(May 30, 2025) Meet three of the May graduates from Dr. Irosha Nawarthne’s lab at Lyon College: Braden Glenn, Allison Byars, and Chase Orf. More

(May 30, 2025) Dr. Eric Enemark, UAMS, and colleague have a new publication, “Structure of the Saccharolobus solfataricus GINS tetramer,” in Structural Biology Communications. Publication is a result of AR INBRE funding. More

(May 30, 2025) Dr. Galina Glazko, UAMS, and colleague have a new publication, “Improving data interpretability with new differential sample variance gene set tests,” in BMC Bioinformatics. Publication is a result of AR INBRE funding. More

(May 30, 2025) Dr. Alan Tackett, UAMS, and colleagues have a new publication, “Dynamic global acetylation remodeling during the yeast heat shock response,” in bioRxiv. Publication is a result of AR INBRE funding. More

(May 16, 2025) Congratulations to Dr. Mohammad Abrar Alam, professor of chemistry at Arkansas State University, on receiving an R15 grant from the NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research for his proposal, “Systematic Functional Genomics Analysis of the Oral Pathogen Streptococcus Mutans.” More

(May 16, 2025) Congratulations to Dr. Irosha Nawarathne on her recent promotion to Full Professor at Lyon College. AR INBRE is proud to have supported Dr. Nawarathne in her research efforts and recognize her strong commitment to exposing undergrad students to biomedical research. More

(April 18, 2025) According to United for Medical Research’s FY24 national and state reports, AR INBRE institutions received over three-quarters of all NIH funding awarded to Arkansas institutions and entities in 2024. Arkansas received $109 million – the combined amount to AR INBRE institutions was almost $84 million which equates to almost $215 million economic activity! More

(April 7, 2025) On Monday, April 7, Arkansas INBRE hosted 22 students from the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). The students visited the DNA Sequencing Core Facility at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS, AR INBRE’s lead institution). All of the students are enrollees of UCA Dr. Arijit Mukherjee’s advanced biology course, Experimental Molecular Biology. More

(Jan 17, 2025) AR INBRE welcomes Dr. Samantha Kendrick, UAMS, to the role of AR INBRE Liaison for PUI Faculty, a position previously held by Dr. Tom Kelly who retired at the end of 2024. More

(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