North Dakota INBRE

June 14, 2010 - Chandra Bathula, a graduate student in Dr. Scott Garrett's lab at UND won a travel award to attend the 2010 National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) in Bethesda, MD, June 16-18. The title of Chandra's abstract is "Regulation of Cell Differentiation by Metallothionein-3 (MT-3) in Human Proximal Tubule Cells." Chandra has a Masters in Biochemistry and will complete his Ph.D. this December.

May 3, 2010 - In March, six students from Valley City State University visited the North Dakota Metal Analysis Core (MAC) at NDSU for training. Under the direction of Drs. Marinus Otte and Donna Jacob, the MAC provides analytic capability, as well as expertise and training in ionomics to faculty and students in the ND INBRE network. Over their spring break, the students from Dr. Jerzy Bilski's group learned the following techniques: sample homogenization, soil pH measurement, plant and soil sample microwave acid digestion, and ICP-OES analysis, including the importance of sample randomization, the correct use of automatic pipettors and laboratory safety. The interest level, even from the non-biology majors, was impressive.

May 1, 2010 - The selection process has been completed for the summer 2010 undergraduate research programs at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The Short-Term Educational Experiences for Research (STEER) is funded by the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. Its goal is to attract talented science undergraduates to graduate research careers in the environmental health sciences. Research Experiences for UND Undergraduates (REFUNDU) enhances the INBRE initiative to attract talented basic and behavioral science undergraduates to professional careers in the health sciences. Both programs provide a 10-week summer research experience under the direction of selected faculty members at the medical school. For additional information, please click on the appropriate links above.

March 9, 2010 - Jessica Meier, Paul Jilek and Jennifer Murray, undergraduates in Dr. Lynn Burgess' lab, won competitive travel awards to accompany Dr. Burgess to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. They will attend a special program March 6-8, 2010. This award recognizes promising undergraduate science majors and informs them about the discipline of toxicology, opportunities in toxicology, and the preparation necessary for a research career. Other benefits of the program include participation in a scientific meeting and interaction with SOT member mentors and peers.

May 5, 2009 - An abstract entitled "Application of the Accelerated Leuckart Reaction to Substituted Benzaldehydes" submitted by Minot State University student Steven Lewis has been selected for the Council On Undergraduate Research (CUR) 2009 Posters on the Hill presentation May 5 in Washington, D.C. Lewis works in the lab of Mikhail Bobylev, Ph.D., an INBRE-funded researcher at Minot State. About 60 undergraduate students were selected from the entire country to present their research to members of Congress. The students and their faculty advisors will spend a day at the Capitol, first meeting with their state representatives and senators, and then presenting their research during the poster session. The goal of the event is to advance the cause of undergraduate research.