Archived News & Announcements

April 22, 2008 │INBRE Project leader, Barbara Clancy, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Central Arkansas, has been awarded the UCA Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award. She teaches Neuroscience and Biology, and previously she was a Post-doctoral fellow at Cornell University, working on the hypothesis that dissimilar areas of developing brains follow common connectivity 'rules'.

Nov. 19, 2007│ FCC Launches Initiative to Increase Access to Health Care in Rural America Through Broadband Telehealth

Arkansas receives funding for the Arkansas Telehealth Network – Four existing networks will be consolidated and expanded using T1-grade connections to encompass approximately 245 non-profit sites, enabling better patient care, including electronic records management, and coordinating responses to major public health incidents.

Nov. 12, 2007 │ ASU professors secure NSF grant for recruiting minority students

Arkansas State University's Dr. Roger Buchanan and Dr. Robyn Hannigan have secured a substantial Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (URM) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to recruit minority or under-represented high school seniors who are interested in careers in science. The grant of $810,000 over a five-year period will involve first-year and second-year college students in mentored research teams and will provide peer and tutoring support. Most of the grant dollars will go to qualified students as scholarships and as wages. The URM will support the RISE-UP (Research Internships in Science of the Environment-University Program) program at ASU.

September 12, 2007 │University Receives NSF Grant for Supercomputer
The University of Arkansas has received an $803,306 equipment grant from the National Science Foundation to purchase and assemble the university's second supercomputer. The new machine will be among the fastest supercomputers in all U.S. academic institutions.

AUGUST 22, 2007  | $9 Million grant awarded
The Arkansas Science & Technology Authority has been awarded a $9 million grant from The National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the Arkansas ASSET Initiative (Advancing and Supporting Science, Engineering and Technology). The award was made through NSF’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, (EPSCoR). Grant funding will be provided to three Arkansas universities: the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.

February 21, 2007 │The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Burroughs Welcome Fund are pleased to announce the publication of two FREE books to help beginning investigators become successful managers of research programs. For more information visit  http://www.hhmi.org/resources/labmanagement/

2006

NOV. 15, 2006 | Students Consider Future at Biomedical Career Day

How about a career path in private industry or academia? Should I teach or focus on research? How will a graduate degree help me?

November 2006  -  Fall Symposium Poster Awards

Fall 2006 - Arkansas Tech debuts new BA in Spanish-English Medical Interpretation
Article by Wilson J. Gonzalez-Espada, Ph.D., BRIN Summer Fellow

Arkansas Tech University Department of Foreign Languages
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-06-25-hospital-interpreters_x.htm

OBU - 7/31/2006  INBRE grant funds research and provides equipment for Patterson School of Natural Sciences

Two professors in the J.D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences are conducting research projects through an INBRE (IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence) grant. 

Researcher received major grant from the National Institutes of Health
ASU - July 25, 2006 - Dr. Malathi Srivatsan, assistant professor of molecular biology at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, has received a grant totaling nearly $200,000 from the prestigious National Institutes of Health to study the effects of nicotine on developing nervous systems.

Biology professor awarded research grant

CONWAY, Ark. (May 11, 2006) - Hendrix College Professor Andrea Duina has received a $370,654 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for an undergraduate research project to study the basic mechanisms that govern gene regulation in living cells.

The Council on Undergraduate Research, Eleventh National Conference
DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, June 24-27, 2006

New Research Computer at UAMS First of its Kind in State
4/18/06  | LITTLE ROCK – The quest for new medical treatments through research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) can now take advantage of a high-speed fiber optic data network and a super computer that is the only one of its kind in Arkansas for medical research.

01/06/2006 | University of Louisiana-Monroe to host

Symposium on Diversity in the Sciences - April 7-8, 2006

The 3rd annual MCBIOS Conference, March 2-4, 2006 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Press Release:  02/23/2006

Undergraduate Research Conference to Focus on Science

Annual INBRE Symposium, February 24/25, 2006 at the University of Arkansas

2005

November 10, 2005 -  UAMS Career Day - Program Brochure

Arkansas INBRE Award is announced

UA Schools, Others Receive $16.7 Million Biomedical Grant
By Arkansas Business staff
9/14/05  |  Arkansasbusiness.com Daily Report

BRIN Fellow and Mentor have paper published in Nature

RNA interference is an antiviral defence mechanism in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature 436, 1044-1047 (18 August 2005) | doi: 10.1038/nature03957
Courtney Wilkins, Ryan Dishongh, Steve C. Moore, Michael A. Whitt, Marie Chow and Khaled Machaca

http://www.virtualgenomics.org/vcgb/conference_2005.htm

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES REPORT RELEASE EVENT 
The National Academies' Board on Life Sciences invites you to attend a public briefing on Friday, March 18, 2005, at 10 a.m. EST for the release of "Bridges to Independence: Fostering the Independence of New Investigators in Biomedical Research," a new National Research Council report sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  Live audio web cast at http://www.national-academies.org/

Bioinformatics Summit - April 1-3, 2005

Kentucky is co-hosting a Bioinformatics Summit with Tennessee April 1 - 3, 2005 at Lake Barkley State Resort Park. Conference program and online registration.

BRIN Summer Fellowship Program - January 13, 2005

2004

UAMS, UALR Collaborate on Bioinformatics Graduate Degrees
DEC. 16, 2004  | Arkansasbusiness.com - Daily Report

UAMS, UALR Collaborate on New Bioinformatics Graduate Degrees
News Release - DEC. 15, 2004

Annual Career Day

Students Hear from National Experts at Biomedical Sciences Career Day
NOV. 19, 2004 | “What do I do next?”

Advanced Technologies Create New Grid Communities on UA Campus

November 8, 2004 - Fayetteville, AR

http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/1850.htm

UAMS Biomedical Sciences Career Day
November 4, 2004 - Brochure & Registration Form
 

2004 BRIN Research Symposium

October  8, 2004, Peabody Hotel, Little Rock

Dr. Lindblom receives NIH research grant
Lyon College (September 3, 2004) - Dr. Tim H. Lindblom, assistant professor of biology at Lyon College, has been awarded a $180,000 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for research involving toxins.

Summer Program Announcement for Junior Faculty in Neurosciences

Application Deadline - December 1, 2004

 Interested in learning how bioinformatics could help you in your research?

June 6-12, 2004

Schedule (PDF format)

Announcement (PDF format)

Annual “Career Day” Attracts Students Interested in Science Careers
News Release May 2004

Career Day for Basic Biomedical Sciences As Part of College of Medicine Research Week
April 22 –23, 2004
Registration deadline, April 1, 2004
Schedule and printable form (PDF format)

2003

BRIN Summer Fellowship Program

Successful NIH & NSF Grant Winning Strategies
June 27, 2003
(PDF format)

Science Career Day
"Become Scientists! It’s Fun!" UAMS Professors Tell Visiting Undergraduates"
April 25, 2003

UAMS, UALR Announce Initiative for New Collaboration
UAMS Today - March 2003

Proteomics Workshop, June 4-6, 2003
Registration deadline, April 15, 2003
Schedule (PDF format)

Career Day for Basic Biomedical Sciences As Part of College of Medicine Research Week

April 23–24, 2003
Registration deadline, April 5, 2003
Schedule and Registration Form (PDF format)

Arkansas Biomedical Research Network Makes Grants To Three Arkansas Colleges
News Release February 2003

2002

2001

Updated 04/23/2008