Monthly Archives: September 2017

Catching up with 2014-16 Mississippi INBRE Academic Year Scholar, Aurora Washington

2017-09-18T15:32:13-05:00September 18th, 2017|

Tougaloo College graduate, Aurora Washington worked in the lab of Mississippi INBRE Research Development Award Recipient, Dr. Santanu Banerjee for two years during her time at Tougaloo College. Upon graduation, she attended Brown University for a fully funded graduate school prep program. She is scheduled to begin graduate school this year. Aurora presented her research [...]

Mississippi INBRE Imaging Facility Director, Dr. Alex Flynt Published Research

2017-09-18T15:24:08-05:00September 18th, 2017|

Mississippi INBRE’s Imaging Facility Director from The University of Southern Mississippi published his research, “Block ionomer complexes consisting of siRNA and aRAFT-synthesized hydrophilic-block-cationic copolymers II: The influence of cationic block charge density on gene suppression” in the journal Polymer Chemistry. His research is supported in part by Mississippi INBRE.

Catching up with Mississippi INBRE Service Scholar, Bijalben Patel

2017-09-15T10:36:26-05:00September 15th, 2017|

2016 Mississippi INBRE Service Scholar, Bijal Patel is working to reach her goals since completing her summer experience. After completing the Mississippi INBRE Service Scholar program, she returned to Millsaps College to finish her degree in Biology. After graduation, Bijal's goal is to pursue a medical degree at University of Mississippi Medical Center. In February [...]

Catching up with 2015 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar, Joseph Jelinski

2017-09-15T10:21:02-05:00September 15th, 2017|

2015 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar, Joseph Jelinski has worked hard to further his research since completing his summer experience. He was named an EAGLE SPUR Scholar in 2016, receiving a $1000 grant for his research, "Painless Tick Bite: Investigating the Functional Role of Novel Amblyomma maculatum Metalloproteases in Pain Suppression." Joseph has had the opportunity to [...]

Student Spotlight: 2016-17 Academic-Year Scholar, Will Weeks

2017-09-15T09:56:18-05:00September 15th, 2017|

2016-17 Academic-Year Scholar, Will Weeks has spent the past two years working in the lab of Mississippi INBRE Research Development Grant recipient, Dr. Sharon Hamilton. He has been an author on five research papers, an undergraduate graduate assistant for Organic II and a Supplemental Instructor for General Chemistry. Will recently graduate from Delta State University [...]

Mississippi INBRE Bioinformatics Core Director, Dr. Shahid Karim Published Research on Tick-Bourne Diseases

2017-09-14T13:38:02-05:00September 14th, 2017|

Mississippi INBRE Bioinformatics Core Director, Dr. Shahid Karim from The University of Southern Mississippi recently published his research entitled, “Catalase is a determinant of the colonization and transovarial transmission of Rickettsia parkeri in the Gulf Coast tick Ambluomma maculatum. His research is supported in part by Mississippi INBRE.

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