RI-INBRE Committee Changes For the 2024-2029 RI-INBRE grant funding period, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) requires that all INBRE programs have three committees: a Steering Committee (SC), an Executive Committee (EC) and an External Advisory Committee (EAC). In the new funding period, RI-INBRE’s current Steering Committee will become the new Executive Committee. […]
Continue reading "Spring 2024 Happenings"Category: Newsletters
Spring 2024 NSF CAREER Award
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award Dr. Ryan Poling-Skutvik (RI-INBRE Investigator and Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering), has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER five-year award in the amount of $589,933. “The award will fund a research investigation on colloidal gels, which are a unique class of materials that behave like […]
Continue reading "Spring 2024 NSF CAREER Award"Spring 2024 CRCF – Demonstrations, Seminars, and Workshops
Demonstrations, Seminars, and Workshops The Centralized Research Core Facility (CRCF) hosted a Leica Microsystems workshop featuring THUNDER imaging and Aivia artificial intelligence (AI) analysis. Leica THUNDER, an imaging technology, is designed to improve the optical resolution of microscopy images. THUNDER uses computational methods to reconstruct high-resolution images from the acquired data, providing clearer and more […]
Continue reading "Spring 2024 CRCF – Demonstrations, Seminars, and Workshops"Spring 2024 Molecular Informatics Core
Molecular Informatics Core Brown/Lifespan Center for Clinical Cancer Informatics and Data Science URI Road Show “Science” Genuine images in 2024 Molecular Informatics Core (MIC) As we ring in the new year, this is a good time for the MIC to assess the state of the rapidly changing fields of bioinformatics and biomedical data science. […]
Continue reading "Spring 2024 Molecular Informatics Core"Student Focus Aisling Macaraeg
Undergraduate Student Focus – Aisling Macaraeg Aisling Macaraeg’s path to NIH Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Trainee began as an inquisitive elementary school student! Aisling Macaraeg was awarded a NIH Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Trainee position on July 24th and is conducting research in Dr. Matthias Machner’s lab on uncovering effector mechanisms of the pathogenic bacteria Legionella pneumophila. […]
Continue reading "Student Focus Aisling Macaraeg"Nicole Urban
Investigator Spotlight Nicole Urban, PhD “Accessible Neurologic Therapy and Assistive Devices Incorporating Smart Textiles” Dr. Nicole Urban, Associate Professor at Johnson and Wales University, “strives to bring science to life in the classroom.” She utilized her RI-INBRE funding (Pilot Proposal Development ’22-23) for the project “Accessible Neurologic Therapy and Assistive Devices Incorporating Smart Textiles” and […]
Continue reading "Nicole Urban"Conferences & Symposium Updates
Conference and Symposium Update Northeast Regional Laboratory Staff and Core Directors Annual Meeting Dr. Christopher Hemme attended the Northeast Regional Laboratory Staff and Core Directors Annual Meeting in October 2022. The annual meeting is an opportunity for core leaders and staff to network, meet with vendors, and get updated on new technologies and best practices […]
Continue reading "Conferences & Symposium Updates"SC Update
Steering Committee Update New Steering Committee Members – Spring 2023 Seann Mulcahy Seann Mulcahy, a Professor of Chemistry, become a member of our Steering Committee in June 2023 as Providence College’s representative. His research expertise includes organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and NMR spectroscopy. Dr. Mulcahy was recently awarded an NIH R15 (2023) and previously […]
Continue reading "SC Update"EAC Update
External Advisory Committee Update Summer 2023 Dr. Andrew G. Campbell, New Committee Member Dr. Andrew G. Campbell joined the External Advisory Committee in February and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our program. Currently a principal investigator of two National Institutes of Health grants, and a previous recipient of four NSF awards, Dr. […]
Continue reading "EAC Update"