Lab Support

Our lab is supported currently by the generosity of several entities:

  • NSF
The New York State Office for Science, Technology, and Academic Research (NYSTAR).
  • CTC
The Cornell University Theory Center which receives funding from Cornell University, New York State, federal agencies and corporate partners.
  • NSF
The National Science Foundation - protein secretion studies in bacteria and mammalian cells, quantitative systems biotechnology initiative, the Cornell Nanobiotechnology Center, and 3 graduate research fellowships.
  • NIH
National Institutes of Health - identification of molecular markers for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.
The IBM Graduate Fellowship Program.
  • Intel
USDA/ARS - proteomics of Pseudomonas syringae.
We certainly appreciate our interactions with ARS Ithaca scientists and National Program staff including Leon Kochian, Dave Schneider, Sam Cartinour and Leland Ellis.
  • MJ Fox
The Michael J. Fox Foundation - protein markers in the diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease.
  • Dreyfus
The Dreyfus Foundation - Microfluidic devices.
Undergraduate Research has been generously supported by the Cornell University Engineering Alumni Foundation.


Our lab has been supported in past projects by the generosity of some of the above entities as well as:

  • DuPont
DuPont - general support and characterization of markers for brain diseases.
  • Merck
Merck - general support and graduate fellowship support.
  • Intel
Intel - hardware support for bioinformatics.
The New York State Science and Technology Foundation - characterization of markers for brain diseases.
  • Genentech
Genentech - reagents for the study of Alzheimer's disease treatments.
The Corning Foundation Science Fellowship Program.
The Petroleum Research Fund - environmental proteomics.