Patient Simulation and Drug Effects Instructor: Clinton Chichester, PhD, University of Rhode Island Location: URI    Session 1: May 28 – May 30 ( Lab: Room 153) Session 2: July 8 – July 10 ( Lab: Room 153) Course Overview This WDT Module will train students in the basics of disease state modeling and the […]

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RI-INBRE Workforce Development Training (WDT) Summer 2024 Syllabus Module Title: Advanced Drug Delivery Formulations Instructor: Jyothi Menon, PhD, and Andrea Gonsalves, MS Course Overview This WDT Module aims to train students on the development and characterization of next-generation drug delivery platforms such as nanoparticles, microparticles and hydrogels. The module will include introductory lectures on drug […]

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Fundamental Laboratory Research Skills Instructor: Brett Pellock, PhD, Providence College Location: URI    Session 1: May 22 – May 24 ( Lab: Room 305 / Lecture Room: Avedisian Rm 403) Session 2: May 28 – May 30 ( Lab: Room 305 / Lecture Room: Avedisian Rm 403) Course Overview This WDT Module is designed to […]

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Introduction to Biological Data Science Instructor: Christopher Hemme, PhD, University of Rhode Island Location: URI    Session 1: June 19 – June 21 ( Lab: Room 405 / Lecture Room: Avedisian Rm 205) Session 2: July 15 – July 17 ( Lab: Room 405 / Lecture Room: Avedisian Rm 403) Course Overview This WDT Module […]

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Science Visualization, Rhode Island College Jillian (Jill) Nash, undergraduate Biology major with a minor in Studio Art, and Amanda Solano, graduate Biology student, are research assistants in Dr. Anabela Maia’s lab at Rhode Island College (RIC). Jill’s research position is funded by Dr. Maia’s RI-INBRE Early Career Development grant. Amanda’s research is expanding on Dr. […]

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Developmental Research Project Program (DRPP) In September 2023 RI-INBRE circulated the 2024 funding year Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) to the network institutions. The 2024 FOAs solicited letters of intent (LOIs) for Early Career Development (ECD) awards at both Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI-ECD) and at URI/Brown (UB-ECD), Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) awards at the PUIs, […]

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SURF 2024 Program We are gearing up for another Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, which is open to undergraduate students from all nine R.I. institutions. The paid fellowship experience is for undergraduate students to complete mentored research and professional development activities during the summer at RI-INBRE network institutions (University of Rhode Island. Brown University, […]

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SURF 2024 Program The 2024 SURF Program received 117 applications for the SURF program which runs from May 20th to July 26, 2024. Read more about the SURF program SURF 2023 Survey Results The 2023 SURF participants were surveyed and the participants experienced large gains in understanding research processes and methods. The participants felt their […]

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Demonstrations, Seminars, and Workshops Instrumentation Update Instruments in Action   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 […]

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Instruments in Action Dr. Fang Wang (RI-INBRE investigator, SURF mentor, and Assistant Professor in the URI Chemistry Department) published two notable papers on protein and peptide synthetic modification attaining crucial data which included high-resolution mass spectra and MS/MS analyses, using the AB SCIEX . TripleTOF 4600 mass spectrometer equipped with a DuoSpray™ ion source instrument located […]

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