Community College of Rhode Island Faculty Fellowship Program The RI-INBRE Faculty Fellowship Program* (FFP) provides funds for Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) faculty interested in participating in a 10-week summer sabbatical, undertaking research or educational projects at the University of Rhode Island or Brown University. The research fields include cancer, environmental health sciences, neuroscience, and […]
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Bridge to Graduate School Fellows 2023 Bridge Fellows Our Bridge to Graduate School program hosted two former RI-INBRE SURF students’ research during this summer and both are both enrolled in graduate school at Brown University in the fall. Joseph Leszczynski’s summer undergraduate research in 2022 focused on “Chromosome Organization and Dynamics: Mechanisms of Cancer” and […]
Continue reading "Bridge to Graduate School Fellows Update"Student Highlights Summer 2022 This spring two students previously supported by RI-INBRE fellowships, Dana Allababidi and Camila Cersosimo, received 2-year fellowships from the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U*STAR) program. MARC U*STAR is a research and professional development program supported by the National […]
Continue reading "Student Highlights Summer 2022"Grant and Manuscript Writing Workshop – Summer 2022 Kelvin Chu, Ph.D. of The Implementation Group (TIG), presented a Grant and Manuscript Writing Workshop for our network members, held on June 29th at the University of Rhode Island’s Avedisian Hall. Grant and manuscript development focal points stimulated small breakout groups of faculty with similar concentrations and […]
Continue reading "Grant Writing Workshop Summer 2022"Retreats for Investigators and Mentors Two retreats are held each year that bring together RI-INBRE’s current investigators and mentors from across our network of higher education institutions in Rhode Island. The 2023 Summer Retreat was held on Friday, July 28th in Avedisian Hall at the University of Rhode Island. Attendees joined the discussion on the changes […]
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Awards Fiscal Year 2022 RI-INBRE Funding Mechanisms To support the research career development of junior investigators at our network institutions, the Developmental Research Project Program (DRPP) is pleased to announce that 19 research projects were awarded to our faculty investigators around the state. The projects support a broad portfolio of research funding within the themes […]
Continue reading "DRPP Awards Summer 2022"2022 Seminar Series Designing Reactive and Responsive Organochemical Systems Dr. Benjamin R. McDonald presented “Designing Reactive and Responsive Organochemical Systems” at the University of Rhode Island’s Chemistry Seminar on May 2nd. An Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Affiliate Faculty of Engineering at Brown University, Dr. McDonald’s research area includes Nano and Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. […]
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2022 RI IDeA Emerging Area of Science Symposium The 2022 symposium returned this year both in-person and virtually in the day-long hybrid event, with participation from the COBRE, RI-INBRE, and Advance CTR programs. The June 10th event was held in Providence at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and attracted investigators, research staff, […]
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Rhode Island Coral on Display: Hosted by Dr. Koty Sharp’s Lab, Roger Williams University The research team from Dr. Koty Sharp’s Lab at Roger Williams University participated in the exhibit “About Planet Earth, the Environment and Our Future” at Providence’s Waterfire Gallery. The free exhibit ran from March 29th to May 1st. 2021, and […]
Continue reading "Sharp Lab Displays RI Coral 2022"Recognition of Investigators and Students Happenings Dr. Brenton DeBoef was promoted to the Dean of the graduate school on August 3, 2021. Dr. DeBoef was RI-INBRE’s Training Core Director before being promoted to Associate Dean and serving as Interim Dean. Student Updates Caroline Williams (SURF ’19) started her Ph.D. in the Chemistry-Biology Interface Program, in […]
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