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Project Title	Mentor
Biogeochemistry Cycles: Soil, microbe and human	Dr. Ball
Hazards of Heavy Metals at Abandoned Mine Sites in Arizona	Dr. Cahill
Functional Studies of Native Fish Foraging Mechanisms	Dr. Ferry
Molecular Developmental Genetics in Arthropod Development	Dr. Hackney Price
The Effect of the Urban Heat Island on the Mating System of the Western Black Widow Spider (Latrodectus hesperus)	Dr. Johnson
Effects of Heavy Metals on Vitamin D and Estrogen Receptor Signaling in Cultured Human Cell Lines	Dr. Jurutka
Systems Biology in a Toxic World: Two Case Studies with Cannabis and Hemp	Dr. Leung
Effects of Heavy Metals on Calcium Signaling in Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)	Dr. Marshall
Evaluation of Surfactant Protein-A to Treat Environmentally Induced Sinusitis	Dr. Noutsios
Evaluation of Microplastics in the Phoenix Metro Area and Human Exposure	Dr. Polidoro
Microbiology, microbial biosignatures, and microbiomes in human health and disease	Dr. Sandrin
Purification and Characterization of Microbial Enzymes that Alter Metabolism and Physiology of the Human Host	Dr. Shah
Microorganism Memory in Response to Calcium Perturbations	Dr. Solis
Chemical Effects Through the Retinoid-X-Receptor (2 project descriptions)	Dr. Wagner
Computational Toxicology and Environmental Health	Dr. Watanabe

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