Progress 10/01/04 to 09/30/05
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1. What major problem or issue is being resolved and how are you resolving it (summarize project aims and objectives)? How serious is the problem? What does it matter? The availability of trained agriculture research career scientists is critical for the future of United States agriculture. The objective of this project is to facilitate the continued development of the Science Center (SC) at Florida Agricultural Mechanical University. The SC will strengthen their graduate programs by providing education and training to their students in agriculture related sciences in order to produce career research scientists in areas of nutrition, food science, animal sciences, plant sciences, agriculture engineering, natural resources, and aquaculture all of which are important to U.S. agriculture. As a cooperator, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is uniquely positioned to offer the learning opportunities for SC graduate students at ARS facilities and developing and
executing cooperative research projects of mutual interest. This cooperative agricultural research and capacity building project was mandated by Congress and is a significant outreach effort aimed at developing a highly skilled and diverse workforce. 2. List the milestones (indicators of progress) from your Project Plan. Currently, there is a shortage of trained agriculture research scientists. If timely measures are not taken to overcome this situation, the future growth and prosperity of American agriculture will be compromised. For American agriculture to prosper and remain competitive in global market places, trained research scientists are needed to improve food production as well as to ensure food safety and quality for the consumers world wide. 3a List the milestones that were scheduled to be addressed in FY 2005. For each milestone, indicate the status: fully met, substantially met, or not met. If not met, why. 1. Shortage of trained agriculture research scientists.
Milestone Substantially Met 3b List the milestones that you expect to address over the next 3 years (FY 2006, 2007, and 2008). What do you expect to accomplish, year by year, over the next 3 years under each milestone? This research is assigned to National Program 304 Crops Protection and Quarantine. Because of the broad objectives of the FAMU Science Center, this project potentially relates to all components of this National Program. 4a What was the single most significant accomplishment this past year? Implementation of a comprehensive FAMU/ARS Seminar/Workshop for faculty and graduate students. 4d Progress report. Work is related to Project 6618-12210-001-00D. Within the Science Center, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) faculty and ARS scientists continued implementation of nine specific research projects. Also, five new joint research projects were recommended by the Steering Committee and approved by the program director for funding. ARS gave approval to
support undergraduate as well as graduate students. 5. Describe the major accomplishments over the life of the project, including their predicted or actual impact. A number of collaborative research projects have been established related to several ARS national programs. All of these projects have a PI from CESTA, CAS and ARS. A long-range strategic plan was developed which is used to guide functions of the Science. 6. What science and/or technologies have been transferred and to whom? When is the science and/or technology likely to become available to the end- user (industry, farmer, other scientists)? What are the constraints, if known, to the adoption and durability of the technology products? Luis Miranda, C.O. Ikediobi, Lekan Latinwo, J. Cilek and Lambert Ayuk- Takem. Design of a gas mass-flow delivery and condensation system (GMDCS) for the synthesis of (E), (Z)-2-alken-4-ol analogs of 1-octen-3-ol as potential mosquito attractants. ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March
13-17, 2005. T. K.Mazu, C.O. Ikediobi, Lekan Latinwo, J. Cilek and Lambert Ayuk-Takem. Synthesis of some cis and trans alkenol analogs of 1-octen-3-ol as potential mosquito attractants. ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005. 7. List your most important publications in the popular press and presentations to organizations and articles written about your work. (NOTE: List your peer reviewed publications below). Bouyer,J.H. A simple one-step purification of RbsD of the D-ribose high- affinity transport system of Escherichia coli. Florida Scientist 67(3): 231-236, 2004. Bouyer,J.H. RbsD of the D-ribose high-affinity transport system of Escherichia coli is not an outer membrane receptor. Florida Scientist 67(3): 237-241, 2004. Bouyer,J.H. Implication of RbsD of the D-ribose high-affinity transport system of Escherichia coli as a regulator of ribokinase activity. Florida Scientist 67(3): 242-245, 2004.
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Progress 10/01/02 to 09/30/03
Outputs
1. What major problem or issue is being resolved and how are you resolving it? The availability of trained agriculture research career scientists is critical for the future of U.S. agriculture. The objective of this project is to facilitate the continued development of the Science Center (SC) at Florida Agricultural Mechanical University. The SC will strengthen their graduate programs by providing education and training to their students in agriculture related sciences in order to produce career research scientists in areas of nutrition, food science, animal sciences, plant sciences, agriculture engineering, natural resources, and aquaculture all of which are important to U.S. agriculture. As a cooperator, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is uniquely positioned to offer the learning opportunities for SC graduate students at ARS facilities and developing and executing cooperative research projects or mutual interest. This cooperative agricultural research and
capacity building project was mandated by Congress and is a significant outreach effort aimed at developing a highly skilled and diverse workforce. 2. How serious is the problem? Why does it matter? Currently, there is a shortage of trained agriculture research scientists. If timely measures are not taken to overcome this situation, the future growth and prosperity of American agriculture will be compromised. For American agriculture to prosper and remain competitive in global market places, trained research scientists are needed to improve food production as well as to ensure food safety and quality for the consumers world wide. 3. How does it relate to the National Program(s) and National Program Component(s) to which it has been assigned? This research is assigned to the National Program 304 (Crops Protection and Quarantine). Because of the broad objectives of the FAMU Science Center, this project potentially relates to all components of this National Program. 4. What were the
most significant accomplishments this past year? 4.A. Single Most Significant Accomplishment during FY 2003: New analogs of mosquito attractants are needed to attract a wider spectrum of mosquito species for control of mosquito borne diseases. At the Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), in collaboration with the FAMU College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture, and the ARS Mosquito and Fly Research Unit, Gainesville, Florida, chemical syntheses of various analogs were conducted. Two novel chemical analogs of a mosquito attractant were synthesized and partially purified. It is expected that new and more effective mosquito control cocktails formulated with these and other compounds will be made available for commercial production. 5. Describe the major accomplishments over the life of the project, including their predicted or actual impact. Research capacity is being built at the FAMU campus through research
conducted under the coordination of 9 FAMU faculty. 6. What do you expect to accomplish, year by year, over the next 3 years? FY2004: Establish state of the art chemistry and biology research capacity at FAMU and improve library resources to support Ph.D. degree granting graduate programs. FY2005: In cooperation with ARS, develop and perform research with focus on problems facing U.S. agriculture. FY2006: Continue to work toward development of Ph.D. degree granting programs. 8. List your most important publications in the popular press and presentations to organizations and articles written about your work. (NOTE: This does not replace your peer-reviewed publications listed below). Little, R.B. Mechanistic aspects of carbon nanotube nucleation and growth. Journal of Cluster Science. 2003. v. 14. p. 135-185.
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