UNC faculty researchers awarded $645K in Department of Agriculture food institute grants
Monday March 17, 2014 0 comments

UNC biologists Patrick Burns and Susana "Karen" Gomez are the lead project directors on their grants and will conduct separate research projects focused on improving agriculture.
Burns was awarded a $495,975 grant through August 2017 to address early pregnancy loss in beef and dairy cattle.
Burns' initial findings that fish oil reduces the hormone prostaglandin - which must be blocked during pregnancy - shows promise for widening the window for pregnancies to occur, UNC said.
Gomez, who received a $149,930 grant, is studying three-way interactions involving potatoes, soil fungi and insects.
Gomez' project could potentially lead to the discovery of genes that are useful in developing insect-resistant crops, UNC said.