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Impact of the INBRE program at Hendrix College

Impact of the INBRE program at Hendrix College. Richard C. Murray, Ph.D. Faculty. Hired 2 new faculty members in biology Richard Murray, Ph.D. 2003 Andrea Duina , Ph.D. 2004 Release time from teaching for research New faculty George Harper, Ph.D. (Evolutionary Biology)

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Impact of the INBRE program at Hendrix College

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  1. Impact of the INBRE program at Hendrix College Richard C. Murray, Ph.D.

  2. Faculty • Hired 2 new faculty members in biology • Richard Murray, Ph.D. 2003 • Andrea Duina, Ph.D. 2004 • Release time from teaching for research • New faculty • George Harper, Ph.D. (Evolutionary Biology) • Andres Caro, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) • Courtney Hatch, Ph.D. (Atmospheric Chemistry) • Ann Willyard, Ph.D. (Botany)

  3. Research Infrastructure • Molecular Biology Equipment • Research Grade Microscopes • Real-Time PCR Machine • Fluorescent/Chemiluminescent Imager • Flow Cytometer

  4. Research Funding • Extramural Funding • INBRE Grant • Richard Murray, Jennifer Dearolf 2005 – 2010 • Jennifer Dearolf, Andres Caro 2010 – • NSF • Andrea Duina2006 – 2010, 2009 – 2012 • Research Corporation • Andres Caro 2009 – 2011 • Arkansas Department of Higher Education • >13 awards to students working with biomedical research faculty

  5. Research Funding Cont… • Intramural Funding • The Hendrix Odyssey Program • Supports engaged hands-on activities in 6 categories: • Artistic Creativity • Global Awareness • Professional and Leadership Development • Service to the World • Undergraduate Research • Special Projects • 14 awards to biomedical research faculty have supported >35 student for stipends, housing, travel and research supplies

  6. Summer Undergraduate Research

  7. Publications • Papers • Caro AA, Evans KL and Cederbaum AI (2009) CYP2E1 overexpression inhibits microsomal Ca2+-ATPase activity in HepG2 cells. Toxicology 255:171-176. • Kawauchi S, Santos R, Kim J, Hollenbeck PLW, Murray RC, and Calof AL (2009) The role of Foxg1 in the development of neural stem cells of the olfactory epithelium. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1170:21-27. • Lloyd A, Pratt K, Siebrasse E, Moran MD, and Duina AA (2009) Uncoupling of the patterns of chromatin association of different transcription elongation factors by a histone H3 mutant in Saccharomycescerevisiae. Eukaryot Cell 8:257-60. • Cotten PB, Piscitelli MA, McLellan WA, Rommel SA, Dearolf JL, Pabst DA (2008) The gross morphology and histochemistry of respiratory muscles in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiopstruncatus.  J. Morph. 269:1520-1538. • Duina AA, Rufiange A, Bracey J, Hall J, Nourani A and Winston F (2007) Evidence that the localization of the elongation factor Spt16 across transcribed genes is dependent upon histone H3 integrity in Saccharomycescerevisiae. Genetics 177, 101-112. • Kawauchi S, Crocker C, Beites C, Wu H-H, Bonnin A, Murray R, and Calof AL (2004) Molecular regulation of neurogenesis in the olfactory receptor neuron lineage. Dev. Neurosci. 26: 166-180. • Abstracts • >50 abstracts at various professional meetings.

  8. Curriculum • New courses and expanded laboratories • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Course • Advanced Genetics Lab • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Lab • New Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Major • Requires Independent Research Project • One summer of research or, • Two semesters during the academic year

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