Advanced Research Cooperation In Environmental Health (ARCH)

This program establishes a research program in environmental health sciences at Florida International University, a minority serving institution, via the ARCH mechanism. The partner institution is the University of Miami, which hosts an NIEHS Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center. A twofold approach, including faculty development and infrastructure development, is used. The UM Center revolves around two principal research themes: Marine Toxins and Dietary Risk and Marine Model Systems of Human Disease. This program focuses on the Marine Toxin component. This theme is within the scope of NIEHS-sponsored research, and scientists at the University of Miami have an established record in marine toxin research.

This program is a collaborative effort between faculty from numerous departments at both Florida International University and the University of Miami. The Administrative and Planning Core provides administrative and clerical support to ARCH investigators at FIU and coordinates activities with UM. In addition to an administrative assistant who oversees day-to-day operation, this core is composed of three committees to direct and oversee the progress of the program: the Internal Advisory Committee, the Executive Committee, and the External Advisory Committee.

Program evaluation has been provided through this core from an independent evaluator. The marine toxin theme encompasses research and pilot projects on toxin biosynthesis, pharmacology, and molecular modeling of toxins and the detection of toxic microorganisms, expression of biosynthetic pathways, and correlation with environmental conditions. To support these research and pilot projects, a facility core for the culture of toxin-producing microorganisms has been established. This core provides source materials such as cultures, purified toxin, DNA, RNA, and labeled toxins and antibodies.

The principal goal of the ARCH program is to establish externally funded, independent research programs in environmental health sciences at Florida International University and to attract minority students to careers in environmental health sciences. These are the benchmarks by which the program will be evaluated.

Microcystin-LR is available at $175/mg (bulk pricing available)
Contact reink@fiu.edu

See the 2006 Phytochemistry Cover

Best Paper published in Marine Biotechnology during 2003 - Polyketide synthase genes from marine dinoflagellates

Click here for a downloadable ARCH Center Brochure


	List of Publications Calendar of Events		This program establishes a research program in environmental health sciences at Florida International University, a minority serving institution, via the ARCH mechanism. The partner institution is the University of Miami, which hosts an NIEHS Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center. A twofold approach, including faculty development and infrastructure development, is used. The UM Center revolves around two principal research themes: Marine Toxins and Dietary Risk and Marine Model Systems of Human Disease. This program focuses on the Marine Toxin component. This theme is within the scope of NIEHS-sponsored research, and scientists at the University of Miami have an established record in marine toxin research. This program is a collaborative effort between faculty from numerous departments at both Florida International University and the University of Miami. The Administrative and Planning Core provides administrative and clerical support to ARCH investigators at FIU and coordinates activities with UM. In addition to an administrative assistant who oversees day-to-day operation, this core is composed of three committees to direct and oversee the progress of the program: the Internal Advisory Committee, the Executive Committee, and the External Advisory Committee. Program evaluation has been provided through this core from an independent evaluator. The marine toxin theme encompasses research and pilot projects on toxin biosynthesis, pharmacology, and molecular modeling of toxins and the detection of toxic microorganisms, expression of biosynthetic pathways, and correlation with environmental conditions. To support these research and pilot projects, a facility core for the culture of toxin-producing microorganisms has been established. This core provides source materials such as cultures, purified toxin, DNA, RNA, and labeled toxins and antibodies. The principal goal of the ARCH program is to establish externally funded, independent research programs in environmental health sciences at Florida International University and to attract minority students to careers in environmental health sciences. These are the benchmarks by which the program will be evaluated. Microcystin-LR is available at $175/mg (bulk pricing available) Contact reink@fiu.edu See the 2006 Phytochemistry Cover Best Paper published in Marine Biotechnology during 2003 - Polyketide synthase genes from marine dinoflagellates Click here for a downloadable ARCH Center Brochure
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