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Celebrating the 2021 Class of Mississippi INBRE Service Scholars

  • September 13, 2021
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Congratulations to the 2021 class of Mississippi INBRE Service Scholars (MISS)! This year’s class is known as the “21 Jewels,” not only because the group numbered 21 scholars in the year 2021, but because of their exceptional performance in the face of adversity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. MISS is a paid summer internship program […]

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Mississippi INBRE funded undergrad wins oral presentation award at MAS 2021

  • September 1, 2021
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Zithlaly Amezquita thought she missed something. A 15-minute oral presentation goes by pretty quickly, so Amezquita racked her brain to see if she had covered everything. “Did I say that line?” she asked herself. “Did I forget to mention this?” But Amezquita’s anxiety washed away after she talked with Dr. Ghanshyam Heda, her mentor, and […]

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Celebrating the 2021 class of Mississippi INBRE Outreach Scholars

  • September 1, 2021
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Join us in celebrating the 2021 class of Mississippi INBRE Outreach Scholars. This year’s class concluded the summer in an exceptional way- demonstrating strength, determination, and academic excellence despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The scholars’ key achievement was presenting their research posters at the inaugural Mississippi Health Disparities 2021 conference. They spent the entire summer with […]

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Mississippi Academy of Sciences 2021

  • August 16, 2021
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Mississippi INBRE sponsored the 85th annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting, held on August 5-6, 2021, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi, MS. The meeting hosted over 100 presentations as well as over 300 speakers despite the COVID-19 pandemic. It is estimated that over 600 attended the conference, including Mississippi State […]

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Mississippi INBRE Hosts Inaugural Mississippi Health Disparities Conference

  • August 16, 2021
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The Mississippi IDeA Network of Biological Research Excellence held its inaugural Mississippi Health Disparities Conference on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi, MS. The conference brought together Mississippi State Department of Health officials, medical industry leaders, and students from Mississippi INBRE’s summer scholar programs for presentations, workshops, […]

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WJTV features Mississippi Health Disparities Conference 2021

  • August 11, 2021
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Jackson, Mississippi-based news station WJTV covered the inaugural Mississippi Health Disparities Conference in a feature that was broadcast over the local cable TV network on Monday, August 2, 2021. The piece goes over the focus of the conference, eliminating health disparities in Mississippi that increase the risk of contracting COVID-19, as well as mentions two […]

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86th Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences 2022

  • August 11, 2021
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The 86th Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences meeting, sponsored by Mississippi INBRE, will be held March 31st – April 1st, 2022 at the Biloxi Convention Center. Last year’s conference boasted over 200 scientific presentations in both oral and poster format. In addition, the conference hosted and additional 12 speakers. There were over 500 attendees at […]

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WXXV25 features Mississippi Health Disparities Conference 2021

  • August 10, 2021
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Gulfport, Mississippi-based news station WXXV25 covered the inaugural Mississippi Health Disparities Conference in a feature that was broadcast over the local cable TV network on Wednesday, August 4, 2021. The feature includes an interview with Dr. Jennifer Lemacks, director of the Mississippi INBRE Telenutrition center, concerning the importance of the conference in addressing health disparities […]

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