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Dr. Rakez Kayed from the University of Texas Medical Branch visited The University of Southern Mississippi on September 25th, 2019 as part of the Cellular & Molecular Biology Fall Seminar Series. This four-part series features speakers from across the country presenting on their field of expertise. Dr. Kayed spoke in the Thad Cochran Center on […]

On August 2, 2019, Mississippi INBRE had the honor of supporting the 2019 Mississippi IDeA Conference for Biomedical Research held at the Hilton Jackson, in Jackson, Miss. At this conference, 139 graduate & undergraduate students presented their research as posters. Twenty-nine oral presentations were given during the Scientific Sessions, which focused on topics like Neuroscience, […]

On April 12, 2019, Mississippi INBRE had the honor of supporting the 2019 Mississippi College-Tougaloo Undergraduate Research Symposium held at Mississippi College. At this conference, 88 undergraduate students presented their research in the fields of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Psychology, Biology, Sociology, Electrical Engineering, Political Science and History. Fourteen Mississippi INBRE Scholars also presented their research […]

During the 2019 Spring semester, Mississippi INBRE is hosting a seminar series in partnership with the University of Southern Mississippi’s Cell & Molecular Biology Division. This four-part series features speakers from across the country presenting on their field of expertise. Mississippi INBRE is grateful to each of the speakers for their time and efforts of […]

Congratulations to three former Mississippi INBRE Scholars on being awarded for their research at the Southeastern Branch of Entomological Society of America’s meeting. Kristina Smith, 2018 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar: 1st place for her poster presentation Ahmed Mohamed, 2018 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar: 2nd place for his poster presentation Latoyia Downs, 2015 Mississippi INBRE Research […]

The 83st Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences meeting, hosted by Mississippi INBRE, was held on February 21-22, 2019 at the Thad Cochran Center on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi. This conference boasted 488 scientific presentations in both oral and poster format. There were over 800 attendees at this conference including students, faculty […]

Congratulations to Dr. Alex Flynt, Associate Professor at USM and Mississippi INBRE Imaging Facility Director on his recent CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. This five-year award of approximately $1.1M aims to aid the Gulf of Mexico’s oyster fisheries by guiding “biotechnological strategies to develop and generate desirable traits, such as disease resistance, in […]

2016 Mississippi INBRE Graduate Symposium Winner, Dr. Jennifer Price has gone on to not only graduate with her Ph.D. in Clinical Health Sciences from UMMC but now inspires students through teaching at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. Dr. Price even played an integral part in encouraging 2018 Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar, Cristina Craig to apply for the […]

Congratulations to the Mississippi INBRE Scholars who represented us so well at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students on November 14-17. Students represented both the Mississippi INBRE Research Scholars and the Mississippi INBRE Service Scholars programs. Students include: Hezekiah Williams from Hinds Community College Jamease Williams from Tougaloo College Justin Coleman from Tougaloo […]

Mississippi INBRE is pleased to introduce our newest supported faculty member, Dr. Scoty Hearst from Tougaloo College! Dr. Hearst received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and his Master’s in biomedical science from the University of Mississippi Medical Center after completing his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Jackson State University. His goal has always been to teach […]