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DARPA Young Faculty Award

Christine was awarded a DARPA Young Faculty Award in in 2011. Research funded through this award is aimed at using cells to carry out non-biological chemical reactions including the formation of nanowires.

NIH Director's New Innovator Award

In 2009, Christine was awarded an NIH Director's New Innovator Award. This award provides $1.5M to the lab over a 5 year period. This award was established by the NIH "to support exceptionally creative new investigators who propose highly innovative projects that have the potential for unusually high impact."

NIH R01

A collaborative effort between the Payne, Dickson, Fahrni, and Kemp groups is aimed at understanding the transport of thioredoxin in living cells. Melissa and Christine are happy to announce that Saheli Sarkar, from Case Western Reserve University, will be joining the Kemp and Payne groups in Spring 2011 to use fluorescence microscopy to study thioredoxin localization and transport.

NIH Research Scholar Development Award

Initial funding for the Payne Lab was provided by a NIH Research Scholar Development Award (K22) to Christine.