David Rowley URI College of Pharmacy Professor; chemistry RI INBRE SURF program mentor Rhode Island STAC awards 2012 STAC grant: New Tools and Mechanisms to Combat Aquaculture Diseases. The project sought to develop new tools to promote animal health in aquaculture by building on recent discoveries of marine bacteria that demonstrate impressive protective properties against disease. […]
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RWU student finds her calling in research experience
Meagan Hackey Sophomore; biochemistry Roger Williams University RI EPSCoR SURF 2015; RI INBRE SURF 2016 Meagan Hackey arrived at Roger Williams University for her freshman year in Fall 2014, knowing exactly what she wanted — a biology pre-med track and research work. Within a month of starting classes, she was in the lab of Associate Professor […]
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Research fellow: Jasmine Miller Hometown: Providence, RI School: University of Rhode Island Major: Biological Sciences Mentor: Mindy Levine Project: Detection and in situ fluorescence-based monitoring of hydrocarbon food sources in complex marine environments Growing up in Providence, URI senior Jasmine Miller says that without any scientist role models in her family, she is not sure […]
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Already two weeks into their summer research projects, Rhode Island EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURFs) took a break from their lab and fieldwork Friday to gain a better perspective of what the scientist life may hold for them. With the R/V Endeavor currently docked at the University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus, Graduate […]
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Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR will offer a professional development opportunity in communicating science for faculty members, post-docs and graduate students students on July 11, 2016 (8:30 – 10:00 am) run by the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. This interactive opening plenary session will be held at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus and is limited […]
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Alan Alda Center to present workshop for undergrads
Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR will offer a professional development workshop for undergraduate students on July 13, 2016 run by the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. This workshop will be held at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus. The interactive opening plenary session is limited to 95 attendees. The workshop is limited to 32 participants, and participants […]
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EPSCoR collaboration sets stage for experiential learning Classroom lessons recently turned real in the hands of Warwick Veterans High School students during a biotechnology crash course at the Community College of Rhode Island. Leveraging talent and resources, Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR, CCRI Assistant Professor Scott Warila, and Ken Kurkoski, WVHS Science Department head, provided 16 seniors and juniors a Hands-on Science […]
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