Team:MoWestern Davidson/acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

• Dr. J. Christopher Anderson (UC Berkeley) for his guidance with the construction of suppressor tRNAs.
  
• Dr. Tim Herman (Milwaukee School of Engineering) for generously providing resources for physical modeling of our tRNAs.
  
  

Funding Provided By

• NSF UBM grants to MWSU (DMS-0733955) and Davidson (DMS-0733952)
  
• HHMI grants 52005120 and 52006292 to Davidson
  
• James G. Martin Genomics Program at Davidson
  
• Missouri Western Foundation
  
• Missouri Western Academic and Student Affairs
  
• Davidson Research Initiative
  
  

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