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. […]

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SURF Update 2023 News

SURF Program Update – Summer 2023 This past summer RI-INBRE hosted its 20th Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. The SURF program was first organized in 2004 to increase the number of undergraduate students participating in scientific research activities across the state of Rhode Island. The program has grown significantly over the years, with 49 […]

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Student News 2020 and prior

Student News 2020 and Prior Years 2020 Giovannia Barbosa (Bridge ’20, SURF ’18) joined Dr. Sarah Delaney’s lab at Brown University as a Ph.D. student in December 2020, and as a Bridge to Graduate School Fellow in July 2020. RI-INBRE Mentor S. Delaney (Brown); K. Almeida (RIC) Dr. Dinesh Dhamecha is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow […]

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Student News 2021

2021 Callen Bleick’s (SURF ’20-21). RI-INBRE SURF Mentors KL. LaPlante (URI). Poster Abstracts: – “Enhancing Adult Pneumococcal Vaccination Practice through Educational Academic Detailing Program in RI and MA Community Pharmacies.” 2021 American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, virtual. December 2021. Abstract ID: 1129495. – “Antibiotic Strategies to Combat Biofilm Resistance in […]

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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 […]

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Benjamin McDonald

Investigator Focus Benjamin McDonald, PhD Developing Photonic Thin Films for Colorimetric Detection of Waterborne Pollutants Access to safe drinking and recreational water in the United States is a significant issue for much of the population and Dr. Benjamin McDonald is researching simple portable devices urgently needed to detect harmful microbes and chemical pollutants. McDonald is […]

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Undergrad Jobs

Students’ Career Success in Biomedical Industries RI-INBRE’s goal is to support junior faculty and train students Our student training program has been particularly successful with training 1,685 undergraduate students, 234 graduate students, and 56 postdoctoral fellows, as of the fall of 2022. Tracking their progress helps us measure our success and we currently have career […]

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Student Focus Keesha Sanchez

Student Focus Keesha Sanchez, Pre-Dental Undergraduate Student Keesha Sanchez became interested in the sciences at a very young age, and was especially interested in Biology after taking Anatomy & Physiology in high school. She said “I remember being intrigued when I learned about the several biological pathways we have in our bodies. It amazes me […]

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RI SURS Update 2022

    This year’s Rhode Island Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium (RI-SURS) was held at the University of Rhode Island (URI) on Friday, July 29th with students from our Rhode Island higher education institutions presenting their research findings. The 2022 event marks the 15th year of the RI-INBRE and RI NSF EPSCoR/C-AIM programs collaboration to celebrate […]

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SURF Update 2022

SURF Program Update – Summer 2022 The RI-INBRE program completed the 19th Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program in 2022! First organized in 2004 to increase the number of undergraduate students participating in scientific research activities at the University of Rhode Island (URI) and Brown University, the program expanded in 2009 to include students in […]

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