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 […]
Continue reading "Student Focus Keesha Sanchez"Investigator: Larissa Patterson, Rhode Island College Theme: Cancer Title: Genetic analysis of Kita signaling during melanocyte migration Award: SURF PUI Training Award (2022-2024) Abstract: The KIT receptor tyrosine kinase is required for many aspects of melanocyte behavior including melanogenesis, proliferation, migration, and survival. Mutations resulting in constitutive activation of KIT promote the formation and progression […]
Continue reading "Genetic analysis of Kita signaling during melanocyte migration"Investigator: Geoff Stilwell, Rhode Island College Theme: Neuroscience Title: Characterizing differences in tissue-specific mitochondrial function for neurodegenerative disease Award: SURF PUI Training Award (2022-2024) Abstract: Mitochondrial function is disrupted at early stages in neurodegenerative disease and this dysregulation contributes to fundamental changes that are part of the disease state in metabolism, innate immune responses, energy […]
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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 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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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"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 […]
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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, […]
Continue reading "RI IDeA Symposium 2022"14th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Conference Update The University of Rhode Island (URI) was excited to host the Annual RI Summer Undergraduate Research Conference in person on July 30, 2021. More than 140 students shared poster presentations of their summer research experiences with RI-INBRE SURF and SURF+, RI-INBRE Bridge to Graduate School, RI NSF EPSCoR/C-AIM […]
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