Congressman Cohen Announces $180,000 Grant to Rhodes College

WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Rhodes College will receive a grant of $180,000 from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "RUI: Interrogating Catalytic Efficiency through Kinetic, Structural and Small-Molecule Guided Investigation of L-DOPA 2,3 Dioxygenases." The research is under the direction of Professor Larryn Peterson, Chair of the Rhodes Chemistry Department.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I congratulate Rhodes College and Dr. Peterson for receiving this prestigious National Science Foundation grant. This work in pure science involving dopamine will lead to important discoveries and is likely to have practical applications outside the laboratory."

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