{"id":11713,"date":"2015-04-29T12:26:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T12:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/for\/?p=11713"},"modified":"2015-04-29T12:26:13","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T12:26:13","slug":"tusculum-college-receives-20000-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2015\/tusculum-college-receives-20000-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Tusculum College receives $20,000 grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tusculum College faculty members Dr. Melissa Keller and Dr. Richard Thompson of the Department of Natural Sciences have been awarded by the Appalachian College Association funds to conduct research in Rocky Fork State Park. The funds will be used exclusively for undergraduate research projects.<\/p>\n<p>The $20,000 grant will be used for \u201cprospecting for bioactive compounds of fungal specimens\u201d collected at the park, according to Dr. Melissa Keller, assistant professor of biology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearch opportunities such as this are an important aspect of undergraduate training and we are thankful for the ACA for providing these funds\u201d says Dr. Thompson, assistant professor of chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Keller, bioactive compounds are those that can potentially be used for pharmaceutical purposes. Dr. Keller and student researchers will collect the fungi from the state park, process them in the Tusculum labs and send the samples off for DNA sequencing. Samples of the fungi will also be extracted by student researchers working with Dr. Thompson in hopes of isolating bioactive components. 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