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Portrait of Dr. Dana M Garcia

Dr. Dana M Garcia

  • Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering

Grants

2022

  • Huertas Pau, Maria del Mar (Principal), Percent Contribution: %75, Lu, Yuan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Fuess, Lauren (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Peterson, Ryan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Koh, Gar Yee (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Gracia, Dana (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5. MARK:Acquisition of tissue processing and embedding machines to produce fixed-paraffin-embedded blocks of biological tissues, Texas State University, $52500. (Submitted: September 2022, Funded: September 2022 - February 2023). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. The impact of one alcoholic substitution on the ability of a protein to transport cargo, Texas State University, $7895. (Funded: January 11, 2022 - May 31, 2023). Grant.

2020

  • Garcia, Dana M. Collaborative Proposal: Developmental and Genetic Pathways to Phenotypic Convergence in a Radiation of Groundwater Salamanders, National Science Foundation, Federal, $368942. (Funded: September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2024). Grant.

2019

  • Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Daniel, Kristy Lynn (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Garcia, Dana M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10. NSF INCLUDES DDLP - ACCEYSS: Association of collaborative communities equipping youth for STEM success (supplemental funding), National Science Foundation, Federal, $14999. (Submitted: May 6, 2019, Funded: December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. Pan-American Congress Travel Award, American Physiological Society, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $500. (Funded: 2019). Grant.

2017

  • Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Principal), Daniel, Kristy Lynn (Co-Principal), Garcia, Dana M (Co-Principal). ACCEYSS: Association of Collaborative Communities Equipping Youth for STEM Success, National Science Foundation, Federal, $299536. (Funded: December 1, 2017 - November 30, 2020). Grant.

2013

  • Garcia, Dana M. Research Enhancement Program Grant. Zebrafish Optic Nerve as a Model for Studying Aging in the Central Nervous System, Texas State University, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2013). Grant.

2012

  • Garcia, Dana M. 2013 Women in Science and Engineering Conference: Sustainability – Preparing for the Long Haul, Halliburton Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $15000. (Funded: May 2012). Grant.

2011

  • Garcia, Dana M. Research Enhancement Program Grant. Does Mrp4-mediated cyclic nucleotide export drive dark-induced pigment granule aggregation in the retinal pigment epithelium of mouse and zebrafish?, Texas State University, Texas State University, $7996. (Funded: 2011). Grant.

2008

  • Koke, Joseph Ralph, Garcia, Dana M. Major Research Instrumentation Program, Acquisition of a Multiphoton-ready Microscope at Texas State University, National Science Foundation, Federal, $234360. (Funded: 2008 - 2009). Grant.
  • Koke, Joseph Ralph (Principal), Garcia, Dana M. MRI: Acquisition of a Stand-Alone, Dedicated Multiphoton Excitation Microscopy System at Texas State University, NSF MRI, Federal, $799740. (Funded: 2008 - 2009). Grant.

2007

  • Garcia, Dana M. Hope for Vision Award, $15000. (Funded: 2007 - 2008). Grant.

2006

  • Garcia, Dana M. Career Advancement Award: FISH and chips: Applying microarray technology and in situ hybridization to understanding light-adaptation in zebrafish, National Science Foundation, Federal, $168646. (Funded: 2006 - 2010). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. APS Research Career Enhancement Award, American Physiological Society, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1580. (Funded: 2006). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. REU supplement to RUI: Pigment Dispersion in Teleost Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Cholinergic Mechanisms, National Science Foundation, Federal, $6000. (Funded: 2006). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. Research Enhancement Program Grant. FISH and Chips, Texas State University, Texas State University, $5917.26. (Funded: 2006). Grant.

2005

  • Garcia, Dana M. REU supplement to RUI: Pigment Dispersion in Teleost Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Cholinergic Mechanisms, National Science Foundation, Federal, $6000. (Funded: 2005 - 2006). Grant.

2003

  • Garcia, Dana M. RUI: Pigment Dispersion in Teleost Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Cholinergic Mechanisms, National Science Foundation, Federal, $152653. (Funded: 2003 - 2005). Grant.

2001

  • Forstner, Michael R (Principal), Garcia, Dana M (Co-Principal). Research Enhancement Program Grant. Phylogenetic Characterization of Alpha-Actinin, Texas State University, Texas State University, $15990. (Funded: 2001). Grant.

2000

  • Garcia, Dana M. International: Role of Vimentin in RPE, National Science Foundation, Federal, $16000. (Funded: 2000 - 2005). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. RUI: Pigment Granule Dispersion in Teleost Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Cholinergic Mechanisms, National Science Foundation, Federal, $62099. (Funded: 2000 - 2003). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M, Westerlund, Julie (Principal). Eisenhower Program - A Summer Research Experience for Science Teachers, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Institutional (Higher Ed), $74838. (Funded: 2000 - 2002). Grant.

1999

  • Garcia, Dana M, McLean, Robert J C (Co-Principal). NIGMS – Research-Oriented Bridges to the Baccalaureate, National Institutes of Health, Federal, $514773. (Funded: 1999 - 2003). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M, Koke, Joseph Ralph. Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Texas State University, Texas State University, $15996. (Funded: 1999 - 2000). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Texas State University, Texas State University, $7000. (Funded: 1999 - 2000). Grant.

1998

  • Garcia, Dana M, Koke, Joseph Ralph (Principal). Teacher Enhancement Proposal - A Summer Research Experience for Science Teachers, National Science Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $728952. (Funded: 1998 - 2004). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M, Koke, Joseph Ralph (Co-Principal). Eisenhower Program - A Summer Research Experience for Science Teachers, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Institutional (Higher Ed), $88196. (Funded: 1998 - 2002). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Synthesis of Fluoresceinated Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, Texas State University, Texas State University, $1760. (Funded: 1998). Grant.

1996

  • Garcia, Dana M, Koke, Joseph Ralph. ILI Grant - An integrated and networked microscopy center for undergraduate education, National Science Foundation, Institutional (Higher Ed), $99994. (Funded: 1996 - 1998). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. Summer Teacher Research Fellowship. Isolation and Characterization of Circumferential Microfilament Bundles from Teleost Retinal Pigment Epithelium, American Society for Cell Biology, Institutional (Higher Ed), $750. (Funded: 1996). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Texas State University, Texas State University, $6000. (Funded: 1996). Grant.

1994

  • Garcia, Dana M. Minority Research Initiatives Planning Grant, National Science Foundation, Federal, $26900. (Funded: 1994 - 1996). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Texas State University, Texas State University, $6000. (Funded: 1994 - 1995). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Texas State University, Texas State University, $6000. (Funded: 1994 - 1995). Grant.
  • Garcia, Dana M. Indirect Cost Research Project, Texas State University, Texas State University, $4000. (Funded: 1994). Grant.