...

An inventory of adaptive genomic diversity of Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia sensu lato)

Joshua tree, an iconic keystone species of the Mojave Desert, is expected to see dramatic reductions in its suitable habitat under projected climate change. The trees are unlikely to be able to migrate to track more suitable climates, but they encounter a range of extreme climatic conditions across their existing range, and populations may harbor genetic variation that could support adaptation to changing clim...

Rethinking Religious Environmentalism

This project examines the environmental values of Latinx Catholics in order to decenter dominant narratives of religious environmentalism. Through ethnographic research among Latinx churchgoing Catholics in Los Angeles, I have uncovered an ethic of living lightly on the earth that is grounded in an immanent, relational worldview in which God is present in the material and the human-nature boundary is porous. I call this ethic nepantla environmentalism. I argu...

Fire Student Active Volunteer Experiment (FireSAVE): Improving Fire Recovery Monitoring with In Situ Observations from Minority Serving Institutions in Southern California

The goals for this proposal are separated into two phases corresponding to the solicitation: Pilot Phase 1 (18 months, April 2021 ? September 2022) and Implementation Phase 2 (3 years, October 2022 ? September 2025). The goals for the Pilot Phase are as follows: G1: Develop a comprehensive field guide for field observations...

RUI: Processing ambiguity: From initial perception to race classification of multiracial faces in diverse observers

The primary objectives of this proposal are to investigate basic cognitive and social psychological factors implicated in multiracial face perception. The proposed research is divided into two related phases that address basic science questions building on our current NSF-funded research (BCS 175-9541). Special attention has been paid to developing a research program and designing s...