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Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence Established

2020-09-04T16:47:38-05:00September 4th, 2020|

The Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence (GlyCORE), an NIH Phase I Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, was established earlier this year at the University of Mississippi.  It is home to three fully staffed Research Cores that specialize in supporting glycoscience research.  The Analytical and Biophysical Chemistry Core offers a wide variety of services including proteomics, [...]

Mississippi INBRE Imaging Core Acquires Leica SP8 Confocal Microscope

2020-07-15T14:49:28-05:00July 15th, 2020|

The Mississippi INBRE Imaging Core provides access to a Leica SP8 confocal microscope. This microscope has four LED lasers (405nm, 488nm, 552nm, and 638nm) for full visible spectrum illumination. It has three detector channels, two of which are hybrid PMT/APD for the greatest sensitivity and spectral range. It is capable of both conventional confocal scanning [...]

Mississippi INBRE Adapts to COVID-19 Restrictions to Deliver Summer Research Programs

2020-07-14T18:38:45-05:00July 14th, 2020|

"Headquartered on the USM Hattiesburg campus, the Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) is a statewide network of colleges and universities from across Mississippi, with USM serving as lead institution, whose goal is to increase competitiveness in biomedical research through provision of experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate students from these schools, preparing them [...]

Virtual Summer Scholars Program

2020-06-18T20:30:56-05:00June 18th, 2020|

Summer research internships are critical for many students to have the time to immerse themselves in a real-world research environment to gain hands-on research experience. Since 2004, Mississippi INBRE has supported undergraduate students to develop research projects in biomedical research labs across Mississippi through our Mississippi INBRE Research Scholars program – in fact 514 students [...]

Center for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at USM

2020-04-30T14:41:17-05:00April 30th, 2020|

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) has recently formed the Center for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. The Center is designed to enhance and synergize USM’s ongoing contributions to high-quality research in molecular biosciences and biotechnology. As a newly designated R1 research intensive institution, it is critical to build areas of strength that will enhance the [...]

84th Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences

2020-02-28T17:12:45-06:00February 28th, 2020|

The 84th Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences meeting, sponsored by Mississippi INBRE, was held on February 20-21, 2020 at the Biloxi Convention Center. This conference boasted 489 scientific presentations in both oral and poster format. In addition, the conference hosted and additional 12 speakers. There were over 1000 attendees at this conference including students, faculty [...]

Mississippi INBRE Telenutrition Center hosts Community Health Speaker Series

2020-02-03T22:09:46-06:00February 3rd, 2020|

On Jan. 31, 2020, the Mississippi INBRE Telenutrition Center hosted the Community Health Speaker Series featuring Dr. Ian Thompson from the Tribal Historic Preservation Office for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The title of his presentation was “Choctaw Food: Remembering the Land, Rekindling Ancient Knowledge." The seminar was held on the University of Southern Mississippi's [...]

Mississippi INBRE & LSMAMP go to the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students

2019-11-17T21:56:28-06:00November 17th, 2019|

On November 13-16, 2019, three former Mississippi INBRE Research Scholars and two LSMAMP members attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Anaheim, CA. This conference is one of the largest communities of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Students attend this conference to present their research, enhance professional development [...]

Mississippi INBRE sponsors Sonia Shah at USM’s University Forum

2019-11-12T10:48:28-06:00November 12th, 2019|

On November 12th, 2019 Mississippi INBRE sponsored Sonia Shah, an award-winning investigative journalist, as the featured speaker for the University of Southern Mississippi's University Forum. Her presentation, "Pandemic," was held at 6:30 pm in the Thad Cochran Center Ballrooms. USM's forum schedule says, "Sonia Shah is an investigative journalist who writes about science, human rights, [...]

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