New patent awardees to be honored during Showcase

By Communications staff, Washington State University
Faculty who were awarded patents in 2010 will be among the honorees at the annual Showcase celebration of employee excellence on March 25. Those faculty, and their patents, are:
 
Tom Toyama (no longer at WSU), cherry tree PC7903-2;
 
Katrina Mealey, MDR1 variants (test for genetic mutation in dogs – see article here) and methods for their use;
 

Herb Hill and Maggie Tam, ion mobility spectrometry method and apparatus;

Dong-Hyun Kang, fluorogenic selective and differential medium for isolation of Enterobacter sakazakii;

Zhihua Jiang, Jennifer Michal and Matthew Garcia, calpastatin markers for fertility and longevity;

Zhihua Jiang, Jennifer Michal and Tito Wibowo, genetic polymorphisms in the corticotrophin-releasing hormone gene as markers for improving beef marbling score and/or subcutaneous fat depth;

Zhihua Jiang, Jennifer Michal and Galen Williams, polymorphisms in the urocortin 3 gene and their associations with marbling and subcutaneous fat depth in beef cattle;

David Bahr and Dylan Morris, piezoelectric transducers and associated methods;

Grant Norton, apparatus with high surface area nanostructures for hydrogen storage, and methods of storing hydrogen;

James Bruce and Nathan Kaiser (both no longer at WSU), ion-trapping devices providing shaped radial electric field.