KU Geneticist Seeks NSF Grant for Vole Genetics Study
KU scientist Robert S. Gaines received a 22100 grant from the National Science Foundation to study how genetic variations relate to demographic shifts in Kansas voles. He uses electrophoresis to reveal protein differences and traces genetic traits linked to survival and reproduction. Graduate student Robert Rose assists with linking genetics to social structure in vole groups.
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Kansas University Study Tracks Water and Waste Disposal
Ten graduate students at Kansas University will study water resources management and solid waste disposal in 1971 72. A $41 368 training grant from the U S Water Quality Office funds trainee ships for ten master students. Ross McKinney directs the program and Mary McGhee is among participants. The project emphasizes Midwestern water and waste issues and ties to Lawrence Water Treatment Plant staff. Six trainees from 1970 71 are reappointed. others to be named in September.
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Japan Official To See Kansas
Nobuhiko Usiba the Japanese ambassador to the United States and Sen James Pearson of Kansas will arrive in Wichita on June 30 to begin an agricultural tour of Kansas. They will visit the Walnut Hill cattle feedlot at Great Bend grain processing and research facilities at Hutchinson a wheat farm and attend a Kansas Wheat Commissioners dinner in Hutchinson.
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