Monthly Archives: September 2017

Mississippi INBRE Bioinformatics Core Director, Dr. Shahid Karim from The University of Southern Mississippi recently published his research entitled, “The microbiome of neotropical ticks parasitizing on passerine migratory birds” in the journal Ticks Tick-Bourne Disease. His research is supported in part by Mississippi INBRE.

Congratulations to 2015 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar, Annabelle Clark from The University of Southern Mississippi. She recently received a grant from the Drapeau Center for Undergraduate Research for her research entitled, “Biochemical characterization of Glycine-Rich Proteins in the Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum).”

Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Hamilton for being awarded a grant from Mississippi INBRE Partner Undergraduate Institution, Delta State University from the Kent and Janice Wyatt Faculty Development Fund. Dr. Hamilton is a Mississippi INBRE Research Development Grant recipient.

Congratulations to 2015 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar, Paige Allen from The University of Southern Mississippi. She recently received a grant from the Drapeau Center for Undergraduate Research for her research entitled, “Switching of sialome genes in Ehrlichia chaffeensis infected ticks.”

Dr. Shahid Karim, Mississippi INBRE Bioinformatics Core Director, recently received a grant from The University of Southern Mississippi for his research entitled “Assay development to quantify Selenium in tissues of an arthropod vector of infectious disease agents.”

Dr. Vijay Rangachari, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The University of Southern Mississippi, was recently awarded one of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) most competitive grants, the Research Project Grant or R01. This grant will enable him to further his research on Alzheimer’s disease. His research is supported in […]

Mississippi INBRE Program Director, Dr. Mohamed Elasri attended a workshop hosted by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute entitled, “Training the Next Generation of Implementation Researchers for Health Equity” in Bethesda, Maryland on August 30-31. Leaders and experts in the fields of implementation science, prevention science, health inequities research, and training and research workforce […]