(Dec 13, 2024) Dr. Mohammad Abrar Alam, Arkansas State University, and collaborators have a new publication in RSC Medicinal Chemistry. Publication is a result of Alam’s AR INBRE Research Development grant and was published in collaboration with his AR INBRE mentors. More

(Oct 16, 2024) In 2023, Dr. Robert Shields, Arkansas State University, was awarded a Research Development Grant (RDG) from the Arkansas INBRE. Shields has recently applied and been awarded TWO grants — an R01 and an R15 — from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the NIH. More

(Oct 2, 2024) Dr. Stephanie Byrum, AR INBRE Data Science Core Director, was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Atlanta Education Foundation, Atlanta, TX. Award recognizes those whose achievements, strengths of character and citizenship serve as models to inspire and challenge today’s students. More

(Sept 6, 2024) Dr. Robert Shields, assistant professor of microbiology at Arkansas State University has received a $1.77 million R01 grant from the NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to conduct extensive research into oral health. Shields’s R01 is a result of Arkansas INBRE funding. More

(Sept 6, 2024) Dr. Tsunemi Yamashita, biology professor at Arkansas Tech University, and researchers from the University of Arkansas have a recent publication in the journal G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. Yamashita has been a recipient of several AR INBRE funding mechanisms – research awards (Research Development Grant, Summer Research Grant), and most recently a Summer Manuscript support award (1 month salary). More

(Aug 6, 2024) UAMS hosted students from 39 colleges and universities across the nation at the 11th Annual Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium. More than 125 student researchers were registered, and more than 100 faculty and administrators provided support for the symposium (feat. AR INBRE and IDeA National Resource). More

(Aug 5, 2024) UAMS, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute are collaborating on a yearlong project to make decades of maternal health research readily available for future researchers. The project is funded by a $310,000 grant from the NIH, in the form of a supplemental award to AR INBRE. More