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Jeffress Memorial Trust Awards $79,000 in Grants to Four University of Richmond Professors

January 20, 2005

Three chemistry professors and one biology professor have received grants from the Thomas F. Jeffress and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust to fund their summer research.

Jonathan Dattelbaum, a professor of chemistry, was awarded $30,000 for one year for his research focused on the rational design of fluorescent protein biosensors.

John Warrick, a professor of biology, received $29,000 for one year for “CREB-Binding Protein Modulation in a Drosophilia Model of MJD and the Role of Chaperones.”

Emma Goldman, a professor of chemistry, received a renewal of $10,000 for the second year of her study on the synthesis and mechanisms of organometallic reactions.

Michael Leopold, a professor of chemistry, received a renewal of $10,000 for the third year of research on “Biologically Enhanced Metallic Nanoparticles: The Next Dimension of Protein Monolayer Electrochemistry.”

The Thomas F. Jeffress and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust was established under the will of Mr. Robert M. Jeffress, a business executive and philanthropist of Richmond, Virginia.