Ph.D. in progress for G. Sahli. M.S. nearly completed for N. Fernandes. Past 1991-1995 Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Small Business Innovative Research Grant. NSF SBIR was originally developed at Genex and Enzon and was successfully transferred to Molecular Simulations in 1993. Project involved development of inhibitors of the enzymatic portion of cholera toxin and eventual crystallographic inquiries into the structures of enzyme-inhibitor complexes.
Research continues through the present without continuing funding.
The IMCA contract provides for employment of approx. Contract subject to triennial renewal. Project involves data collection and processing, and the potential of biochemical and structure-analysis studies, on enzymes in the chorismate pathway. 1997- judge at Chicago Public Schools Science Fair competitions. Created Research Honors courses.