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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 […]

Jackson State University student, Teylor Bowles was a member of the Class of 2013 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholars. Since her summer experience, she has continued her education and research experience in the lab of her mentor, Dr. Kedra Wallace. Besides presenting at the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, she has also presented at the Experimental Biology […]

Dr. Bidisha Sengupta, faculty member at Tougaloo College, published her research entitled, “Chiral alkylated-aniline as a noninvasive fluorescence sensor: Spectroscopic and molecular modeling studies” in the journal Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. Her research was funded by Mississippi INBRE.

Joshua Hurssey, senior at Mississippi Valley State University spent his summer doing research at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. His research is entitled, ““Evaluation of Bone Marrow and Subcutaneous Fat in Ovariectomized Rats Following Sustained Delivery of Estrogen or NPY – 1Receptor Antagonist.” His goal is to pursue an MD/PhD and to eventually become […]

Dr. Shahid Karim, Mississippi INBRE Bioinformatics Core Director from The University of Southern Mississippi, recently published his research entitled, “Catalase is a determinant of the colonization and transovarial transmission of Rickettsia parkeri in the Gulf Coast tick Amblyomma maculatum” in the journal Insect Molecular Biology. Dr. Karim’s research is funded by Mississippi INBRE.

Dr. Anant Singh, faculty member at Alcorn State University, published his research entitled, “Bio-conjugated graphene oxide based Raman probe for selective identification of SKBR3 breast cancer cells” in the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. His research was funded by Mississippi INBRE.

Dr. Bidisha Sengupta, faculty member at Tougaloo College, published her research entitled, “Differential roles of 3-Hydroxyflavone and 7-Hydroyflavone against nicotine-induced stress” in the journal PLOS One. Her research was funded by Mississippi INBRE.

Dr. Elizabeth Hussa, faculty member at Millsaps College, published her research entitled, “High Levels of the Xenorhabdus nematophila Transcription Factor Lrp Promote Mutualism with the Steinernema carpocapsae Nematode Host” in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Her research was funded by Mississippi INBRE.

Alexis Crockett, sophomore at Alcorn State University, was a member of the Mississippi INBRE Research Scholars program this summer. She conducted research in the lab of Dr. Joseph Cameron at Jackson State University. Her research was on the effects of estrogen hormone replacement therapy on the kidneys of ovariectomized rats. After graduation, she plans to […]

Xavier Short, senior from Rust College, was a member of the Mississippi INBRE Service Scholars program this summer. His research was on the influence of social support on body image, optimism, and sexual practices. His goal is to eventually own his own prosthetics & orthotics clinic. About his summer experience, he said, “The Mississippi INBRE […]