Toni Marie Achilli Former Teaching Post Doctoral Fellow’s Impressive Career Path Toni-Marie Achilli, PhD, has an impressive academic career path that took her from Adjunct Professor to Associate Dean of Biology of Undergraduate Education in just 9 years! Achilli holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University and a Bachelor of Science degree in […]
Continue reading "TM Achilli"Dr. Susan Meschwitz receives the 2019 NIGMS RI-INBRE & COBRE Administrative Supplement Award Dr. Susan Meschwitz, Associate Professor and Chairwoman of Chemistry at Salve Regina University, received the first NIGMS Administrative Supplement Award entitled “Quorum sensing antagonistic inhibition of medically important ESKAPE pathogens.” She is collaborating on her research with Dr. Helen (Beth) Fuchs, Assistant […]
Continue reading "2019: Dr. Susan Meschwitz"Christopher Reid Awarded the 2020 NIGMS RI-INBRE & COBRE Administrative Supplement This one-year Administrative Supplement from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) is intended to foster collaborations between INBRE and COBRE researchers. Dr. Christopher Reid, Associate Professor of Science and Technology at Bryant University, received RI-INBRE’s 2020 award entitled “Inhibitors of Candida […]
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“Through the RI-INBRE teaching postdoctoral fellowship program I have gained immeasurable knowledge from running an undergraduate laboratory and mentoring students at Providence College, a primary undergraduate institution. This is a unique experience since graduate school training does not prepare you to run a lab exclusively with undergraduates. This practice has allowed me to design high […]
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As one of the first RI-INBRE supported teaching postdoctoral associates, my experiences as a mentee, peer, and mentor, support the mentoring objectives of the IDeA network of RI-INBRE. In my post doc experience, August 2014-August 2015, I worked with Dr. JD Swanson at Salve Regina University on the nutraceutical properties of blackberries on gastric cancer. […]
Continue reading "Heather Axen"INVESTIGATOR: Jamie Towle-Weicksel, Rhode Island College COLLABORATIVE MENTOR: Sarah Delaney, Brown University THEME: Cancer ABSTRACT: Skin exposed to UV light is one of the major contributing factors for developing melanoma. It is hypothesized that cancer begins at the DNA level through genomic instability as UV light distorts the DNA bases and disrupts DNA replication and transcription. This […]
Continue reading "A Link to Melanoma: Discovering the Role of Pol Theta in UV Damage Repair"Investigator: Yi Zheng, University of Rhode Island Mentor: Ruitang Deng, University of Rhode Island Scientific Theme: Cancer Abstract: Lung cancer has been the most common cause of cancer-related death in men and women and as of 2015 it was responsible for 1.8 million deaths globally. Most of the lung cancers are diagnosed at relative late stages. Early detection […]
Continue reading "A Novel Nano-Biosensing Technique for Early Detection of Lung Cancer Biomarkers"Investigator: Laura Williams, Providence College Mentor: Christopher Lane, University of Rhode Island Scientific Theme: Molecular Toxicology Abstract: The proposed project investigates the arsenal of hydrolytic enzymes produced by predatory bacteria, which are bacteria that attack and digest other bacteria, including animal and plant pathogens. Lytic enzymes play key roles in bacterial cell killing during the predatory […]
Continue reading "Sequence Variation and Molecular Evolution of Lytic Enzymes in Predatory Bacteria"Investigator: John Williams, Rhode Island College Scientific Theme: Cancer Abstract: The broad long-term objectives are to discover new potent and anti-cancer agents and to provide leads for pre-clinical trials. The specific aims are: 1) Synthesize new compounds that show these characteristics. 2) Explore their mechanisms of action. This project is consistent with the NIH mission of providing “fundamental […]
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