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Portrait of Dr. Karen Lewis

Dr. Karen Lewis

  • Associate Professor at Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science & Engineering

Grants

2025

  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Whitten, Steven T (Co-Principal), Betancourt, Tania (Co-Principal), Stachowiak, Jeanne (Co-Principal), Deb, Seemanta. Hydrogel formation by the N-terminal domains of the Eyes Absent Proteins 1 and 2, PREM CIMA and National Science Foundation, Federal. (Submitted: November 2024, Funded: January 2025 - Present). Grant.

2024

  • Whitten, Steven T (Principal), Percent Contribution: %4, Lewis, Karen A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %4, Libich, David S (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %4, Oyajobi, Babatunde Olukayode (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %4. Texas Doctoral Bridge Program, NIH, Federal, $2836154. (Submitted: September 26, 2023, Funded: August 1, 2024 - July 31, 2029). Grant.

2023

  • Lewis, Karen A, Whitten, Steven T (Co-Principal), Hough, Loren (Co-Principal), Hodby, Eleanor (Co-Principal), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Close, Eleanor W (Supporting), Rangelov, Blagoy (Supporting), Islam, Tanzima Z (Supporting), Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Berry, Joe (Supporting), Finklestein, Noah (Supporting), MacGregor, Meredith (Supporting), Brown, Jed (Supporting), Eaves, Joel (Supporting). Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education, Sloan Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $249299. (Submitted: September 2, 2022, Funded: January 2023 - Present). Grant.
  • Whitten, Steven T (Principal), Lewis, Karen A (Co-Principal), Spooner, Melinda Henrietta (Co-Principal). Health Research Accelerator Award, Translational Health Research Center, Texas State University, $15000. (Submitted: March 3, 2023, Funded: May 15, 2023 - March 1, 2024). Grant.

2022

  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Co-Principal), Whitten, Steven T (Co-Principal), Kornienko, Alexander Vladimir (Supporting), Peterson, Ryan Loren (Supporting), Xue, Xiaoyu (Supporting). MRI: Acquisition of Automated Isothermal Titration Calorimeter for Biophysical Research at Texas State University, National Science Foundation, Federal, $262280. (Submitted: January 19, 2022, Funded: September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025). Grant.
  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Wheeler, Brittany Marie (Co-Principal), Webre, Whitney Ann (Co-Principal), Holland, Cory Lee (Co-Principal), Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Brittain, William J (Supporting), Hudnall, Todd W (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Supporting), Kornienko, Alexander Vladimir (Supporting), Peterson, Ryan Loren (Supporting), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Supporting). REU Site: A Chemistry REU on Molecular Innovation and Exploration (CheMIE), National Science Foundation, Federal, $378188. (Submitted: August 25, 2021, Funded: April 15, 2022 - Present). Grant.
  • Whitten, Steven T (Principal), Lewis, Karen A (Co-Principal). A predictive algorithm for identifying proteins that phase separate, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: October 14, 2021, Funded: January 18, 2022 - May 31, 2023). Grant.

2021

  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Co-Principal), McLean, Robert J C (Co-Principal), Chang, Carolyn T (Supporting), David, Wendi M (Supporting). U-RISE at Texas State, National Institutes of Health - National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Federal, $2238578. (Funded: April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2026). Grant.
  • Lewis, Karen A (Co-Principal), Warner, Lisa R (Principal). Regulation of Collagen Type I Expression by Chaperone-Mediated mRNA Remodeling, National Institutes of Health, Federal, $37634. (Funded: May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2023). Grant.

2019

  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal). Molecular Mechanisms of RNA Binding by the Posttranscriptional Regulator LARP6, National Institutes of Health - National Institute of General Medical Studies, Federal, $460000. (Submitted: February 26, 2018, Funded: September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2022). Grant.
  • Xue, Xiaoyu (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Lewis, Karen A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Roles of the Human TREX Complex Component UAP56 in R-loop Processing, Research Enhancement Program (REP), Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: October 1, 2018, Funded: January 15, 2019 - May 31, 2020). Grant.

2016

  • Toner, Chelsea M (Principal), Percent Contribution: %95, Lewis, Karen A (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5. Heavy Metal Binding Affinity of Histamine-Rich Sequences from Plant Proteins, Texas State University URF Program, Texas State University, $1000. (Funded: December 12, 2016 - May 30, 2017). Grant.
  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal). Identification of the Molecular Mechanisms of RNA Binding by the Posttranscriptional Regulator LARP6, National Institutes of Health - National Institute of General Medical Studies, Federal, $432203. (Funded: May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2019). Grant.
  • Peña, Eleuterio L (Principal), Percent Contribution: %95, Lewis, Karen A (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5. Conserved Cysteines May Serve a Role in RNA Binding by the LARP6 Protein, Texas State University SURF Program, Texas State University, $1000. (Funded: February 2, 2016 - May 30, 2016). Grant.
  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal). Catalyzing Diversity in Chemistry, Texas State University Equity and Access Committee, Texas State University, $2500. (Funded: January 1, 2016 - August 31, 2016). Grant.

2015

  • Kneeland, Diane M (Principal), Percent Contribution: %75, Lewis, Karen A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25. Chemistry and Color – The Science and Art of Color Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $3000. (Funded: October 1, 2015 - June 1, 2016). Grant.
  • Castro, Jose M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. MARC Travel Award, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $3700. (Funded: March 26, 2015 - April 4, 2015). Grant.
  • McIvor, Elizabeth I (Principal), Percent Contribution: %90, Lewis, Karen A (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %10. Identification of LARP6 Ligands in Plant and Human, Texas State University Graduate College, Texas State University, $2000. (Funded: January 21, 2015 - August 25, 2015). Grant.
  • Villarreal, Michael A (Principal), Percent Contribution: %95, Lewis, Karen A (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5. Validation of Human Antibody Binding in a Zebrafish Model Organism, Texas State University SURF Program, Texas State University, $1000. (Funded: January 10, 2015 - May 30, 2015). Grant.

2014

  • Moore, Cally A (Principal), Percent Contribution: %95, Lewis, Karen A (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5. Identification of Interactions Governing the Formation of Biologically Active RNA Structures Using LARP6, Texas State University SURF Program, Texas State University, $980. (Funded: December 1, 2014 - May 30, 2015). Grant.