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Apr122019

Mississippi INBRE Sponsors The 2019 Mississippi College-Tougaloo College Undergraduate Research Symposium

NewsBy Jamie AllenApril 12, 2019

On April 12, 2019, Mississippi INBRE had the honor of supporting the 2019 Mississippi College-Tougaloo Undergraduate Research Symposium held at Mississippi College. At this conference, 88 undergraduate students presented their research in the fields of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Psychology, Biology, Sociology, Electrical Engineering, Political Science and History. Fourteen Mississippi INBRE Scholars also presented their research…

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Mar262019

Mississippi INBRE Hosts Seminar Series

UncategorizedBy Jamie AllenMarch 26, 2019

This Spring, Mississippi INBRE is hosting a seminar series in partnership with the USM Cell & Molecular Biology Division. This four-part series features speakers from across the country presenting on their field of expertise. Mississippi INBRE is grateful to each of the speakers for their time and efforts of speaking with USM faculty and students.…

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Mar122019

Congratulations to former Mississippi INBRE Scholars on winning regional awards

UncategorizedBy Jamie AllenMarch 12, 2019

Congratulations to three former Mississippi INBRE Scholars on being awarded for their research at the Southeastern Branch of Entomological Society of America’s meeting. Kristina Smith, 2018 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar: 1st place for her poster presentation Ahmed Mohamed, 2018 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar: 2nd place for his poster presentation Latoyia Downs, 2015 Mississippi INBRE Research…

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Mar122019

83rd Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences

UncategorizedBy Jamie AllenMarch 12, 2019

The 83st Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences meeting, hosted by Mississippi INBRE, was held on February 21-22, 2019 at the Thad Cochran Center on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi. This conference boasted 488 scientific presentations in both oral and poster format. There were over 800 attendees at this conference including students, faculty…

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Jan22019

Congratulations to Dr. Alex Flynt on his recent NSF Award

NewsBy Jamie AllenJanuary 2, 2019

Congratulations to Dr. Alex Flynt, Associate Professor at USM and Mississippi INBRE Imaging Facility Director on his recent CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. This five-year award of approximately $1.1M aims to aid the Gulf of Mexico’s oyster fisheries by guiding “biotechnological strategies to develop and generate desirable traits, such as disease resistance, in…

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Dec42018

Catching up with 2016 Mississippi INBRE Graduate Symposium Winner, Jennifer Price

NewsBy Jamie AllenDecember 4, 2018

2016 Mississippi INBRE Graduate Symposium Winner, Dr. Jennifer Price has gone on to not only graduate with her Ph.D. in Clinical Health Sciences from UMMC but now inspires students through teaching at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. Dr. Price even played an integral part in encouraging 2018 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar, Cristina Craig to apply for the…

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Nov272018

Mississippi INBRE Represented at ABRCMS

NewsBy Jamie AllenNovember 27, 2018

Congratulations to the Mississippi INBRE Scholars who represented us so well at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students on November 14-17. Students represented both the Mississippi INBRE Research Scholars and the Mississippi INBRE Service Scholars programs. Students include: Hezekiah Williams from Hinds Community College Jamease Williams from Tougaloo College Justin Coleman from Tougaloo…

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Nov272018

Introducing the Newest Mississippi INBRE Supported Faculty Member, Dr. Scoty Hearst

NewsBy Jamie AllenNovember 27, 2018

Mississippi INBRE is pleased to introduce our newest supported faculty member, Dr. Scoty Hearst from Tougaloo College! Dr. Hearst received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and his Master’s in biomedical science from the University of Mississippi Medical Center after completing his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Jackson State University. His goal has always been to teach…

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Nov132018

Catching up with 2015 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar, Paige Allen

NewsBy Jamie AllenNovember 13, 2018

2015 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar, Paige Allen has used her summer research experience to push her further in her research and education. Paige said, “My experience with MS INBRE gave me a lot of techniques and experiences early on in my science career that I still use to this day. Because of me wanting to…

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Nov52018

South Central Branch ASM Presentations

NewsBy Jamie AllenNovember 5, 2018

Congratulations to all of the Mississippi INBRE Scholars and Friends who presented their research at the South Central Branch, American Society of Microbiology! Mississippi INBRE had 14 friends, former Scholars and mentors who participated through poster and oral presentations. We would like to say a special congratulations to two award winners! BA/BS Poster Award: Jordan…

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