August 24, 2023

North East Regional IDeA Conference (NERIC) Updates

2023 NERIC – “Catalyzing Biomedical Research for All”

Dr. Claudia Fallini, Assistant Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island

The 2023 Northeast Regional IDeA Conference (NERIC) theme was “Catalyzing Biomedical Research for All”.  Delaware INBRE hosted the event, held from August 16th to the 18th at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington. 

Presentations were conducted by four RI-INBRE members.

Presentations

  • Neurodegeneration, Cognitive Decline, Aging: From Cells to Society
    Co-chair: Claudia Fallini, University of Rhode Island
    Co-chair: Victoria Heimer-McGinn, Roger Williams University

    • “Dissecting the LINC between stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease”
      Dr. Claudia Fallini, Assistant Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island
    • “Cognitive Deficits in a Mouse Model of Bipolar Disorder”
      Dr. Victoria Heimer-McGinn, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Roger Williams University
  • The Cloud Lab Data Science Panel and Discussion“
    A Cloud-Based Module for Biomarker Discovery”
    Dr. Christopher Hemme, RI-INBRE Bioinformatics Core Director, and a  Research Assistant Professor at the University of Rhode Island
  • “Post-award tips for Researchers and Administrators”
    Laura Bellavia (chair), RI-INBRE Business Manager
    Andrea Culhane, National Institutes of Health

RI-INBRE Poster Abstracts

  • RI-INBRE Centralized Research Core Facility (CRCF)
    Ang Cai*, and Janet Atoyan. University of Rhode Island
  • RI-INBRE Molecular Informatics Core
    Chris Hemme*, Janet Atoyan, and Bongsup Cho, University of Rhode Island

*Presenter